[1][2][3] The massacres took place at villages and temporary summer camps called dhoks in remote meadows used by local shepherds.

One massacre is believed to have been instigated by local Muslim shepherd tenants involved in a dispute over the pastures.

Groups of demonstrators protesting against the Kishtwar carnage torched Pakistani flags and effigies of Pervez Musharraf in Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur.

[7] Mujib-ur-Rahman, a commander of the Lashkar-e-Toiba involved in the massacres, was shot dead by police in Doda on 6 August.

On August 9, the state government ordered the imposition of the Disturbed Areas Act in the districts of Doda, Udhampur, Jammu and Kathua.