On Monday, 1 October 2001, three militants belonging to

Jaish-e-Mohammed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is a Pakistani Deobandi jihadist Islamist militant group active in Kashmir.: "as soon as he was freed, Masood Azhar was back in Pakistan where he founded a new jihadist movement, Jaish-e-Mohammed, which became one of ...

carried out an attack on the

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State Legislative Assembly complex in

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using a

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loaded with explosives, ramming it into the main gate with three fidayeen suicide bombers. 38 people, plus the three attackers, were killed.

Attack

The attack took place at about 2 pm, one hour after close of business. One terrorist attacker drove a

loaded with explosives to the main entrance and exploded it. The other militants entered the building and seized control. All militants were killed in the ensuing gunbattle which lasted several hours. No lawmakers were killed as they were meeting in temporary facilities because the legislature building had recently been damaged in a fire. Many senior leaders had already left the building. The speaker Mr Abdul Ahad Vakil was escorted to safety by the security forces.

Aftermath

The terrorist group

claimed responsibility and named a Pakistani national Wajahat Hussain as the suicide bomber. Subsequently, India's Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement aimed clearly at the government of Pakistan. "India cannot accept such manifestations of hate and terror from across its borders" said the statement. "There is a limit to India's patience."

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, chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, eulogized the 38 victims and called for reprisal attacks on Pakistan, where the group blamed for the attack is based. "The time has come to wage a war against Pakistan and to bomb the militant training camps there", he said. "We are running out of patience."World Briefing , Asia: India: Kashmir Mourns 38 Attack Victims
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'', 4 October 2001.

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