On Monday, 1 October 2001, three militants belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed carried out an attack on the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly complex in Srinagar using a Tata Sumo loaded with explosives, ramming it into the main gate with three fidayeen suicide bombers.
One terrorist attacker drove a Tata Sumo loaded with explosives to the main entrance and exploded it.
[4] No lawmakers were killed as they were meeting in temporary facilities because the legislature building had recently been damaged in a fire.
[6] The terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility and named a Pakistani national Wajahat Hussain as the suicide bomber.
[7] Subsequently, India's Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement aimed clearly at the government of Pakistan.