What the records say
- When
- 5 Jan 1949
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 80
- Coordinates
- 0.38° S, 102.55° E
- Description
- war crime by Dutch forces
Rengat massacre
War crime by Dutch forces
The Rengat massacre was committed by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army on 5 January 1949 in Rengat, Riau during Operation Kraai. Following the capture of the town, paratroopers of the Korps Speciale Troepen under lieutenant Rudy de Mey subjected confirmed and suspected TNI militants, civil servants, and ordinary townspeople to looting, rape, and summary execution. Bodies were disposed of in the Indragiri River.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
Nearby in time and place
- Netherlands → Indonesia (unknown)1949 · Territorial change
- 1947 Bangi stabbing9 Oct 1947 · Murder · Killed 11
- Operation Tiderace4 Sep 1945 · Military operation
- Batang Kali massacre12 Dec 1948 · Massacre · Deaths 24
- Operation Outflank1944 · Military operation
- Behar massacre18 Mar 1944 · Massacre
- Operation Kraai19 Dec 1948 · Military operation
- 1954 National Service Riots1954 · Protest