What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 1990
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 21
- Coordinates
- 34.40° N, 74.28° E
- Description
- death of protestors in Kashmir in India
Placed at the town its title names, Handwara.
1990 Handwara massacre
Death of protestors in Kashmir in India
The Handwara massacre was the killing of 21 Kashmiri civilians by the Border Security Force on 25 January 1990 in Handwara, a town in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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