| Doda Massacre | |
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| Location | Doda District,Jammu and Kashmir,India |
| Date | 30 April 2006 |
| Target | Hindus |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Deaths | 57 |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Taiba |
| Motive | Islamist Terrorism |
The2006 Doda massacre was a mass murder of 57Hindu civilians in two separate incidents, carried out byLashkar-e-Taibamilitants in theDoda district ofJammu and Kashmir, India on 30 April 2006.[citation needed]
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Two separate attacks took place on 30 April 2006 in close by areas.
In the first attack, twenty-two unarmedHindu villagers, mostly shepherds or their families, were lined up and gunned down in Thawa village in Kulhand area of Doda district.[1] The victims included a 3-year-old girl.[2] Ten to twelve people wearing fakeIndian Army uniforms carried out the massacre. The doctor who was sent to do the post mortem examination suffered a heart attack on seeing the bodies and was admitted to the hospital.[3]
The second attack occurred in the Lalon Galla village in Basantgarh area ofUdhampur district. Thirty-five Hindu shepherds were kidnapped and shot dead on the same day.[2]
The attacks were believed to have been an attempt to derail the impending talks between the Indian government and theAll Parties Hurriyat Conference.[4]
The killings received widespread condemnation, including from the President of IndiaA. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. TheBJP accused unidentified "terrorists" of carrying outethnic cleansing.[5] Others accused the Kashmiri militant groupHizbul Mujahideen.[2] India blamed the Pakistan-based terrorist groupLashkar-e-Taiba and called it "cross border terrorism".[6]
In 2007, Australian government attributed the massacre toLashkar-e-Taiba, which it declared to be aterrorist organisation.[7]