1993 Kishtwar massacre

1993 Kishtwar Massacre
LocationSarthal, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Date14 August 1993
TargetHindus
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths16
PerpetratorsMuslim militants
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1993 Kishtwar massacre was the killing of 16–17 Hindu bus passengers by Muslim militants in the Sarthal area of Kishtwar district of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in India on 14 August 1993.[1][2][3] The massacre was the first of several communally motivated attacks and mass murders of Hindu civilians by militants during the insurgency in the territory.[4][5][6] The massacre marked beginnings of the spread of insurgent violence to Jammu region and triggered a migration of some Hindus out of the erstwhile Muslim-majority Doda district.[7][8]

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