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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=Teli Katha massacre
|image=
|location=Teli Katha, [[Poonch district, India|Poonch district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]
|target=[[Muslims]] [[Gujjars]]
|date=26 June 2004
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|time-end=
|timezone=
|type= [[Mass Murder]]
|weapons=Firearms
|fatalities=12
|injuries=10
|allies=
|susperps=
|perps=[[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<ref>[http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04june30/news.htm#3 LeT commander Zubair Masih led killer group in Surankote] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193939/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04june30/news.htm#3 |date=1 December 2008 }}, ''[[Daily Excelsior]]'', 30 June 2004</ref>
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'''2004 Teli Katha massacre''' was the killing of twelve [[Muslim]] [[Gujjars]] by [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] militants on 26 June 2004 in the village of Teli Katha (also called Tiali Katha by some sources) in [[Surankote Tehsil]] in [[Poonch district, India|Poonch district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name=LAT>[http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jun/27/world/fg-kashmir27 12 Kashmiris Killed in Their Sleep], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', 27 June 2004</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.

==Attack==

The murdered villagers included women, children, and men who were members of the Village Defense Committee, had been sleeping in their dhok. They were fired upon indiscriminately.<ref name="PuriMight">{{cite news |last1=Puri |first1=Luv |title=Pir Panjal vulnerable despite people's might |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/25/stories/2005092500151100.htm |accessdate=22 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 September 2005}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The members of VDC returned fire forcing the militants to flee in 10–15 minutes and thereby saving many lives. The deceased include seven members of the VDC and their five children. Ten others including four women and three children were injured.<ref name=tribune>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040627/main1.htm Militants massacre 12 in Poonch], ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 26 June 2004</ref> The killings were thought to be revenge for the villagers co-operation with the Indian army during [[Operation Sarp Vinash]].<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=33092 Militants avenge Sarp Vinash], ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 27 June 2004</ref> Anger against the militants ran so high that villagers had previously refused to bury militants killed in this operation by the Indian army, claiming their crimes meant they had renounced Islam.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2114/stories/20040716003902000.htm Resistance and reprisal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103225432/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2114/stories/20040716003902000.htm |date=3 November 2012 }}, ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'', 3 July 2004</ref>

==Aftermath==
Investigations by the authorities that Zubair Masih of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] had led the group of militants who were responsible for the killings.<ref>[http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04june30/news.htm#3 LeT commander Zubair Masih led killer group in Surankote] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193939/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04june30/news.htm#3 |date=1 December 2008 }}, ''[[Daily Excelsior]]'', 30 June 2004</ref>

In August 2004, security forces killed three militants involved in this massacre.<ref>[http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04aug29/news.htm#2 3 militants involved in Surankote massacre killed], ''[[Daily Excelsior]]'', 29 August 2004{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref>

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