1991 Punjab killings

1991 Punjab killings
LocationLudhiana district, Punjab, India
DateJune-Dec 1991
TargetHindus
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths125
PerpetratorsKhalistan Commando Force[1]
MotiveSikh Separatism
Persecution of Hindus

30°52′59″N 75°51′00″E / 30.883°N 75.85°E / 30.883; 75.85 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.

  1. ^ a b "A year after Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death, mysteries remain about how he really lived". The Globe and Mail. 2024. In 1991, KCF militants boarded a train, separated Sikhs from Hindus, then slaughtered 125 Hindus, many of them children.
  2. ^ "Sikhs attack India trains, killing 126". Chicago Sun-Times. 17 June 1991. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2018.