Guimara Massacre

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On 19-20 February 2010; Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked the indigenous people at Baghaichari leaving an indigenous man dead. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous Chakma Buddhists and grab their land. The indigenous Buddhist man gunned down by the Bangladesh army.

Bangladeshi armed forces massacre indigenous people in Matiranga, Guimara and Manikchari

In the early months of 1977, the Government sent troops to massacre the inhabitants of Matiranga, Guimara, Manikchari, Lakshmichari etc. (near Ramgarh). 50 indigenous people were shot dead, 23 indigenous women were tortured to death, 54 men died in pits, many women were raped, the villagers were robbed of their properties, and hundreds of houses including Buddhist temples were set on fire. 5,000 indigenous people sought refuge in the Tripura State, India.


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PCJSS(Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti)
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