List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir
Appearance
Separatist militant insurgency in Kashmir since 1989 has led to several terrorist attacks and incidents within the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[1][2]
Security personnel deaths | 6413 |
Civilian deaths | 14930 |
Militant deaths | 23386 |
Total | 44729[3] |
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Data from Ministry of Home Affairs |
List
[edit]Year | Date | Incident | Perpetrators | Deaths | Ref | State Government | Central Government |
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1989 | 14 September | Assassination of BJP leader and Lawyer Tika Lal Taploo. | Anti-Pandit Militants | 1 | [4] | Farooq Abdullah
(JKNC) |
Rajiv Gandhi (INC) |
4 November | Assassination of retired Judge Nilkanth Ganjoo. | JKLF | 1 | ||||
1990 | 13 February | Assassination of Lassa Kaul (Director of Doordarshan) | Anti-Pandit Militants | 1 | [5][6] | V. P. Singh | |
6 April | Assassination of CEO of Hindustan Machine Tools H. L. Khera. | JKLF | 2 | ||||
Assassination of Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir, Mushir-u-Haq. | |||||||
1 May | Assassination of Sarwanand Koul Premi and his son. | Anti-Pandit Militants | 2 | ||||
21 May | Assassination of Imam Mohammad Farooq Shah. | Hizbul Mujahideen | 1 | ||||
1990–1991 | Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus | Anti-Pandit and Anti India Millitants | 217-228 | [7][8] | Dissolved | Chandra Shekhar
(SJPR) (INC) | |
1994 | 29 March | Assassination of Lt Gen E. W. Fernandes and other Indian Army officers. | Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen | 15 | [9][5] | Dissolved | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(INC) |
1995 | 26 January | Assassination attempt on Governor Lt Gen K. V. Krishna Rao. | Hizbul Mujahideen
Lashkar-e-Taiba |
8 | [10] | ||
20 July | Bomb Explosion in Jammu | 20 | [11] | ||||
1998 | 26 January | Wandhama massacre | 23 | Farooq Abdullah
(JKNC) |
Inder Kumar Gujral
(INC) | ||
17 April | Prankote massacre | 29 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(BJP) | ||||
21 April | Thub Village massacre | 13 | |||||
19 June | Chapnari massacre | 25 | |||||
3 August | Chamba massacre | 35 | |||||
1999 | 7 September | Assassination of BJP Candidate Haider Noorani[12] | 1 | [12] | |||
3 November | Suicide attack at Badami Bagh cantonment | 10 | [13] | ||||
24 December | Suicide bomber attack on JnK Special Operations group police officers | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 12 | [11] | |||
2000 | 7 January | Attack on the Meteorological Center, Srinagar. | 4 | [5] | |||
20 March | Chittisinghpura massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 35 | ||||
15 May | Assassination of Minister for Power, Gulam Hasan Bhat | Hizbul Mujahideen | 5 | ||||
August | 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | 62 | [14] | ||||
3 November | Assassination of Aga Syed Mehdi in a landmine explosion | 6 | [15] | ||||
25 December | Attack on Army HQ Badami Bagh, Srinagar | 9 | [5] | ||||
2001 | 9 February | Suicide bomber attack on JnK police control room | Al-Umar-Mujahideen | 12 | |||
10 February | 2001 Kot Charwal massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 15 | ||||
2 March | Ambush on police personnel in Rajouri | 17 | |||||
8 June | Grenade explosion in Charar-e-Sharief shrine. | 4 | |||||
20 July | Amarnath Massacre | 8 | [16] | ||||
21 July | Doda Massacre | 16 | [5] | ||||
2-3 August | 2001 Kishtwar massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 15 | ||||
7 August | Jammu Railway Station shootout | 13 | [17][18] | ||||
29 August | Anantnag bus attack | 9 | [5] | ||||
1 October | Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly car bombing | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 36 | ||||
2002 | 20 January | Poonch massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 11 | |||
30 March | First Raghunath temple attacks | 11 | |||||
14 May | 2002 Kaluchak massacre | 31 | [19] | ||||
21 March | Assassination of Abdul Ghani Lone | 1 | [20] | ||||
13 July | 2002 Qasim Nagar massacre | 25 | |||||
6 August | 2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | 11 | |||||
