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Krishnapur massacre কৃষ্ণপুর হত্যাকান্ড
Location
Krishnapur, Sylhet, East Pakistan
Date
18 September 1971 (UTC+6:00)
Target
Bengali Hindus
Attack type
Massacre
Weapons
Rifles
Deaths
127
Perpetrators
Pakistani army, Razakars
Krishnapur massacre (Bengali: কৃষ্ণপুর হত্যাকান্ড) took place on 18 September 1971 in Krishnapur and neighbouring villages in the district of Sylhet in Bangladesh. In Krishnapur, the Pakistani army shot 127 Bengali Hindus to death.[1] In the neighbouring villages more than a 100 Hindus were killed.
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