1991 Punjab killings

On June 15, 1991 the militants killed at least 80 bus passengers travelling in two trains near Ludhiana in Punjab state in India. The militants two trains about a kilometer from Ludhiana station by having their emergency cords pulled. They opened fire inside the passenger trains so stopped and killed at least 80 passengers. The survivors stated that on one of the two trains Hindu passengers were identified before being shot. On the second train the militants fired indiscriminately and many Sikhs as well as Hindus were killed. [1]

In the same year in December 1991 the militants further killed 49 passengers, mostly Hindu,travelling on train from Ludhiana to Ferozepur.[2]