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Main article: 1946 pacification of villages by PAS NZW

Puchały Stare massacre was the murder of 30 Belarusian Orthodox coachmen in aforest next to the Puchały stare. The perpetrator was NZW-PAS under the command of Romuald Rajs.

Massacre
On January 31st 1946, Romuald Rajs's batallion came to Puchały stare after pacifying the villages of Zaleszan and Wólki Wyganowskiej. "Bury" realizing that coachmen were witnesses of crime that they had commited before, grouped all of them and said "Not a single living soul will leave the village. And your land, Belarusians, is here, but deeper" while pointing at the ground. Then, he selected a few coachmen that claimed Polish ethnicity and told them they can leave. With 30 Belarusian coachman left, he created small groups which he later sent into the forest close to the village, where they were killed. The oldest victim was 54 years old while the youngest was 17.