Baria massacre বাড়িয়া গণহত্যা | |
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Location | Baria, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh |
Date | 14 May 1971 (UTC+6:00) |
Target | Bengali Hindus |
Attack type | Massacre |
Weapons | Rifles |
Deaths | 200 |
Injured | Hundreds |
Perpetrators | Pakistani Army |
Baria massacre (Bengali: বাড়িয়া গণহত্যা) was the massacre of unarmed Bengali Hindus in the village of Baria in present-day Gazipur Sadar Upazila of Bangladesh by the Pakistan army on 14 May 1971.[1][2][3] Around 200 Bengali Hindus from Baria and nearby Kamaria were killed in the massacre, while hundreds more were injured.[1][2][3]