1987 Fatehabad bus massacre
On 7 July 1987, Khalistani militants killed 34 Hindus on two buses near Fatehabad in the Hisar district (now part of Fatehabad district) of Haryana, India. The same attackers may have been involved in the Lalru bus massacre a day earlier.
| 1987 Fatehabad bus killings | |
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| Part of Insurgency in Punjab | |
| Location | Near Fatehabad, Punjab, India |
| Date | 7 July 1987 (IST) |
| Target | Hindus |
| Deaths | 34 |
| Injured | 18 |
| Perpetrators | Khalistani militants |
| Motive | Retaliation for killing of Sikhs during the anti-insurgency operations, Persecution of Hindus |
| Part of a series on |
| Violence against Hindus in independent India |
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