1991 Punjab killings

1991 Punjab killings
Location Ludhiana district, Punjab, India
Date 15 June 1991
Deaths 80

Coordinates: 30°52′59″N 75°51′00″E / 30.883°N 75.85°E The 1991 Punjab killings was a massacre of train passengers that occurred on 15 June 1991 in Ludhiana district, Punjab state, India. The Sikh militants killed at least 80 train passengers travelling in two trains near the city of Ludhiana in India. The militants attacked two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by having their emergency cords pulled. They opened fire inside the passenger trains and killed at least 80 passengers. The survivors stated that on one of the two trains Hindu passengers were identified before being shot.Attackers took a round in the train to identify Hindus and then in the second round fired tirelessly.All Hindu families were shot to death and Sikhs were spared. Then the train was moved back to Badduwal station after attackers flew and then rescue team reached the station with the team of doctors.Villagers helped the survivors with food water medicines and mental support. and On the second train the militants fired indiscriminately and many Hindus were killed. Between April, when elections were announced, and the June attack a total of 700 people had died in the state.[1]

In the same year in December 1991 the militants further killed 49 passengers, mostly Hindu, travelling on train from Ludhiana to Ferozepur.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End, The New York Times (June 16, 1991)
  2. ↑ 49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India, The New York Times (December 27, 1991)

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