| 2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sheshnag Lake, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Date | 20 July 2001 |
| Target | Kashmiri Hindus |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Motive | Islamist Terrorism |
On 20 July 2001, in the month of Shraavana, 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a terror attack on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag Lake near the Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in two explosions and firing by militants.[1][2][3] In a pre-dawn attack, terrorists penetrated several layers of security cordon and exploded two improvised explosive devices (lEDs), casualties included 8 Hindu civilian pilgrims entailing 2 women, and 3 Muslim civilians and 2 security personnel.[4]