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1993 Kishtwar massacre

1993 Kishtwar massacre was the killing of 16–17 Hindu bus passengers by Muslim militants in the Sarthal area of Kishtwar district of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in India on 14 August 1993. The massacre was the first of several communally motivated attacks and mass murders of Hindu civilians by militants during the insurgency in the territory. The massacre marked beginnings of the spread of insurgent violence to Jammu region and triggered a migration of some Hindus out of the erstwhile Muslim-majority Doda district.

Massacre
On 14 August 1993, a local bus was hijacked in the Sarthal area near the town of Kishtwar by three Muslim militants armed with AK47s. ==Aftermath==
Aftermath
The imam of a mosque in Kishtwar publicly denounced the killings and called for a strike in an attempt to prevent inter-community violence in the town, which had nearly equal number of Hindus and Muslims. These were formed with the goal of preventing migrations similar to the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus out of the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley that had taken place at the beginning of the insurgency. Indian intelligence agencies claim that a Pakistani militant called Muhammad Sajjad Khan (alias Sajjad Afghani) had ordered the massacre. As of 2023, no one has been tried or convicted for the massacre. ==References==
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