1993 Sopore massacre

1993 Sopore Massacre
Part of Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir
LocationSopore, Jammu and Kashmir, india
DateJanuary 6, 1993 (1993-01-06)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Massacre, Incendiary, Arson, Mass shooting
Deaths57
Injured20–80 wounded
Perpetrator Border Security Force

The Sopore massacre refers to the mass killing of at least 43 civilians by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) who were travelling on a bus from Bandipur to Sopore in Kashmir on 6 January 1993. According to some reports as many as 57 people were killed.