Muladi massacre

Muladi massacre
মুলাদি হত্যাকান্ড
Muladi massacre is located in Bangladesh
Muladi massacre
LocationMuladi, Barisal, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Date17–20 February 1950 (UTC+6:00)
TargetBengali Hindus, Bengali Christians
Attack type
mass murder, massacre
WeaponsSwords, Machetes
Deaths1,000+
PerpetratorsMuslim mobs, Ansars, Police

Muladi massacres (Bengali: মুলাদি হত্যাকান্ড) were a series of massacres of unarmed Hindu and Christian men and elderly women in the river port of Muladi in East Pakistan between 17 and 20 February 1950 by armed mobs with the active complicity of the Ansars and the police.