1998 Chamba massacre

1998 Chamba massacre

1998 Chamba massacre is massacre of 35 Hindus by terrorists in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh in India in 1998.

The suspected Pakistan-trained militants massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, and injured 11 in the Chamba district bordering Doda in Jammu on early hours of August 3,1998. The Chamba massacre took place in two separate incidents at Kalaban and Satrundi.26 persons were killed and eight injured in Kalaban area under Police Station Tissa of Chamba District. In another incident at about 1.30 a.m. that morning, five persons were killed and three injured in village Satrindi, District Chamba. News of the massacre became public when two of the injured at Kalaban -- Dhian Singh and Beli Ram -- with blood oozing from their wounds, trudged eight kilometers through the dense forests and informed about the mayhem at the nearest Mansa police post.

External links

* [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980804/21650704.html]
* [http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives1998/98august02b.html]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980816/22850374.html]
* [http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/archives/articles/arc_dnm/2006/may2106.htm]


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