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Today in History: Hungarian forces massacre 150 Romanians in Ip
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- On 14 September 1940, the Royal Hungarian Army killed about 150 ethnic Romanians in the Transylvanian commune of Ip after an accidental explosion killed two Hungarian soldiers and rumors blamed locals. The killings spread to nearby villages; the retaliatory massacre, based on false accusations, remains one of the region’s deadliest wartime atrocities.