The government sources stated that biscuits and chocolates found on the persons of the gunmen revealed that they were purchased from Zafarwal, Pakistan.
[7] Hundreds of army personnel and their family members held candlelight prayers on Friday night in memory of those killed in one of the worst ever terrorist strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, in May 2002.
[10] The President of the United States George W. Bush condemned the massacre as a "terrible and outrageous act" and said that he was "appalled at the incident".
Pakistan arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, lending credence to the group's connection to the attack.
[1][5] In 2003, the Australian government declared Lashkar-e-Taiba to be a terrorist organisation based in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan, partially in reaction to the massacre.