Demra massacre [SEP] point in time
Demra massacre
Demra massacre () in Bangladesh was the massacre of unarmed Hindu residents of the villages under Demra Union in present-day Faridpur Upazila in Pabna District by the occupying Pakistan Army aided by local collaborators on 13 May 1971. It is estimated that 800–900 people were killed in a single day. Rape and plunder were also carried out, and mosques, temples, schools and houses were set on fire.
Background.
When the Pakistani occupation army spread out from Dhaka towards the districts as a part of the
on appeal.
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- Takuma Nishimura (1889-1951), Japanese military officer who was found guilty of perpetrating the Parit Sulong Massacre during World War II, executed by hanging in 1951.
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