1991 Punjab killings

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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 bus passengers travelling in two trains near the city of Ludhiana in 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 so stopped and killed at least 80 passengers. The survivors stated that on one of the two trains Hindu passengers were identified before being shot. On the second train the militants fired indiscriminately and many Hindus were killed.[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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