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The '''Handwara massacre''' was a massacre of 21 unarmed protesters by the [[Border Security Force]] of India in the town of [[Handwara]], Kashmir on 25 January 1990.<br />
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==Background==<br />
On 21 January 1990, [[Central Reserve Police Force]] opened fire on a group of protesters on the Gawkadal bridge. The Massacre killed between 28-280 civilians.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kashmir: The Scarred and the Beautiful |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2008/05/01/kashmir-the-scarred-and-the-beautiful/ |website=The New York Review of Books |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201175847/https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2008/05/01/kashmir-the-scarred-and-the-beautiful/ |archive-date=1 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Massacre==<br />
On 25 January 1990, At around 11 AM 10,000 people were marching in the town of Handwara to protest the [[Gawkadal massacre]] which had occurred four days earlier. At around that time, a [[Border Security Force]] [[Tata 407]] attempted to dive through the protest, the protests blocked the path of the vehicle. In response, the BSF opened fire on the crowd and continued firing until 2:00 PM local time. After the massacre, the dead were piled in a tin shed near the Handwara district hospital. The massacre killed 21 people and injured 75 others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Handwara Massacre {{!}} Jan 25, 1990: When 21 people fell to BSF bullets |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/handwara-massacre-jan-25-1990-when-21-people-fell-to-bsf-bullets |website=Greater Kashmir |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="It was doomsday": 31 years on, justice eludes Handwara massacre victims |url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/it-was-doomsday-31-years-on-justice-eludes-handwara-massacre-victims/ |website=the Kashmir Walla |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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