Rawagede massacre | |
---|---|
Part of Indonesian National Revolution and the Operation Product | |
Location | Rawagede (present-day Balongsari, West Java |
Coordinates | 6°15′S 107°17′E / 6.250°S 107.283°E |
Date | 9 December 1947 | (UTC+7)
Target | Villagers |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 431 |
Perpetrators | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army |
History of Indonesia |
---|
Timeline |
Indonesia portal |
The Rawagede massacre (Dutch: Bloedbad van Rawagede, Indonesian: Pembantaian Rawagede), was committed by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army on 9 December 1947 in the village of Rawagede (now Balongsari in Rawamerta district, Karawang Regency, West Java). Forces of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army were battling Indonesian Republican army fighters TNI and militia forces seeking independence for Indonesia. Almost all males from the village, amounting to 431 men according to most estimates, were killed by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, since the people of the village would not tell them where the Indonesian independence fighter Lukas Kustaryo was hiding.