1991 Punjab killings | |
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Location | Ludhiana district, Punjab, India |
Date | June-Dec 1991 |
Target | Hindus |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 125 |
Perpetrators | Khalistan Commando Force[1] |
Motive | Sikh Separatism Persecution of Hindus |
30°52′59″N 75°51′00″E / 30.883°N 75.85°E The 1991 Punjab killings were a series of train massacres that occurred on 15 June 1991 and 27 December 1991 in the Ludhiana district of the Indian State of Punjab. Khalistani militants killed 125 Hindu passengers[2][1] in these incidents.
In 1991, KCF militants boarded a train, separated Sikhs from Hindus, then slaughtered 125 Hindus, many of them children.