Bhimnali massacre 1971 [Bhimnali, Bangladesh]

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On 22 May at around 10 am, a group of around 500 armed collaborators surrounded the village. Sensing danger, the villagers gathered at the homestead of the Barui family. As the collaborators approached the village, around 200 Bengali Hindus armed themselves with sticks, spears and shields and took up position on the WAPDA dam. As the collaborators opened fire on them, they tried to defend themselves with shields. Fifteen were shot dead and the rest retreated. Abdul Jabbar Engineer himself shot dead Sakhanath Kharati on the spot. One collaborator named Lalu Khan was killed. The collaborators dragged the dead bodies of the villagers and threw them into the canal. After the killings, the collaborators looted the 80 Bengali Hindu households and set them on fire.