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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = 1991 Punjab Killings<br />
| location = [[Ludhiana district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<br />
| date = 15 June 1991<br />
| fatalities = 80-100<br />
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| type = [[Mass shooting]]<br />
| target = [[Hindus]]<br />
| perpetrators = Khalistani militants<br />
| motive = [[Khalistan movement|Sikh Separatism]]<br />
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The '''1991 Punjab Killings''' was a killings of train passengers that occurred on 15 June 1991 in the [[Ludhiana district]] of the Indian State of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], where Khalistani militants killed at least 80 to 100 Hindu passengers<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615073718/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html|url-status=dead|archive-date = 2011-06-15|title = Sikhs attack India trains, killing 126|newspaper = Chicago Sun-Times|publication-date = 17 June 1991 | access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref> travelling in two trains.<br />
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==Events==<br />
===June 1991===<br />
The militants stopped the two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by pulling the [[Emergency brake (train)#India|emergency cords, triggering emergency brakes]]. They proceeded to open fire inside the trains at around 9:35 p.m. ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]), killing at least 80 passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=110 in two trains gunned down by Punjab militants |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4xlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1867%2C3514819 |access-date=9 December 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=16 June 1991 |page=1}}</ref> After the attackers fled, the train moved back to Badduwal station, where the rescue team arrived with doctors. Local villagers helped the survivors with food, water, medicine, and mental support.<ref name=":0">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/world/extremists-in-india-kill-80-on-2-trains-as-voting-nears-end.html | title=Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=16 June 1991 | first=Barbara | last=Crossette | access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref> The attacks came less than five hours after polling closed in a national election already marred by violence and interrupted by the assassination of ex-Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] around a month prior.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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===December 1991===<br />
Four men, believed to have been Khalistani, boarded a local passenger train travelling from [[Ludhiana]] to [[Ferozepur]] at Ludhiana. They pulled the emergency cord about 7:30 in the evening near a village called Sohian. Six other armed militants climbed aboard the train at the Sohian crossing. The militants shot at passengers who appeared to be Hindu using AK-47s. All but two of the 49 victims were Hindus. After the massacre, the gunmen left the train and disappeared into the night.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/27/world/49-slain-by-gunmen-on-train-in-india.html | title=49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=27 December 1991 | first=Edward A. | last=Gargan | access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref> <br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite news |title=74 were killed in Punjab train carnage |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TIxlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=766%2C3602871 |access-date=9 December 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=17 June 1991 |page=5}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[1987 Punjab killings]]<br />
* [[List of Victims of Terrorism in Indian Punjab]]<br />
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[[Category:Terrorist incidents on railway systems in Asia]]<br />
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