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Draft:Islamabad Massacre 2024

Coordinates: 33°43′46″N 73°05′27″E / 33.7294°N 73.0908°E / 33.7294; 73.0908
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  • Comment: As information about the event is coming out it appears that massacre may be the correct interpretation of the the events that transpired. At the time of this comment, there were 74K posts on X for #IslamabadMassacre. So perhaps the page should be retained, after all. Meanwhile, I will remove the LLM content and make it human. Anasim (talk) 10:06, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Islamabad Massacre
اسلام آباد میں قتل عام
Part of the PTI_do-or-die_protest
man thrown down by paramilitary
praying man pushed off the top
LocationD-Chowk, Islamabad
Coordinates33°43′46″N 73°05′27″E / 33.7294°N 73.0908°E / 33.7294; 73.0908
Date26 November 2024 (3 days ago) (2024-11-26)
TargetPTI Protestors
Attack type
Massacre
DeathsEstimated around 20 to 280

"BBC Urdu report from hospitals". BBC Urdu (in Urdu). BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

@HassanAyub82 (25 November 2024). "earliest tweet from pro-government journalist claiming 100 "heads opened"" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via Twitter.
Injured1,500 [citation needed]
PerpetratorsPakistan Army
DefendersPakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf
property damage of 200 cars [citation needed] also reported

Islamabad Massacre 2024 was a massacre and Human_rights violation committed by the Pakistan Army on 26 and 27 of November 2024, involving the indiscriminate attack on unarmed protesters at D-Chowk, in Islamabad, Pakistan during the protests. "#IslamabadMassacre - Live Posts". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 27 November 2024.

Snipers were also reported.

A Journalist investigating the fatalities count was arrested. "Khan protest in Pakistan: Reporter Matiullah Jan arrested". Deutsche Welle. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

Sources in PTI spaces claimed that 407 civilians had been killed. During the night of 26th of November and 27th of November, 2024, Pakistan Rangers turned the lights off in the area around D-Chowk and opened indiscriminate fire, on the protestors responding to PTI's Final Call.

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