What the records say
- When
- 14 Aug 1993
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 16
- Coordinates
- 33.31° N, 75.77° E
- Description
- 1993 killings of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir
Placed at the town its title names, Kishtwar.
1993 Kishtwar massacre
1993 killings of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir
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.
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