List of massacres in Myanmar
Appearance
The following is an incomplete list of massacres that have occurred in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Victims |
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1930 Rangoon riots | 1930 | Rangoon (present-day Yangon) | 120–200+ | Bamar rioters | Ethnic Indian dockworkers |
Arakan massacres | 1942 | Arakan (present-day Rakhine State) |
|
Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims | Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims |
Kalagong massacre | 7 July 1945 | Kalagong | 600–1,000 | Imperial Japanese Army | Villagers of Kalagong |
8888 Uprising and subsequent massacres | 8–9 August 1988 | nationwide | 3,000–10,000[2][3][4] | Tatmadaw | Pro-democracy protesters |
September military coup and massacres | 18–19 September 1988 | Rangoon | Tatmadaw | Burmese civilians and government officials | |
Depayin massacre | 30 May 2003 | Depayin | 70 | Supporters of the SPDC-led military junta | Members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) |
Saffron Revolution and massacre of monks | September 2007 | nationwide | 13–31 | SPDC-led military junta | Buddhist monks |
Kha Maung Seik massacre | 25 August 2017 | Kha Maung Seik | 99[5] | Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army | Hindu villagers |
Chut Pyin massacre | 26 August 2017 | Chut Pyin | 130[6]–358[7] | Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers | Rohingya villagers |
Gu Dar Pyin massacre | 27 August 2017 | Gu Dar Pyin | 10[8]–400+[9][10] | Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers | Rohingya villagers |
Maung Nu massacre | 27 August 2017 | Maung Nu | 82 killed or missing[11] | Myanmar Army | Rohingya villagers |
Tula Toli massacre | 30 August 2017 | Tula Toli (Min Gyi) | est. 500+[12] | Myanmar Army | Rohingya villagers |
Inn Din massacre | 2 September 2017 | Inn Din | 10[13] | Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers | Rohingya villagers |
Hlaingthaya massacre | 14 March 2021 | Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon | 65+[14] | Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police Force | Protesters |
Bago massacre | 9 April 2021 | Bago | 82+[15] | Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police Force | Protesters |
Moebye massacre | 23 May 2021 | Moebye | 20+[16] | People's Defence Force | Myanmar Police Force |
Mo So massacre | 24 December 2021 | Mo So | 38+[17][18] | Myanmar Army | Villagers of Mo So |
Mon Taing Pin massacre | 12 May 2022 | Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region | 37[19] | Myanmar Army | Villagers |
Let Yet Kone massacre | 16 September 2022 | Let Yet Kone, Tabayin Township | 13[20][21] | Myanmar Army and Myanmar Air Force | Villagers of Let Yet Kon |
Hpakant massacre | 23 October 2022 | A Nang Pa, Hpakant Township | 80+[22] | Myanmar Air Force | Kachin civilians, musicians, Kachin Independence Organization officials |
Tar Taing massacre | 1-2 March 2023 | Tartaing, Sagaing Township and Nyaungyin, Myinmu Township | 17+[23] | Myanmar Army | Villagers |
Pinlaung massacre | 11 March 2023 | Namneng village, Pinlaung Township | 30+ | Myanmar Army and Pa-O National Army | Villagers and monks[24] |
Pazigyi massacre aka Kanbalu massacre |
11 April 2023 | Pazigyi, Kanbalu Township | ≥165[25] | Myanmar Air Force | Villagers[26][27] |
Laiza artillery strike | 9 October 2023 | Laiza (China–Myanmar border) | 29+[28] | Myanmar Army | Kachin civilians, refugess[29] |
References
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- ^ Ferrara (2003), pp. 313
- ^ Wintle (2007)
- ^ Fogarty, Phillipa (7 August 2008). Was Burma's 1988 uprising worth it? Archived 12 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. BBC News.
- ^ "Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State". www.amnesty.org.
- ^ Cochrane, Liam (1 September 2017). "Women, children feared among scores dead in Myanmar village 'massacre'". ABC News. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ Emont, Jon; Mandhana, Niharika (11 May 2018). "'We'll Turn Your Village Into Soil': Survivors Recount One of Myanmar's Biggest Massacres". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Naing, Shoon Lei Win; Sterling, Toby (11 December 2019). "Suu Kyi tells U.N.'s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading'". Reuters. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Klug, Foster. "AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar". AP News. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Blumberg, Antonia (1 February 2018). "Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Rohingyas describe bloody massacre at hands of Myanmar troops".
- ^ "There is no Rohingya left in Tulatoli". Dhaka Tribune. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Lone, Wa; Oo, Kyaw Soe; Lewis, Simon; Slodkowski, Antoni. "Massacre in Myanmar: One grave for 10 Rohingya men". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Myanmar: Protesters Targeted in March Massacre". Human Rights Watch. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Hancocks, Paula (16 April 2021). "Witnesses to Bago killings describe relentless military onslaught against Myanmar civilian population". CNN. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Myanmar rebels claim police killings as Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court". The Guardian. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "CARE International condemns Christmas Eve Massacre in Myanmar". Care International. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Women and children among dozens reported killed in Myanmar Christmas Eve massacre". ABC Australia. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Survivors haunted by Myanmar army massacre in Sagaing". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Myanmar's junta denies deadliest attack on school after 13 found dead". The Independent. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "School attack in Let Yet Kone village may be considered a war crime with commanders criminally liable – Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar - Myanmar | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Paddock, Richard (25 October 2022). "Airstrike Kills at Least 80 During Outdoor Concert in Myanmar". New York Times.
- ^ "In Myanmar's heartland, new horrors from a junta struggling for control". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ leah (13 March 2023). "Myanmar army kills 33 in monastery massacre". Thaiger. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Regan, Helen; Sidhu, Sandi; Salai TZ; Coren, Anna (12 April 2023). "Screaming people and bodies everywhere: The horrific aftermath of Myanmar junta airstrike that killed 165". CNN. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023.
- ^ PECK, GRANT (11 April 2023). "Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100". Times Union. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "War Crime in Pazigyi (Kantbalu, Sagaing Region)". Mizzima. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Dozens killed and injured in military attack on Myanmar refugee camp". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "More Than Two-Dozen People Killed in Attack on Refugee Camp in Northern Myanmar". VOA. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.