2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre

2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre was the massacre of 30 people, mostly Hindu pilgrims, by Kashmiri separatist militants on 1 August 2000 in Pahalgam town located in Anantnag district, Kashmir, India. The pilgrims were on  their way to Amarnath temple on annual pilgrimage. Many of those killed were porters and men hiring their horses to ferry the pilgrims to the site. Subsequently then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Pahalgam and blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba for the killings.