The captured Sławomir Linkiewicz was kept in the basement for two weeks, where he was beaten and tortured. The bodies had, inter alia, eyes gouged out, whole body mutilated.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

The Upowcy murdered 6 Poles, including a mother and daughter. Others: „on November 30, 1944 were murdered: 1–2. Górska Karolina with her daughter Stanisława; 3. Kowalska Justyna; 4. Sakiewicz Karolina; 5. Szpakowska Eugenia”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – November 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Komański and Siekierka for the Tarnopol province (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2015, vol. 7

The Banderites murdered 30 Poles. Czesława Kierzyk née Lewicka: „The events of December 1, 1944 are very much in my memory, then an 11‑year‑old child. On that day, advertisements of the UPA gang were displayed at every home of a Polish family in Hińkowce (Zaleszczyki district), calling for an immediate exit from the village. At the same time, there were threats that otherwise what happened to the Jews would happen to us. The same night, a cruel murder was carried out on Poles. The night was clear. The snow on the ground reflected the moonlight. The bandits were approaching the village from Zaleszczyki from Hartanowice towards Tłuste. They walked, some rode carts. The last ones set fire to Polish houses. They saved only those that were adjacent to Ukrainian houses for fear that the fire would spread. You can see that they had a good understanding of the field. It was the most tragic day in the history of Hińkowce. A lot of houses were burned down. The whole village was on fire. We saw how people on the run were shot at. This is how Franciszek Kolerżak's mother died, who ran away carrying him in her arms. When she fell from a bullet, her older sister was killed in front of him. Bronisław and Edward Kutkowski, Linkiewicz and many others were murdered. Two beautiful horses and cows were burned in Jan Kowalski's stable. Many Poles were in hiding that night, just like the previous nights. Some were kept by the Ukrainians. Stanisława Harnasiuk hid as many as 18 people. Death was also avoided by Ludmiła Baraniecka, who lived nearby, with her children (Emilia and Jan), who was also hiding from the UPA gang. The bandits tried to set fire to their house, but they had problems with it, because it was covered with a sheet of metal, not thatched. They threw an explosive through the window that destroyed the interior. The next morning the owner of the mill, Maria Komunicka, took my family and others to a cart and drove them to Zaleszczyki. Many Polish families left the village. These events ultimately influenced the decision to leave Zaleszczyki for the Regained Territories. However, it was still necessary to wait for the appropriate documents and wagons for transport. It took quite a long time. We lived in houses after previously murdered Jews. We saw a door with human bodies nailed to it on the Dniester. We took very little belongings with us. When in the following days the more courageous ones returned home to collect the necessary things, it turned out that there was nothing left in the apartments. They were looted. Even the paintings were taken off the walls. We only left Zaleszczyki in the spring of 1945”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Kierzyk Czesława nee Lewicka

Others date the night robbery of November 28–29, 1944.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Szuszkiewicz Karolina, recollections; in: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004, p. 907—908

Still others date the night attack from December 3 to December 4, 1944.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

