Ishangopalpur Massacre 1971 [Ishangopalpur, Bangladesh]

[REPORTED AS SEEN]

On 2 May, local people led a contingent of the Pakistani army towards the village. They proceeded to the house of Ishan Sarkar. As the residents attempted to flee, they were caught at gunpoint. 29 inmates of the house were rounded up and led to the banks of a pond nearby. They were kicked, punched and bayoneted. Then the adult males were killed one by one in front of their wives and children. Before leaving, the Pakistan soldiers warned in Urdu that no freedom fighter or Hindus would be spared.One person survived after escaping with a bullet wound. The dead were buried beside the pond