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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Kot Charwal Massacre
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| location = Kot Charwal, [[Rajouri district|Rajouri]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
| target = [[Bakarwal]]s
| date = 9 February 2001
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| type = [[Mass murder]]
| fatalities = 15
| injuries =
| perps = [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
}}

'''2001 Kot Charwal massacre''' was the killing of 15 ethnic-[[Bakarwal]]s by [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic militants]] in the village of Chalwalkote, in the [[Rajouri district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India on 9 February 2001.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20070714053418/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1805/18050240.htm The Kot Charwal carnage]}}, ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'', 16 March 2001</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/20443043.cms Militants massacre 15 villagers in Rajouri], ''[[The Times of India]]'', 11 February 2001</ref><ref>[https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/opinion-by-lt-gen-retd-ds-hooda-how-bakarwals-helped-indian-army-in-operation-sarp-vinash-1725291.html Opinion by Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda | How Bakarwals Helped Indian Army in Operation Sarp Vinash], ''[[News18 India]]''  21 April 2018</ref>

==Background==
A violent [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|insurgency]] has been going on in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] since 1989. The militants had intermittently massacred villagers who did not support their cause. The state government had supplied arms to the villagers who had formed [[Village Defence Committees]] (VDC) so that they could protect themselves from the militants. The militants suspected the villagers to be informants for Indian Army.

==The attack==
The militants came at night and initially asked the villagers to hand over the female members of the village for satisfying their sexual urges. When the villagers resisted this they were attacked.<ref name=DE>[http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/01feb11/news.htm1 15 members of 3 nomad families massacred], ''[[Daily Excelsior]]'', (11 February 2001). Retrieved 24 March 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121094803/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/01feb11/news.htm Archived] 14 May 2009.</ref> The terrorists came then bolted the house of Abdullah Remo and Bashir Abdullah. Then they lobbed a grenade inside before setting the house on fire.<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/english/News/2001-02/10/article17.shtml At Least 25 Dead In Attacks In Kashmir], Islamonline.net</ref> Of the 15 charred bodies which were recovered seven were of children, the youngest one being only four years old.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010211/main1.htm Ultras massacre 15 in Rajouri], ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' (11 February 2001)</ref>

==Aftermath==
Chief minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Farooq Abdullah]] condemned the killings.<ref name=DE/>

==References==
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