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'''2006 [[Kulgam]] massacre''' was the killing of nine Nepalese and Bihari labourers and a Muslim Kashmiri [[Indian Army]] soldier by [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] militants in a broad daylight near Yaripora in Kulgam area of [[Anantnag district]] in [[Kashmir]] on 12 June 2006.<ref name="tribune"/>

==Background==

The group of labourers consisted of 9 Hindus and 1 Muslim (whom the terrorists did not kill). They had come to Kashmir from [[Siliguri]] as they had heard that wages were good. They were hired to build a wall around a house in Hangalbuch. On the morning of the massacre it had been raining and they took an early break for lunch. A local Muslim Abdullah Teli was cooking lunch for them{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}.

==The Attack==

The seven unidentified gunmen wearing combat fatigues, kidnapped Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh a newly recruited soldier of Rashtriya Rifles and thirteen Nepali and Bihari labourers. Later they tortured and beheaded Sheikh.{{fact|date=October 2021}} The labourers were lined up and asked to undress. One of them Mahammad Naimuddin was identified as a Muslim and asked to step aside. Then the labourers were fired on indiscriminately leading to the death of nine of them.<ref>[http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/06june13/news.htm#2 Soldier, 9 labourers killed in Kulgam massacre]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Daily Excelsior]], 2006-06-13</ref> "I begged them not to do it," said Teli, breaking down as he recounts what happened in the minutes before the massacre. "I told them that these were simple working men who had done no wrong. But they just wouldn't listen. They marched out all those men, and a little while later, I heard the shots."{{fact|date=October 2021}}

==The aftermath==
300 Muslims of Kulgam witnessed the funerals. None of the prominent politicians were present.{{fact|date=October 2021}} The police claimed that the pro-Pakistan terrorist organization, [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] was believed to be responsible for the attack.<ref name="tribune">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060613/main2.htm Ultras gun down 8 labourers in Kulgam], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 2006-06-13</ref> However, in 2007 Australian government in declaring [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] a [[Terrorist organisation]] also attributed this massacre jointly to it.<ref>[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_reg_es/ccar200712n267o2007414.html CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2007 (NO. 12) (SLI NO 267 OF 2007)], Australasian Legal Information Institute.</ref>

==References==
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