Major Terrorist Attacks on Security
Forces Establishments
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Date |
Target |
Casualties |
1999
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July 13
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BSF camp, Bandipora | DIG & four others |
August 6
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Army camp, Natnoos | Major, two JCOs |
August 7
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Army camp, Trehgam | Colonel, three guards |
August 13
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Army camp, Beerwah | Three soldiers |
September 12
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15 Corps Headquarters, Badamibagh | |
November 3
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Army cantonment, Srinagar | 10, including Defence Public Relations Officer |
November 10
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Army camps at Rampur, Wagoor & Karnah | 13 jawans |
December 2
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Army HQ, Baramulla | One JCO |
December 13
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Civil Lines area, Srinagar | Five policemen |
December 15
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Army camp, Rafiabad | Several injured |
December 27
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Special Operations Group HQ, Srinagar | One DSP, 11 SOG personnel |
2000
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January 7
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Metreological Centre, Srinagar | Four CRPF personnel |
April 19
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First human bomb attack targeting Army Head Quarters in Srinagar. | Two army personnel injured |
August 10
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Twin attacks in Srinagar. First a grenade explosion which led to a gathering of security forces in the area. Then a car bomb exploded. | Nine police personnel and three army personnel
42 injured |
October 21
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Terrorists use unmanned pony to carry an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) into a security force camp at Lapri in Udhampur district. | Two security force personnel killed, four others injured. |
December 16
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Fidayeen attack on a camp at Mendhar in Rajouri district, the two attackers manage to escape after the attack. | Two personnel killed |
December 22
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A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) fidayeen squad launches an attack within the army garrison at Red Fort in New Delhi. All members of the squad escape after the attack. | Three personnel killed |
December 25
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Second human bomb attack targeting Army Head Quarters at Badami Bagh in Srinagar. | Four personnel killed |
December 27
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Special Operations Group HQ, Srinagar | One DSP, 11 personnel |
2001
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January 18
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Two separate land mine blasts targeted at security force convoys in Pulwama and Kaigam | Nine personnel killed |
February 9
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Fidayeen squad drawn from LeT and Al Umar Mujahideen attack police control room in Srinagar | Eight personnel killed |
March 1
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Hizb ambush at Janglat Mandi, Anantnag | A Colonel and one personnel killed. A Brigadier and three other personnel injured |
March 2
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Ambush at Morha Chatru in Rajouri district. Lashkar claims responsibility saying that attack was carried out jointly with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Hizb-e-Islami and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). | 15 personnel killed. |
March 26
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Fidayeen attack on CRPF base at Wazir Bagh in Srinagar | Four personnel killed |
April 14
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Fidayeen attack on Army base at Lassipora, Kupwara. | Six personnel killed |
May 25
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Hizb terrorists ambush patrol party at Gorikund, Udhampur. | Five killed, two injured |
July 15
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Lashkar terrorists attack base at Shahlal, Kupwara. | Five killed, eight others injured |
August 23
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Six terrorists attack Poonch police station | Seven killed |
September 6
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IED explodes under a civilian bus carrying SF personnel at Khooni Nallah, Doda | Five killed, 17 others injured |
September 8
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IED explodes under an army vehicle at Dharamkund, Udhampur | One officer and five personnel killed, two personnel injured |
September 9
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IED explodes under an army truck at Angrala, Udhampur. | One officer and four personnel killed, One soldier injured |
September 17
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SF personnel sleeping inside the basement of a building in Handwara, Kupwara, attacked by two fidayeen of the LeT using grenades. One fidayeen was killed by SF personnel in the building while the other escaped after the attack. | Nine SF personnel killed. One fidayeen killed in retaliatory action. |
Note: |
JCO - Junior Commissioned Officer |
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CRPF - Central Reserve Police Force |
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DSP - Deputy Superintendent of Police |
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SOG - Special Operations Group, Jammu and Kashmir Police |
DIG - Deputy Inspector-General of Police | |
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IED - Improvised Explosive Device |
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