Wanda Górska nee Pieniawska: „The next night, from December 3 to 4, at 21.00. Bandera followers entered Hińkowce. For many Poles it was the last night of their lives. The Banderites went and set fire to the houses of Polish families. It was evident that they had a good understanding. They set fire to many houses. Poles who escaped were killed. That night, Wilczyńska and her daughter Wanda, 19‑year‑old Kutkowski, Janina Górska with her grandmother Jakimiszynowa – a Ukrainian, and Adolfina Palczyńska, née Górska, died. Julia Kolerżak, running away with a child (Franciszek) in her arms, was also shot. She and her daughters Sabina and Maria were killed. One of them was shot in front of her brother as she ran to the falling mother. Franciszek Kolerżak survived lying under his dead mother, because the bandit believed that he was also dead. The gang also set fire to the family home of my future husband, Tadeusz Górski, in which, apart from him, there was also a mother with his sister Krystyna and two brothers – Edmund and Adolf. They managed to survive by escaping. One of the walls of the house was covered with straw for the winter, together with the window, which was not visible for this reason. After the house was set on fire, the Banderites guarded the front part of the house with windows to shoot the escapees if necessary. Meanwhile, the boys removed the window behind the burning straw, jumped out of the window opening and fled. Mother and daughter lay on the floor and were only burned. They left when the Bandera followers left the house. However, the animals in the stable were burned alive. It was a pair of horses, 2 cows, a bull and a pig. Only the dog was saved. In the morning, all the inhabitants of the house found themselves and fled to the town of Tłuste, where they lived for a month in houses left by Jews. In the evening of the first day after the escape, the dog unexpectedly appeared. They were very happy to see him. The next day he disappeared, and in the evening he reappeared and so on for many days. As it turned out, during the day he was running to the site of the fire. At the turn of December and January, the Górski family, together with others, loaded onto the wagons. The dog was gone again, but he showed up before we left. When they reached Czortków, the dog jumped out for a moment, but when the transport started, it did not come back. He was afraid to jump in because there were two women in the doorway. The dog was still running a long way, but it stayed because it couldn't keep up with the transport. Everyone in the car was crying. Years later, my friends from the countryside said that a dog had been seen walking along the site for a long time  […] Meanwhile, after the tragic night, in the morning of December 4, most Polish families fled Hińkowce to the city. Some, especially those with horses, to Zaleszczyki (12 km), others to Tłuste (7 km). My mother fled with me to Tłuste. Mother's sister, Ludmiła Baraniecka, on that tragic night, like many previous ones, was hiding with 2 children (5‑year‑old Emilia and 2‑year‑old Jan) outside the house. The bandits, unable to set fire to her house, because the roof was covered with sheet metal, threw an explosive through the window, which destroyed the table and bed. If they had been home that night, they would not have survived. Ludmila and her children were in Zaleszczyki in the morning, and in Tłuste after a few days. My mother's second sister, Michalina Sadowska, also escaped to Zaleszczyki with her three children (Lidia, Zbigniew, Wiesław). Another sister, Bronisława Linkiewicz, escaped to Tłuste, carrying the head of a sewing machine for her mother for 7 km with her. Grandma, Emilia Linkiewicz, who lived in the middle of the village, next door to Ukrainian families, was not in danger of arson, because the fire could spread to the homes of the Ukrainians. That's why she still stayed. She visited us in Tłuste, bringing food and necessary things. One night a Ukrainian knocked on the door of my grandma's house. He asked where her daughters were. And he added: «If you go to them – don't come back». On the second day, my grandmother was also in Tłuste”. (Wanda Górska nee Pieniawska; in: kotlactive.pl  […] relations–and–memories–settlers–region–commune–kotla–2012–part–2–2.) „Józefa Klecman, widow of a Ukrainian husband, whose son served in the UPA gang, she was murdered in her own home. She was tortured, tied and pressed her bed against the wall, reportedly exhausted all night. In the morning, her neighbor found a still warm body covered with pots. Whether her son took part in this murder is difficult to say, but he certainly knew about the attack and did not warn his mother. Maria Markiewicz, about 22, was sick and was lying in bed when the murderers entered her house. They pierced her stomach with a large knife and she lay in agony for three days until she died of pain and blood loss”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: Szuszkiewicz Karolina, recollections; in: Komański Henryk, Siekierka Szczepan, „The genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Poles in the Tarnopol Province 1939-1946”, in: Wroclaw 2004, p. 907—908

The Banderites murdered about 27 Poles: „On December 3, 44, 12 Poles were murdered during the second attack and a dozen or so people (15?) Were burned alive by”.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

source: prof. dr hab. Jankiewicz Leszek S., „Supplement to the list of losses of the Polish population provided by Komański and Siekierka for the Tarnopol province (2004)”; in: Listowski Witold (ed.), „OUN-UPA genocide in the South-Eastern Borderlands”, in: Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2015, vol. 7

See: December 1, 1944 and: on the night of December 3–4, 1944.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

[The Ukrainians] burned 15 Poles in 8 farms.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

The UPAs kidnapped and murdered 3 Polish women.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]

The Banderites murdered 11 Poles.

source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide – December 1944 and "in 1944"”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]