Shia Genocide Events
Gilgit, May 8,1988: Shi’a Massacre
Date : May 8, 1988
Location : Gilgit
Casualties :800
Gender : male , female , other ,
Narrative of the Event
‘The 1988 Shi’a Massacre’ in Gilgit refers to the state-sponsored mass killing of Shia civilians in the Gilgit District of Pakistan who opposed military dictator Zia-ul-Haq’s Deobandi Takfiri Sunni Islamist regime, responsible for vehement persecution of religious minorities as part of its Islamization program.
The Zia-ul-Haq military regime reportedly sent a contingent of militants from the North-West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, accompanied by additional militants from neighbouring Afghanistan and local Deobandi Takfirin Sunni tribesmen from Chilas, to “teach (the Shias) a lesson,” which resulted in the deaths of 800 Shi’a people.
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