1991 Punjab killings

The 1991 Punjab killings was a massacre of train passengers that occurred on 15 June, 1991 in Ludhiana district, Punjab state, India. The Sikh militants killed at least 80 bus passengers travelling in two trains near the city of Ludhiana in in India. The militants attacked two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by having their emergency cords pulled. They opened fire inside the passenger trains so stopped and killed at least 80 passengers. The survivors stated that on one of the two trains Hindu passengers were identified before being shot. On the second train the militants fired indiscriminately and many Hindus were killed. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DA1738F934A15751C1A967958260 Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End - NY Times] ]

In the same year in December 1991 the militants further killed 49 passengers, mostly Hindu,travelling on train from Ludhiana to Ferozepur.

References

* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DE1539F935A25755C0A967958260]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DA1738F934A15751C1A967958260]

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