Date in year · 1948 · The 1940s
On August 12, 1948, between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 12, 1948
The Babrra Massacre was a mass shooting by state police on 12 August 1948 in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. 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.
Around 1948
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
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1948 mass shooting by police in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The Babrra Massacre was a mass shooting by state police on 12 August 1948 in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. 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.
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