Date1942
TypeSea Disaster
CountryINDONESIA
LocationSurabaya
ActivityCaptured Allied soldiers were squeezed into 3' bamboo pig baskets & fed to waiting sharks
InjuryGeneral Imamura, Commander in Chief of Japanese forces in Java was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Australian Military Court for his role in the "Pig Basket Atrocities"
Victim200 soldiers, Male
SourceG. Duncan
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