The Noakhali riots were a series of semiorganized massacres Killing , rapes , abductions and forced conversions of Hindus to Islam and looting Robbery and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated Committing_crime by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal ( now in Bangladesh ) in October–November 1946 , a year before India 's independence from British rule .

In the days after the Yugoslav army withdrew Escaping , over 164,000 Serbs and 24,000 Roma left Departing Kosovo and many of the remaining Presence non-Albanian civilians ( as well as Albanians perceived Perception_active as collaborators Collaboration ) were victims Catastrophe of abuse which included Cause_to_be_included beatings Bodily_harm , abductions Kidnapping and murders Killing .