2004 Teli Katha massacre
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| Teli Katha massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Teli Katha, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Date | 26 June 2004 |
| Target | Muslims Gujjars |
Attack type | Mass Murder |
| Weapons | Firearms |
| Deaths | 12 |
| Injured | 10 |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Taiba[1] |
2004 Teli Katha massacre was the killing of twelve Muslim Gujjars by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants on 26 June 2004 in the village of Teli Katha (also called Tiali Katha by some sources) in Surankote Tehsil in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.[2]
A violent insurgency has been going on in Jammu and Kashmir since 1989. The militants had intermittently massacred villagers who did not support their cause. The state government had supplied arms to the villagers who had formed Village Defence Committees (VDC) so that they could protect themselves from the militants.