Civilians Attacked in J-K: A Timeline of Violence
Nine times when terrorists carried out major attacks civilians in Kashmir, from the massacre of Sikhs in Chattisinghpora in 2000 to the attack on Amarnath yatris in 2017.
March 21, 2000
36 Sikhs were killed in Chattisinghpora by terrorists, the attack happening when United States President Bill Clinton was on a visit to India.
August 2, 2000
Terrorist attacked Amarnath yatris at Nunan base camp, killing 32 of them.
July 30, 2001
Amarnath yatris were attacks in two phases. The first attack was on July 30, 2001, in which 11 people died and 30 were injured. The second attack took place a week later, on August 6, in which 9 yatris were killed and 27 were injured.
October 1, 2001
Three terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in a suicide mission, resulting in the death of 36 people.
March 24, 2003
24 Kashmiri Pandits -- 11 women, 11 men and two children -- were massacred in Pulwama district by terrorists dressed as policemen. The village had only 11 Kashmiri Pandit families and after the attack none of them stayed back in Pulwama.
June 13, 2005
8 people were killed and more than 70 wounded when a powerful car bomb exploded near a school in Pulwama district. No group owned up responsibility for the blast.
The police had to open fire as people turned out on the roads to protest against the government’s failure to protect civilian lives.
July 10, 2017
8 people were killed in an attack on the Amarnath yatra bus in Kulgam. The pilgrims were mostly from Gujarat.
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba owned up responsibility for the attack.
June 12, 2006
9 Nepali and Bihari labourers were killed by terrorists in Kulgam, South Kashmir, to send a grim message to outsiders taking up jobs in Kashmir.