Rawagede massacre

Rawagede massacre
Part of Indonesian National Revolution and the Operation Product
LocationRawagede (present-day Balongsari, West Java
Coordinates6°15′S 107°17′E / 6.250°S 107.283°E / -6.250; 107.283
Date9 December 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12-09) (UTC+7)
TargetVillagers
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths431
PerpetratorsRoyal Netherlands East Indies Army

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 [id] was hiding.