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'''2002 Raghunath Temple bombings''' refers to two [[suicide attack|fidayeen]] attacks in 2002 on the [[Raghunath Temple]] in [[Jammu]] in [[India]]. Built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1860, the Raghunath temple is dedicated to [[Hindu]] God [[Rama]].
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==March attack==
The first attack occurred on 30 March 2002 when two suicide bombers attacked the temple. Eleven persons including three security personnel were killed and 20 were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/31raghu.htm|title=J&K: 6 acquitted in Raghunath temple attack case|work=rediff.com}}</ref> The attack occurred around 10:20 AM when the muslim terrorists arrived and fired at the guards killing them on the spot. They then stormed the temple, threw a grenade and fired indiscriminately at the worshippers. After expending his ammunition one of the attackers who was wearing a suicide vest blew himself up.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020331/main1.htm Foreign ultras storm Raghunath Temple], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 2001-03-31</ref> Then Minister of State for External Affairs of India, [[Omar Abdullah]], blamed Pakistan for the terrorist attacks on the Raghunath temple in Jammu and ruled out withdrawing troops from the border, saying Islamabad had done nothing to warrant it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/03/stories/2002040303251200.htm|title=The Hindu : Omar Abdullah blames Pak. for Raghunath temple attack|work=hinduonnet.com|access-date=6 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041129211934/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/03/stories/2002040303251200.htm|archive-date=29 November 2004|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==November attack==
The fidayeen suicide squad attacked the temple second time on 24 November 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/11/24/kashmir.temple/index.html|title=CNN.com - Heavy firing at Kashmir temple - Nov. 24, 2002|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/world/10-killed-in-attack-on-temple-in-kashmir.html 10 Killed in Attack on Temple in Kashmir], [[The New York Times]], 2002-11-25</ref> when two suicide bombers stormed the temple and killed fourteen devotees and injured 45 others.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2508531.stm|title=BBC NEWS - South Asia - Kashmir temples hit by gunbattles|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2514023.stm|title=BBC NEWS - South Asia - Kashmir temple reopens|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Witnesses said terrorists hurled grenades and fired indiscriminately on the heavily guarded Raghunath temple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021125/main1.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News|work=tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/29444046.cms Terrorists attack Jammu temples, 12 dead], [[The Times of India]], 2002-11-24</ref> India blamed a Pakistan-based militant group, [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], for the attack. Deputy Prime Minister [[Lal Krishna Advani]] of India blamed the recent release by the government of Pakistan of the chief of the [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], [[Hafiz Muhammad Saeed]] for the attack.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pasricha |first=Anjana |url=http://voanews.com/english/archive/2002-11/a-2002-11-25-2-Security.cfm |title=Security Increased in Jammu City Following Attack on Hindu Temple |publisher=Web.archive.org |access-date=2016-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915223900/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2002-11/a-2002-11-25-2-Security.cfm |archive-date=15 September 2008 }}</ref>

The personnel of [[Central Reserve Police Force]] Yatindra Nath Rai, Assistant Commandant, Dev Singh, Head Constable, E.G. Rao, Head Constable, T.A.Singh, Constable, and Late K.K. Pandey, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.<ref name="Gazette">Printed in ''The Gazette of India'', 17 December 2005</ref> Late K K Pandey was posthumously awarded President's Police Medal for Gallantry. Yatindra Nath Rai, Dev Singh, E.G.Rao and T.A. Singh were awarded Police Medal for Gallantry.<ref name="Gazette"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/India.htm|title=Orders, Decorations and Medals - Medals by Country - Medals of India|work=jeanpaulleblanc.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2511687.stm In pictures: Kashmir temple attack], [[BBC]], 220-11-25
*[https://archive.today/20031213203142/http://www.maavaishnodevi.org/Raghunath.asp Website of the Temple]

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