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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Killing of 35 Hindus in Kashmir by Islamist militants}}<br />
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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = Doda Massacre <br />
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| location = [[Doda District]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]<br />
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| target = [[Hindu]]s<br />
| date = 30 April 2006<br />
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| type = [[Mass murder]]<br />
| motive = [[Islamist Terrorism]]<br />
| fatalities = 57<br />
| injuries = <br />
| perps = [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''2006 Doda massacre''' was a mass murder of 57 [[Hindu]] civilians in two separate incidents, carried out by [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] [[militants]] in the [[Doda district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India on 30 April 2006.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}<br />
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==Attacks==<br />
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Two separate attacks took place on 30 April 2006 in close by areas.<br />
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In the first attack, twenty-two unarmed [[Hindu]] villagers, mostly shepherds or their families, were lined up and gunned down in Thawa village in Kulhand area of Doda district.<ref>{{cite news|title=34 killed in held Kashmir|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/190393/34-killed-in-held-kashmir|access-date=25 February 2017|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|location=Pakistan|date=2 May 2006}}</ref> The victims included a 3-year-old girl.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|last1=Swami |first1=Praveen |last2=Puri |first2=Luv |title=Serial terror strikes claim 35 lives in Doda and Udhampur |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050212520100.htm |access-date=25 February 2017 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309201444/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050212520100.htm |archive-date=9 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ten to twelve people wearing fake [[Indian Army]] uniforms carried out the massacre. The doctor who was sent to do the post mortem examination suffered a heart attack on seeing the bodies and was admitted to the hospital.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=S. P.|title=22 Hindus massacred in Doda|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060502/main1.htm|access-date=25 February 2017|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|location=Chandigarh|date=2 May 2006}}</ref><br />
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The second attack occurred in the Lalon Galla village in Basantgarh area of [[Udhampur district]]. Thirty-five Hindu shepherds were kidnapped and shot dead on the same day.<ref name="hindu" /><br />
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The attacks were believed to have been an attempt to derail the impending talks between the Indian government and the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2006 |title=Militants massacre 34 Hindus in Indian Kashmir |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-05-01/militants-massacre-34-hindus-in-indian-kashmir/1743472 |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Perpetrators==<br />
The killings received widespread condemnation, including from the President of India [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] and Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]]. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] accused unidentified "terrorists" of carrying out [[ethnic cleansing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Doda massacre part of ethnic cleansing: BJP |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204491000.htm |access-date=25 February 2017 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630145640/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/02/stories/2006050204491000.htm |archive-date=30 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Others accused the Kashmiri militant group [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].<ref name="hindu" /> India blamed the Pakistan-based terrorist group [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] and called it "cross border terrorism".<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2006 |title='Militants' kill Kashmir Hindus |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4961464.stm |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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In 2007, Australian government attributed the massacre to [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], which it declared to be a [[terrorist organisation]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-09-07 |title=Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 12) (SLI No 267 of 2007) |url=http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_reg/ccar200712n267o2007414/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Australasian Legal Information Institute |publisher=UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law}}</ref><br />
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