Srinagar, January 27 : The families of the victims of Kupwara massacre continue to await justice even after the passing of twenty seven years in IIOJK.
On this day (27th January) in 1994, a day after India’s Republic Day, Indian troops had massacred 27 civilians in Kupwara town. Local people had told the media and investigation agencies that a day before the carnage took place, an army officer had asked the local shopkeepers not to observe shutdown and attend the Republic Day celebrations at the local camp. However, the shopkeepers didn’t turn up at the celebrations. But the next day, when they were opening their shops, Indian soldiers came in trucks and fired at them indiscriminately, killing 27 people and injuring scores others.