Nainital wedding massacre
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| Nainital wedding massacre | |
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| Location | Nainital, India |
| Date | 21 April 1950 |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapons | Machete |
| Deaths | 22 |
| Injured | ? |
| Perpetrator | Unknown soldier |
The Nainital wedding massacre was a mass murder that occurred during a wedding in Nainital, India on 21 April 1950, when a drunk Gurkha soldier stabbed 22 guests at a wedding, all of them apparently fatally.
The man, who was armed with a machete, was enraged by a low caste money lender marrying a girl of the higher social standing Brahmin caste, and stabbed the Harijan members. All of his victims were members of the Harijan caste.[1][2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ 22 guests slain, The Bend Bulletin (21 April 1950)
- ^ 22 guests slain as wedding held, The Ogden Standard-Examiner (21 April 1950)
- ^ Drunk Gurkha Kills 22, Los Angeles Times (22 April 1950) Archived 13 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Murders 22 at wedding, The Huntingdon Daily News (22 April 1950)
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