11 September | Assassination of Mushtaq Lone, State Law Minister | 3 | [21] | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | |||
11 November | IED blast on the Jammu Srinagar national highway | 8 | [5] | ||||
22 November | IED blast in Srinagar | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | ||||
23 November | IED blast at Lower Munda on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. | 19 | |||||
24 November | Secoind Raghunath temple attacks | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 14 | ||||
5 December | Assassination of Ghulam Mohiuddin Lone, brother of Mushtaq Lone. | 1 | |||||
20 December | Assassination of Abdul Aziz Mir | 1 | |||||
2003 | 28 January | Assassination of Farooq Ahmed Kuchchay, NC politician | Hizbul Mujahideen | 2 | |||
14 March | Suicide attack on Muharram procession in Poonch | 4 | |||||
16 March | Attack on remote police post | 11 | |||||
23 March | Nadimarg massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 24 | [22] | |||
22 April | Landmine blast in Udhampur | 6 | [5] | ||||
19 May | Massacre in form of beheading in Rajouri | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 6 | ||||
26 May | Ambush at the house of a Village Defence Committee member | 5 | |||||
28 June | Suicide attack at Sunjwan military base | 12 | |||||
22 July | Suicide attack at the Akhnoor army base, killing one Brigadier | 8 | |||||
13 September | Ambush on the car of political leader Mohammad Yusuf Parray | 3 | [23] | ||||
2004 | 2 January | Suicide attack at the Jammu Railway Station | 4 | [24] | |||
3 March | Suicide attack at the Court complex in Jammu | 7 | |||||
9 March | Suicide attack at the PIB of the GOI | 2 | |||||
Suicide attack on Directorate of Information of the Govt of JnK | |||||||
8 April | Attack at a PDP political rally in Uri | 11 | [25] | ||||
23 May | IED explosion at the Jammu-Srinagar Highway | 30 | [5] | Manmohan Singh
(INC) | |||
26 June | Terrorist attack in Surankote | 12 | |||||
2 July | Attack on the convoy of MP, Choudhury Lal Singh | 6 | [26] | ||||
19 July | Assassination attempt on Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma | 6 | [27] | ||||
28 July | Overnight gunfight at the paramilitary base on the banks of Dal lake | 5 | [5][28] | ||||
4 August | Ambush at CRPF camp | 9 | [24] | ||||
5 December | IED explosion in Pulwama | 10 | [5] | ||||
2005 | 7 January | Suicide attack on Income tax office, Srinagar | 3-5 | [24][29] | |||
24 February | Suicide attack at Divisional Commissioners office | 6 | [5] | ||||
12 May | Grenade attack in a school in Srinagar | 2 | [30] | ||||
13 June | Explosives-laden car detonates in Pulwama | 13 | [5] | ||||
24 June | Bus boarded by security personnel attacked by bomb in Srinagar | 9 | [31] | ||||
19 July | Attack at a village in Udhampur | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | [5] | |||
20 July | Suicide attack on Army vehicle in Srinagar | 5 | |||||
9 September | 3 Families attacked in Udhampur | 6 | |||||
10 September | Attack on an Army convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway | 5 | |||||
10 October | Four families attacked in Rajouri | Hizbul Mujahideen | 10 | ||||
18 October | Assassination of Dr. Ghulam Nabi Lone, Minister for Education | Islamic Front | 4 | [24] | |||
2 November | Suicide attack near the residence of outgoing CM Mufti Md Sayeed | 10 | |||||
14 November | Suicide attack at a business hub in Srinagar | Islamic Front | 4 | Ghulam Nabi Azad
(INC) | |||
15 November | Assassination attempt on PDP leader Ghulam Hassan Mir | 3-6 | [32] | ||||
16 November | Assassination attempt on Minister Usman Majeed | 4 | [5] | ||||
2006 | 23 January | Gunfight with special operations group | 4 | ||||
9 April | Terrorists kill a family of 3 in Udhampur | 3 | |||||
14 April | Serial grenade blasts in Srinagar | 5 | |||||
1 May | Doda massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 34 | ||||
21 May | Attack on the Rally of CM Ghulam Nabi Azad | 6-7 | [33] | ||||
25 May | Grenade attack in Srinagar | 8 | [5] | ||||
12 June | Attack on Laborers in Anantnag | 9 | |||||
30 June | Assassination of Ghulam Nabi Dar, NC leader in Kulgam | 7 | [34] | ||||
