What the records say
- When
- 19 Jun 1998
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 26
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 76.50° E
- Description
- 1998 massacre in India
Placed at the point Wikidata gives for Jammu and Kashmir.
1998 Chapnari massacre
1998 massacre in India
The 1998 Chapnari massacre was a massacre of 26 Hindus in the Chapnari village, Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir, India on 19 June 1998, by terrorists belonging to the Islamic terrorist groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.
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