Shankharipara massacre
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On March 26, 1971, after the beginning of Operation Searchlight, a number of Hindu civilians was massacred by Pakistani army soldiers in the Shankaripara district of Dhaka, named after conchsell businesses traditionally run by Hindus (shankha means "conch" in Bengali). Anthony Mascarenhas alleged that an estimated 8000 men, women and children were killed in the massacre,[1] although this appears to be an exaggerated report Mascarenhas received second hand, and that the number of victims was closer to a few dozen.[2]
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- ↑ Anthony Mascarenhas (1971). The Rape of Bangla Desh, Delhi: Vikas Publications. p. 114. ISBN 0-7069-0148-7. "In Shankaripatti an estimated 8,000 men, women, and children were killed when the army, having blocked both ends of the winding street, hunted them down house by house."
- ↑ S. Bose, 'Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War', Hurst and Co, London, 2011, pg. 73-76
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