পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (সপ্তম খণ্ড).pdf/৩৪৭

313 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : সপ্তম খণ্ড At least 26 workers from a jute mill were shot in a compound in one incident, and wives and children of some West Pakistani Army officer's serviny in the area were reported to have been "executed" Financial Times, London, 7 May 1971: Harvey Stockwin: On the run into Dacca airport several small burnt out houses and destroyed minisettlements could be seen. The area was a Bihari housing area and the damage was indicative of the communal violence. Ottawa Journal and Toronto Daily Star, 8 May 1971: APA report. Responsible Government and other sources estimated at least thirty thousand were killed in the communal violence since March 1 across East Pakistan. Associated Press report from Jessore published by Washington Newspapers, 8 May; 1971: In Khulna, the newsmen on a tour saw today what a non-Bengali resident described as a human slaughter-house, sheds which he said to have been used by East Pakistan's dominant Bengalis in mass killings of Bihari immigrants from India, West Pakistanis and other non-Bengalis during March and early April. Newsmen were shown a wooden frame with chains affixed on top where women and children were reported beheaded with knives. Bodies were said to have been thrown over a low wall into the river along-side. New York Times, New York, 9 May 1971: Malcolm W. Browne: When the violence erupted, the Bengalis were pitte, against the small number of West Pakistanis in East Pakistan. Government authorities and persons produced for interview have told of thousands of non Bengali residents, including women and children having been slain by the separatists, often after having been tortured. At Khulna, newsmen were shown facilities where frames were said to have been set pp to hold prisoners for decapitation. Fragments of bloody clothing and tresses of women's hair were strewn about. The place was said to have been used by Bengali insurgents for the execution of thousands of non-Bengali residents. New York Times, New York, 10 May 1971: Malcolm W. Browne The impression, based on the testimony of hundreds of witnesses, is that when it seemed that the Awami League was about to come to power, Bengalis in some communities looted and burned Bihari houses and slaughtered their occupants.