11 July | Grenade attack in Srinagar | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 8 | [5] | |||
10 November | Grenade attack in Pulwama | 6 | |||||
2007 | 8 February | Ambush on Security Patrol in Pulwama | 5 | ||||
30 March | Attack on laborers in Rajouri | 5 | |||||
29 July | Attack on a civilian bus near Shalimar Garden | 6 | |||||
17 August | IED blast near Security forces in Awantipora | 5 | |||||
11 October | IED blast in Baramullah | Hizbul Mujahideen | 7 | ||||
2008 | 13 June | Ambush on Army personnel | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 5 | |||
4 July | Ambush on Army personnel in Kupwara | 5 | |||||
19 July | IED blast in an Army bus in Srinagar | Hizbul Mujahideen | 10 | Dissolved | |||
24 July | Grenade attack in SSrinagar | 5 | |||||
Attack on the house of a surrendered militant | Hizbul Mujahideen | 4 | |||||
27 August | Suicide attack in Kenachak | 11 | |||||
2009 | 21 April | IED blast in Poonch | 5 | Omar Abdullah
(JKNC) | |||
12 September | IED blast in Central Jail in Srinagar | 3 | |||||
30 December | Shootout on CRPF vehicles | Hizbul Mujahideen | 4 | ||||
2010 | 16 March | Attack on civilians in Srinagar | 6 | ||||
2013 | 24 June | Ambush on Army personnel in Srinagar | Hizbul Mujahideen | 8 | [13] | ||
26 September | Twin suicide attacks in Kathua | 13 | [35][5] | ||||
2014 | 28 March | Truck Hijacking in Kathua | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | |||
7 April | Landmine explosion in Baranda Mor | 3 | |||||
13 August | Attack in Pulwama before new Prime ministers visit | 3 | Narendra Modi
(BJP) | ||||
27 November | Suicide attack in Arnia | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 10 | [13] | |||
5 December | Suicide attack on Army personnel in Uri | 17 | |||||
2015 | 20 March | Suicide attack in a Kathua police station | 6 | Dissolved | |||
6 April | A militant attack in Shopian District | 3 | [35] | Mehbooba Mufti
(JKPDP) | |||
2016 | 2 January | 2016 Pathankot Airbase attack | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 12 | |||
17 August | Ambush on Military convoy in Baramullah | 3 | |||||
18 September | 2016 Uri attack | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 24 | ||||
29 November | Suicide attack on Military personnel in Nagrota | 7 | |||||
2017 | 23 February | Attack on a Patrol party in Shopian | 4 | ||||
1 May | Ambush on a Bank Van in Kulgam | 7 | |||||
16 June | Ambush on Military convoy in Anantnag | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | ||||
10 July | 2017 Amarnath Yatra massacre | 8 | |||||
26 August | Suicide attack on Security forces in Pulwama | 8 | |||||
21 September | Assassination attempt on PDP leader Naeem Akhtar | Hizbul Mujahideen | 3 | ||||
2018 | 6 January | IED blast in Sopore | 4 | ||||
10 February | Suicide attack on Sunjuwan Military Station | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 9 | ||||
29 August | Militant attack at Arhama in Shopian District | 4 | Dissolved | ||||
21 October | Attack at Laroo village in Kulgam | 15 | |||||
2019 | 14 February | 2019 Pulwama attack | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 41 | |||
12 June | Ambush on Security forces in a school in Anantnag | Al-Umar-Mujahideen | 5 | ||||
29 October | Attack on Bengali laboureres | 5 | |||||
2020 | 4 May | Attack on CRPF patrol | 4 | ||||
8 July | Assassination of BJP leader Wasim Ahmad Bari | 3 | G. C. Murmu | ||||
29 October | Attack on BJP workers | The Resistance Front | 3 | Manoj Sinha | |||
2021 | 12 December | Ambush on police vehicle in Srinagar | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 3 | |||
2022 | 11 August | Foiled suicide attack in Rajouri | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 5 | |||
2023 | 1 January | Attack on civilians in Rajouri | 4 | ||||
20 April | Ambush on army vehicle in Poonch | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 5 | ||||
5 May | IED blast in Rajouri | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 5 | ||||
21 December | Ambush on Army vehicle | 5 | |||||
2024 | 9 June | 2024 Reasi attack | The Resistance Front | 9 | |||
9 July | Attack on Army convoy in Kathua | 5 | [36] |
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