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The Chittisinghpura massacre refers to the shooting to death of 36 Sikhs on 20 March 2000, in the Anantnag district of the State of Jammu and Kashmir in India.〔(Kashmir killings overshadow Clinton visit ), BBC, 2000-03-21〕〔(Massacre of 36 Sikhs overshadows Clinton's tour ), The Independent, 2000-03-22〕〔http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1707/17070340.htm〕 The Indian government asserts that it was conducted by the Islamic Fundamentalist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba which is based in Muridke in Pakistan and is listed on U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations〔(Killing of Sikhs clouds Clinton visit to India ), The Guardian, 200-03-22〕 Mohammad Suhail Malik of Sialkot, Pakistan confessed while in custody about participating in the massacre at the direction of Lashkar-e-Toiba in an interview with Barry Bearak of The New York Times although Bearak questioned the authenticity of the confession. Suhail Malik is a nephew of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed of Lashkar-e-Toiba.〔 He was however later acquitted of these charges by a Delhi court.〔(Sikhs' massacre in Chattisinghpora: Two Pakistanis acquitted ). "The Times of India," 10 August 2011.〕 Some other observers like Bruce Riedel have also attributed this massacre to Lashkar-e-Taiba.〔LET militants in 2000 massacred 35 Sikhs in the village of Chittisinghpura,(Hicks facing Indian probe over Kashmir shooting ), The Australian, 2007-02-10〕 ==The Killings== Wearing Indian Army fatigues to avoid detection,〔(Death in Disguise ), India Today, 2000-04-03〕 the killers came into the village in two groups at separate ends of the village where the two Gurdwaras were located. They first lined up the Sikhs, who had been celebrating the Holi or Hola Mahalla Festival, in front of their Gurdwaras and opened fire. 36 people were killed. The sole survivor of the massacre was Nanak Singh, who was first saved by falling under someone who had been shot and then was wounded in the pelvis. Lying still and managing not to scream, which would have revealed his being alive, he recalled hearing the terrorists laughing over their deeds while sending a 'mission accomplished' message over their walkie-talkie. His sons Gurmeet Singh (16) and brother Darbari Singh (30) and three first cousins were among the dead. His oldest son was away at the time. The Sikhs were singled out (agreeing to the commands of who they probably thought were army men, since crackdowns were common practice) for the massacre, the village also had many Muslim and Hindus. Some of the Sikh widows spoke of their husbands being called out by name. The village did not have a telephone, some boys who came on the scene had to run 7 km, over a mud road, to reach a phone and summon help. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chittisinghpura massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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