Sopore shuts to mark 28th anniversary of 1993 Massacre

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Sopore Massacre 1993
File Photo | Women wail after Sopore Massacre 1993

SOPORE — A complete shutdown is being observed in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district today to mark the 28th anniversary of the victims of 1993 Massacre.

On January 06 in 1993, BSF men fired indiscriminately in Sopore market and set ablaze shops and houses, charring civilians to death.

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At least 57 civilians were killed and property worth crores was gutted in the massive blaze on this day in 1993.

Reports said that residents of the town offered congregational Fatiha in local Masjids while civil society members and trade bodies of Sopore gathered at martyrs’ graveyard here to offer special prayers for the massacre victims.

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They said that all shops and other business establishments remained closed while as thin traffic movement was seen on the roads.

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