What the records say
- When
- 2 Jan 1978
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 900
- Coordinates
- 30.13° N, 71.37° E
- Description
- killing of ~200 striking workers in Pakistan
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills
1978 mass killing of striking textile workers by government forces in Multan, Pakistan
The 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills was one of the most brutal acts of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's regime in Pakistan. Paramilitary forces opened fire on striking workers, resulting in 22–133 killed and many injured.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “On the orders of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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