What the records say
- When
- 30 May 1971
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 100
- Coordinates
- 22.15° N, 90.13° E
- Description
- mass execution of civilians in Bangladesh
Barguna massacre
Mass execution of civilians in Bangladesh
The Barguna massacre was the mass execution of unarmed residents of Barguna in the Barguna sub-divisional jail by the Pakistan Armed Forces on 29 and 30 May 1971. More than 100 people were killed. Seventy-two of them were identified; the majority were Bengali Hindus, the rest Muslims, mostly supporters of the Awami League and sovereign Bangladesh.
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