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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title         = 2001 Kishtwar massacre
| image         = Jammu and Kashmir Doda district.svg
| caption       = Location of Doda District in Jammu and Kashmir
| location      = [[Doda District]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| date          = 3 August 2001
| fatalities    = 17
| injuries      = 5
}}
{{Violence against Hindus in independent India}}

'''2001 Kishtwar massacre''' was the killing of 17 [[Hindu]] villagers in village Ladder near [[Kishtwar]] in [[Doda District]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] by [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] militants on 3 August 2001 .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010805/main1.htm|title=Ultras massacre 17 in Doda|work=The Tribune|date=5 August 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/04jk.htm|title=Militants massacre 15 Hindu villagers in Doda|work=Rediff|date=4 August 2001}}</ref>

==The attack==
According to the police, a group of 10 militants swooped on the village and dragged 20 males belonging to the Hindu community out of their houses. They were taken to the adjacent rocky mountain belt and shot. Five villagers were wounded.

==The aftermath==
These killings were subsequently discussed in Indian parliament with opposition criticizing the Government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/07/stories/0207000j.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050524050144/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/07/stories/0207000j.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Doda killings find echo in Parliament|date=1 August 2001}}</ref> [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] terrorist Mujib-ur-Rahman was shot dead 3 days later.  His logbook had an entry dated 3 August, "The warriors of the Lashkar-e-Toiba have killed 19 unbelievers. This is our challenge to the Indian government."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1817/18170200.htm|title=DISTURBED DODA|magazine=Frontline|volume=18|issue=17|date=18 August 2001|first=Praveen|last=Swami|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010908013824/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1817/18170200.htm|archive-date=8 September 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref>  A complete bandh was observed in [[Jammu]] the following day in protest.  Groups of demonstrators protesting against the Kishtwar carnage torched Pakistani flags and effigies of Gen Pervez Musharraf in Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010807/main3.htm|title=Complete bandh in Jammu areas|work=The Tribune|date=6 August 2001|first=M.L.|last=Kak}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mass murder in 2001]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2001]]
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[[Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Doda district]]
[[Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Religiously motivated violence in India]]
[[Category:Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2001]]
[[Category:August 2001 events in Asia]]

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