Parit Sulong Massacre | |
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Part of the Battle of Muar in World War II | |
Location | Parit Sulong, British Malaya |
Coordinates | 1°58′54″N 102°52′42″E / 1.98167°N 102.87833°E |
Date | January 22, 1942 |
Attack type | Mass murder, war crime |
Deaths | Approximately 150 soldiers of the Australian 8th Division and 45th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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The Parit Sulong Massacre was a Japanese war crime committed by members of the Imperial Japanese Army on 22 January 1942 in the village of Parit Sulong, British Malaya. Soldiers of the Imperial Guards Division summarily executed approximately 150 wounded Australian and Indian prisoners of war who had surrendered.