2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
| 2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Kashmir conflict | |
| Location | Amarnath Temple, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Coordinates | 34°0′7.2″N 75°19′1.2″E / 34.002000°N 75.317000°E |
| Date | 30 July and 6 August 2002 |
| Victims | 11 Hindu pilgrims killed |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Taiba |
| Motive | Islamist Terrorism |
On 30 July and 6 August 2002, in the month of Shraavana, 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a terror attack by Islamic extremists from Lashkar-e-Taiba's front group of al-Mansuriyan, on Nunwan base camp at Pahalgam of the Amarnath Hindu pilgrimage (Yatra) to Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the spate of attacks on Yatra in the third consecutive year, 2 pilgrims were killed and 3 injured on 30 July when terrorists threw grenades at a civilian taxi of pilgrims in Srinagar. Further, 9 people were killed and 27 injured on 6 August by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists' hail of bullets at Nunwan base camp at Pahalgam.