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Demra massacre in Pabna: Victim families want recognition of martyrs

Demra massacre in Pabna: Victim families want recognition of martyrs Photo: Star It was the evening of May 14, 1971. Residents of Demra village were busy completing their daily works and traders of Demra haat (rural market) were closing their shops. Suddenly, Pakistani occupation forces cordoned off Demra village and opened fire on unarmed people. The villagers started running in fear but could not find any way to escape. Pakistan army and their local collaborators carried out an overnight massacre in the Demra village and adjoining Rupshi and Baushgari villages. They perpetrated genocide and looted almost every house of the villages. Hundreds of houses were burnt to ashes. Nearly 300 to 400 people were buried by the Pakistan army in a mass grave in Rupshi village.

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