CHANDIGARH: Gunmen Massacred 17 members of four families in Sangrur and Bhatinda Districts of Punjab on February 18. Elsewhere in the state, to persons were killed and six other injured since Monday night According to police, six armed militants went to a village on the outskirts of Barnala town and shot dead 12 members of third families after locking them up in a room. In another incident Gunmen gunned down five members of a family in village Maujian of Bhatinda District last night.

Article extracted from this publication >> February 28, 1992