Bakhrabad massacre বাখরাবাদ গণহত্যা | |
Location: | Bakhrabad, Comilla, Bangladesh |
Target: | Bengali Hindus |
Coordinates: | 23.717°N 90.883°W |
Date: | 24 May 1971 |
Timezone: | UTC+6:00 |
Type: | Burst fire, mass murder, massacre |
Fatalities: | 142 |
Perps: | Pakistani Army, Razakars |
Weapons: | Light machine guns |
The Bakhrabad massacre (Bengali: বাখরাবাদ গণহত্যা) was a massacre of the Hindu population of Bakhrabad village, in the district of the Comilla, on 24 May 1971 by the Pakistani army with the help of Al Badr and Al Shams, during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] [2]