Sutrapur massacre সূত্রাপুর গণহত্যা | |
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Location | Sutrapur, Dhaka, East Pakistan |
Date | 27 March 1971 (UTC+6:00) |
Target | Bengali Hindus |
Attack type | Massacre |
Weapons | Rifles |
Deaths | 15 |
Perpetrators | Pakistani Army |
Sutrapur massacre (Bengali: সূত্রাপুর গণহত্যা) was the massacre of unarmed Bengali Hindu residents of Malakartola Lane of Sutrapur in Dhaka on 27 March 1971. The Pakistan army shot dead fourteen Bengali Hindus and one Muslim in the Loharpool bridge of Sutrapur.[1]