Nainital wedding massacre

The Nainital wedding massacre was a mass murder that occurred during a wedding in Nainital, India on April 21, 1950, when a drunk gurkha soldier stabbed 22 guests at a wedding, all of them apparently fatally.

Nainital wedding massacre
LocationNainital, India
DateApril 21, 1950
Attack type
Mass murder
WeaponsMachete
Deaths22
Injured?
PerpetratorUnknown soldier

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

  1. 22 guests slain, The Bend Bulletin (21 April 1950)
  2. 22 guests slain as wedding held, The Ogden Standard-Examiner (21 April 1950)
  3. Drunk Gurkha Kills 22, Los Angeles Times (22 April 1950) Archived 13 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Murders 22 at wedding, The Huntingdon Daily News (22 April 1950)

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