10 July 2017; 6 years ago (2017-07-10) Night (IST)
Target
Bus carrying pilgrims[2]
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths
8
Injured
18
Victims
Hindu pilgrims
Perpetrators
Lashkar-e-Taiba (denied responsibility)[3]
Assailants
4 LeT attackers; three logistics providers[2]
Accused
Attackers, all killed: Abu Ismail (mastermind)[4] Yawar Bashir Furqan Maawiya[5] Logistic support, all arrested: Bilal Ahmed Reshi Aizaj Wagey Zahoor Ahmed[2]
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1983 Dhilwan bus massacre
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1993 Kishtwar massacre
1998 Chamba massacre
1998 Wandhama massacre
1998 Chapnari massacre
1998 Prankote massacre
2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
2000 Murder of Shanti Kali
2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
2001 Kishtwar massacre
2002 Godhra train burning
2002 Qasim Nagar massacre
2002 Akshardham Temple attack
2002 Amarnath attack
2002 Raghunath temple attacks
2002-03 Marad massacres
2003 Nadimarg massacre
2006 Doda massacre
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Indian Parliament
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2002
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Kolkata
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Rafiganj
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Kurnool
2003
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2005
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2006
Ahmedabad
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2nd Delhi
Doda
6th Mumbai
Malegaon
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2nd Srinagar
2007
Samjhauta Express
1st Hyderabad (May)
2nd Hyderabad (Aug)
Ajmer
Uttar Pradesh
2008
Jaipur
2nd Bangalore
Ahmedabad
3rd Delhi (13 Sep)
4th Delhi (27 Sep)
Malegaon
Agartala
Imphal
1st Assam
7th Mumbai
2009
Guwahati
2nd Assam
Bhimajuli
2010
3rd Bangalore
Pune
1st Dantewada (Apr)
2nd Dantewada (May)
Jnaneswari
5th Delhi
2nd Varanasi
2011
8th Mumbai
6th Delhi
2012
7th Delhi
Pune
2013
Hyderabad
3rd Srinagar (Mar)
4th Bangalore
1st Sukma
4th Srinagar (Jun)
Bodh Gaya
Patna
2014
Chennai
3rd Assam
2nd Sukma
Burdwan
Kashmir Valley
4th Assam
5th Bangalore
2015
Gurdaspur
Manipur
2016
Pathankot
Pampore
Uri
Nagrota
2017
Shajapur
3rd Sukma
Amarnath Yatra
2018
Sunjuwan
4th Sukma
2019
Pulwama
Gadchiroli
2021
Sukma-Bijapur
2023
Rajouri attacks
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On 10 July 2017, the first Monday of the month of Shraavana, 8 Hindu civilian pilgrims on the way from Amarnath Temple in Kashmir Valley, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, were killed in a terror attack.[6][7] The pilgrims mostly belonged to the Indian state of Gujarat.[8][9] Eight people were killed and at least 18 people were injured in the attack.[10]
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