Babrra massacre
1948 mass shooting by police in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Babrra Massacre (or Babara Massacre; Pashto: د بابړې خونړۍ پېښه) was a mass shooting on 12 August 1948 in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan (now called as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) . According to official figures, around 15 protestors were killed while around 40 were injured. However, Khudai Khidmatgar sources maintained that around 150 were killed and 400 were injured.[1]
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Location | Babrra ground, Hashtnagar region, Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan |
Coordinates | 34°08′35″N 71°43′39″E |
Date | 12 August 1948; 75 years ago (1948-08-12) |
Target | Supporters of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement |
Attack type | murder, mass shooting, drowning |
Deaths | 15 (official figure)[1] 150 (Khudai Khidmatgar claim)[1] |
Injured | 50 (official figures)[1] 400 (Khudai Khidmatgar claim)[1] |
Perpetrators | C.M. Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, State police |
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It happened on Babrra ground in Charsadda District on the order of the chief minister of the NWFP, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri (not to be confused with Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan, NWFP's first chief minister during the British Raj).[2]