| 2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Kashmir conflict | |
  2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre (Jammu and Kashmir) | |
| Location | Amarnath Temple, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Coordinates | 34°0′7.2″N 75°19′1.2″E / 34.002000°N 75.317000°E |
| Date | 30 July and 6 August 2002 |
| Victims | 11 Hindu pilgrims killed |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Taiba |
| Motive | Islamist Terrorism |
On 30 July and 6 August 2002, in the month of Shraavana, 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a terror attack by Islamic extremists from Lashkar-e-Taiba's front group of al-Mansuriyan, on Nunwan base camp at Pahalgam of the Amarnath Hindu pilgrimage (Yatra) to Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.[1][2]
In the spate of attacks on Yatra in the third consecutive year, 2 pilgrims were killed and 3 injured on 30 July when terrorists threw grenades at a civilian taxi of pilgrims in Srinagar. Further, 9 people were killed and 27 injured on 6 August by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists' hail of bullets at Nunwan base camp at Pahalgam.[3]
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