Sendia massacre

Sendia massacre
সেনদিয়া হত্যাকান্ড
Sendia massacre is located in Bangladesh
Sendia massacre
LocationSendia, Faridpur, East Pakistan
Date20 May 1971 (UTC+6:00)
TargetBengali Hindus
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsLight machine guns
Deaths127
PerpetratorsPakistani army

Sendia massacre (Bengali: সেনদিয়া হত্যাকান্ড) was a massacre of unarmed Bengali Hindus in Sendia village in undivided Faridpur district on 20 May 1971 by the Pakistan Army.[1][2][3][4] 127 Bengali Hindu men, women and children were killed in the massacre. The killers did not spare even the pregnant women, children or the elderly people. 76 out of the 127 victims were women.[3]

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