Top 12 Deadliest Terrorist Attacks in Jammu and Kashmir (2000–2025)

Comprehensive list with full details on Pulwama, Kaluchak, Amarnath and more terrorist attacks. A must-read for understanding regional conflict.

These terrorist attacks are not just incidents — they’ve been brutally executed. We’ve been facing such attacks for over 20 years.

Table of Contents

1. Pahalgam Tourist Attack

📅 Date: April 22, 2025
📍 Location: Baisaran, near Pahalgam
☠️ Casualties: 26 killed (25 Indian tourists, 1 Nepali), 17 injured
🎯 Perpetrators: Claimed by a group calling itself “Kashmir Resistance” (unverified)
📝 Details:
Gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists enjoying the scenic Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam. The victims were mostly domestic travelers. This is one of the most devastating attacks on civilians and tourists in Kashmir since the early 2000s, and it sent shockwaves through the tourism industry. The attack was condemned nationally and internationally.

2. Reasi Pilgrim Attack

📅 Date: June 9, 2024
📍 Location: Reasi district, Jammu
☠️ Casualties: 9 killed, 33 injured
🎯 Perpetrators: The Resistance Front (TRF)
📝 Details:
Militants opened fire on a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims returning from the Shiv Khori shrine. The bus driver lost control, and the vehicle plunged into a gorge. The Resistance Front later claimed responsibility. The attack raised serious concerns over security along religious pilgrimage routes.

3. Pulwama Suicide Bombing

📅 Date: February 14, 2019
📍 Location: Pulwama district
☠️ Casualties: 46 CRPF personnel killed
🎯 Perpetrators: Jaish-e-Mohammed
📝 Details:
One of the deadliest attacks on Indian security forces in decades. A suicide bomber rammed an SUV loaded with explosives into a CRPF convoy. The bombing led to the Balakot airstrikes and marked a major escalation in India-Pakistan tensions.

4. Sunjuwan Army Camp Attack

📅 Date: February 10, 2018
📍 Location: Jammu
☠️ Casualties: 11 (6 soldiers, 5 civilians)
🎯 Perpetrators: Jaish-e-Mohammed
📝 Details:
Heavily armed militants stormed the Sunjuwan Military Station in a pre-dawn attack. A fierce gunbattle lasted over 30 hours. Families of soldiers living on base were also targeted, which intensified the public outrage.

5. Amarnath Yatra Attack

📅 Date: July 10, 2017
📍 Location: Anantnag district
☠️ Casualties: 8 killed, 18 injured
🎯 Perpetrators: Unknown
📝 Details:
A bus carrying pilgrims, which was not part of the secured convoy, was ambushed by militants. The attack on unarmed religious pilgrims during the holy Amarnath Yatra shocked the country and raised urgent questions on pilgrimage security planning.

6. Kulgam Laborers Terrorist Attacks

📅 Date: June 12, 2006
📍 Location: Kulgam district
☠️ Casualties: 9 laborers killed
🎯 Perpetrators: Unknown
📝 Details:
Militants opened fire on non-local laborers from Bihar and Nepal who were working in apple orchards. The attack reflected growing hostility toward non-local labor and raised fears of economic instability in the Valley.

7. Doda Massacre Terrorist Attacks

📅 Date: April 30, 2006
📍 Location: Doda and Udhampur districts
☠️ Casualties: 35 Hindus killed
🎯 Perpetrators: Unknown
📝 Details:
Militants raided remote villages, separating Hindus from Muslims and then executing them. The coordinated attacks were carried out to instill fear and trigger mass migration of minorities.

8. Nadimarg Massacre Terrorist Attacks

📅 Date: March 23, 2003
📍 Location: Pulwama district
☠️ Casualties: 24 Kashmiri Pandits killed
🎯 Perpetrators: Militants in army uniforms
📝 Details:
Attackers dressed in Indian Army uniforms entered Nadimarg village and shot Kashmiri Pandit residents at point-blank range. The incident contributed significantly to the flight of remaining Pandits from the Valley.

9. Qasim Nagar Massacre Terrorist Attacks

📅 Date: July 13, 2002
📍 Location: Jammu
☠️ Casualties: 29 civilians killed
🎯 Perpetrators: Unknown
📝 Details:
Militants targeted civilians in a busy market in the Qasim Nagar locality. The massacre sent shockwaves through Jammu and was one of the bloodiest attacks in an urban area of the region.

10. Kaluchak Massacre Terrorist Attacks

📅 Date: May 14, 2002
📍 Location: Near Jammu
☠️ Casualties: 31 killed (including 10 children and 3 women)
🎯 Perpetrators: Lashkar-e-Taiba (suspected)
📝 Details:
Three Pakistani militants attacked a bus and later stormed the army’s family quarters, killing civilians, including women and children. The brutality of the attack drew international condemnation.

11. Kishtwar Massacre

📅 Date: August 2001
📍 Location: Kishtwar district
☠️ Casualties: 17 Hindus killed
🎯 Perpetrators: Unknown
📝 Details:
Militants targeted a Hindu-majority village in Kishtwar, dragging victims from their homes and executing them. The attack was part of a larger effort to ethnically cleanse certain areas.

12. Amarnath Pilgrimage Massacre

📅 Date: August 2000
📍 Location: Anantnag and Doda districts
☠️ Casualties: At least 89 pilgrims killed, 60+ injured
🎯 Perpetrators: Unknown
📝 Details:
In a coordinated series of brutal attacks, multiple groups of Hindu pilgrims on the Amarnath Yatra were gunned down or hacked to death. This remains one of the deadliest single events targeting religious pilgrims in India’s history.

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