Parit Sulong Massacre | |
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Part of the Battle of Muar in World War II | |
![]() Wreckage of the 45th Indian Brigade still littered on both sides of the road at Parit Sulong on 26 September 1945. Some of the gear of some 133 Australian and Indian troops massacred by the Japanese can be seen on the left. | |
Location | Parit Sulong, British Malaya |
Coordinates | 1°58′54″N 102°52′42″E / 1.98167°N 102.87833°E |
Date | January 22, 1942 |
Attack type | Mass murder, war crime |
Deaths | Approximately 150 soldiers of the Australian 8th Division and 45th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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The Parit Sulong Massacre was a Japanese war crime committed by members of the Imperial Japanese Army on 22 January 1942 in the village of Parit Sulong, British Malaya. Soldiers of the Imperial Guards Division summarily executed approximately 150 wounded Australian and Indian prisoners of war who had surrendered.