Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre

Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre
LocationMehjoor Nagar, Srinagar district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Date3 February 2001
TargetSikhs
Attack type
Mass murder, spree shooting
Deaths6
Injured5
PerpetratorsLashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen.[citation needed]

The Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre refers to the fatal shooting of Sikhs on 3 February 2001 in the Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.[1][2][3][4] In this attack, at least six people were killed in a drive-by shooting and five were injured.[2][5] The Mehjoor Nagar attack was the second big attack on the Sikh community of Kashmir – in March 2000, unknown gunmen committed a mass massacre of 35 Sikhs in Chithi Singh Pora.[6][7]

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  2. ^ a b Sreedharan, Chindu (4 February 2001). "'Wherever they saw a turban, they fired'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Inquiry in Sikh carnage at Mehjoor Nagar in full swing". The Daily Excelsior. jammu-kashmir.com. 16 February 2001. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. ^ "A peace under pressure". Frontline. Vol. 18, no. 4. The Hindu. 17 February – 2 March 2001.
  5. ^ PTI (17 May 2018). "Ceasefire: Security forces keeping fingers crossed". India Today.
  6. ^ "SOUTH ASIA | Kashmir killings overshadow Clinton visit". BBC News. 21 March 2000. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. ^ Popham, Peter (22 March 2000). "Massacre of 36 Sikhs overshadows Clinton's tour". The Independent. Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

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