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Demra massacre ডেমরা গণহত্যা

Location	Demra, Pabna, East Pakistan
Date	13 May 1971 (UTC+6:00)
Target	Bengali Hindus
Attack type	Mass murder, mass rape
Weapons	Light machine guns
Deaths	800–900
Perpetrators	Pakistani Army, Razakars

Systematic events

§ indicates events in the internal resistance movement linked to the Indo-Pakistani War.
‡ indicates events in the Indo-Pakistani War linked to the internal resistance movement in Bangladesh.

Demra massacre (Bengali: ডেমরা গণহত্যা) in Bangladesh was the massacre of unarmed Hindu residents of the villages under Demra Union in present-day Faridpur Upazila in Pabna District by the Pakistan Army aided by local collaborators on 13 May 1971. It is estimated that 800–900 people were killed in a single day.^[1]^[2] Rape and plunder were also carried out, and temples, schools and houses were set on fire.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Md. Habibullah (2012). "Faridpur Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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