Bakhrabad massacre
23°43′01″N 90°52′59″E / 23.717°N 90.883°E / 23.717; 90.883Date 24 May 1971 (UTC+6:00) Target Bengali Hindus Burst fire, mass murder, massacre Weapons Light machine guns Deaths 142 Perpetrators Pakistani Army, Razakars
Attack type
- v
- t
- e
Bangladesh Liberation War
- Mukti Bahini resistance
- Searchlight
- Jackpot
- Barisal
- 1st Kamalpur
- 2nd Kamalpur
- Daruin
- Nakshi Border Outpost
- Rangamati-Mahalchari waterway
- Goalhati
- Dhalai Border Outpost
- Garibpur§
- Gazipur§
Sylhet§- Kushtia
- Ghasipur
- Belonia Bulge
Shiromoni- Bogra§
- Cactus-Lilly
- Chengiz Khan
- Jackpot‡
- PNS Ghazi
- Trident
- Python
- Kamalpur
- Basantar
- Boyra
Chamb- Dhalai
- Hilli‡
- Longewala
- Sylhet‡
- Meghna Heli Bridge
- Tangail
- Air War‡
- Naval War
- Dhaka University
- Shankharipara
- Jinjira
- Akhira
- Jathibhanga
- Demra
- Chuknagar
- Madhyapara
- Bakhrabad
- Burunga
Systematic events
- Agartala Conspiracy Case
- Killing of intellectuals
- Rape
- Provisional Government
- Refugees in India
- Pakistani Instrument of Surrender
§ indicates events in the internal resistance movement linked to the Indo-Pakistani War.
‡ indicates events in the Indo-Pakistani War linked to the internal resistance movement in Bangladesh.
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]
