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Volume 1, No. 11 - April 2002 |
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Terrorism Update Suicide Attack on Jammu’s Raghunath
Temple Predictably, the Islamic Front claimed credit for the attack. The Islamic Front is one of the groups which has absorbed most of the cadre of the Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, now under the US spotlight. Pakistan is passing off this reorganization of terrorist groups as its action to end terrorism. The 2000 extremists, whose arrest by Pakistan in January, which was made much of by US officials, have already been released. Masood Azhar and Hafiz Mohammed Sayeed, heads of Jaish and Lashkar respectively, have also been released. There are reports that at least 10,000 trained terrorists of groups related to the Al Qaida and Taliban continue to operate in Pakistan. It is clear that Pakistan is getting ready to go back towards peak levels of terrorism export. Terrorist Attacks on Civilians,
Security Forces Escalate March 30: In a land mine blast and a grenade attack on a BSF camp, four security personnel died. Two Muslims and a Hindu were killed in Jammu district by terrorists. In Rajouri, the terrorists set of a series of blasts aimed at disrupting electric poles. A bus and several houses were also set on blaze by terrorists. March 25: Terrorists attacked civilian targets in Doda, killing two men and burning down houses of Hindus in a village. March 24: Several policemen, including a young woman police officer, were killed by terrorists in Rajouri. This was also the day when $100,000 was recovered from two Hurriyat operatives. The money was being sent to Yasin Malik, one of the Hurriyat leaders. March 23: Two civilians were killed and more than 20 injured in a grenade attack at the crowded Habba Kadal area in downtown Srinagar. March 22: At least 50 civilians were wounded in two separate grenade attacks in public areas in Shopian and Anantnag in South Kashmir. Terrorists also attacked passenger buses traveling from Ramban to Gool. Security personnel escorting the buses retaliated and prevented any civilian casualties. March 21: Terrorists attacked a Hindu shop in Rajouri, seriously injuring 5 Hindus. A bomb was also set off in Kalakote damaging a temple. March 20: Terrorists killed two school children in Kupwara, and also killed two policemen and a National Conference party member in Srinagar. March 19: Two terrorists took shelter in a mosque in Baramulla town and were later gunned down by police sharpshooters. In Srinagar, terrorists attacked the BSF headquarters with a volley of rifle grenades, injuring a soldier. One man was found beheaded after terrorists kidnapped him from his Shopian residence. March 16: Two Hindus were killed by terrorists, in Udhampur and Gool. Terrorists also set ablaze several residences. March 14: Terrorists attacked the house of a state Congress politician, injuring three policemen protecting the residence and damaging the house. March 13: A group of three terrorists killed a woman and her 12-year old son by firing at them from point-blank range, execution style. March 12: Terrorists killed a civilian in front of his family in Mahore. Three civilians were reported killed in south Kashmir by terrorists. March 8: Five terrorists were gunned down by security forces near Vashno Devi shrine after their movement was reported by locals to the police. Terrorists killed a young man in Surankote. March 7: A civilian was found with his throat slit in Mendhar after being kidnapped by terrorists. March 6: One civilian was killed by terrorists in the valley today. March 5: Terrorists descended on villages in Rajouri and Poonch, dragged away four civilians and killed them. Among the dead was the wife of a National Conference politician. Several houses were set ablaze by terrorists in Gool. March 4: A large group of Pakistani infiltrators was discovered near the LOC, and security forces shot dead 14 of them. |
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