Comilla Cantonment massacre

The Comilla Cantonment massacre was carried out by the Pakistan Army in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) in March 1971. Lt. Colonel Mansoorul Huq claimed that 17 Bengali army officers and 953 soldiers were executed in Comilla Cantonment on the night of 27-28 March 1971. His claim was considered "concrete" by the Hamoodur Rahman commission.[1] According to other sources, the victims were 17 Bengali officers and 915 men (all Muslims), killed during their disarming on the orders of Lt. Gen. Yakub Malik.[2][3][4]

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