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Further information: Ethnic conflict and Riot

This is a list of notable ethnic riots, sectarian riots, and race riots, by country.

Africa

Côte d'Ivoire

Egypt

Lesotho

Libya

Mauritius

Mauritania

Rhodesia

  • Kananga (1925) – Kananga Riot of 1925

South Africa

Tanzania

Americas

Brazil

Canada

Mexico

Peru

  • Afro-Peruvian massacre of Chinese coolies (1880s)[11]
  • Indigenous uprising against White Peruvians (1880s)[12]

United States

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States

Nativist Period: 1700s–1860

Civil War Period: 1861–1865

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States § Civil War period 1861–1865

Reconstruction Period: 1865–1877

Main article: Mass racial violence in the United States § Post–Civil War and Reconstruction period: 1865–1877

Jim Crow Period: 1878–1914

See also: List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska

War and inter-war period: 1914–1945

Postwar era: 1946–1954

Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955–1977

1978 to today

Asia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Burma

China

Fiji

Indonesia

Israel

  • Acre, Israel (2008) – Sectarian violence erupted on 8 October 2008 turning into 5 days of violence after an Arab Israeli citizen drove through a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood during Yom Kippur.[39][40][41]
  • Tel Aviv (2012) – Race riots by Jewish Israelis against black African immigrants took place in May 2012 after the rape of an elderly woman, and an under age Israeli girl by South Sudanese men in front of her boyfriend.[42][43][44][45]
  • Tel Aviv (2015) – After an Ethiopian-born IDF officer was beaten by an Israeli police officer and police volunteer, protests in Tel Aviv against racism and police brutality turned violent, with injuries among protesters and police.[46]

Malaysia

Pakistan

Palestine (British Mandate)

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Main article: Riots and pogroms in Sri Lanka

Europe

Belgium

Bulgaria

Denmark

  • St. Croix riot (1873) – St. Croix Agricultural labor rioted against landlords and labor laws.
  • Jewish skirmishes (1820–22) – Various Danish and German cities and towns.

France

Germany

Italy

Poland

  • Przytyk pogrom (1936) – anti-Jewish riots in Przytyk, on March 9, 1936
  • Kraków pogrom (1945) – anti-Jewish riots that occurred on August 11, 1945, in the city of Kraków
  • Kielce pogrom (1946) – an outbreak of violence against the Jewish community of Kielce, Poland on July 4, 1946
  • Mława pogrom (1991) – a series of violent incidents in June 1991, when a crowd attacked Roma residents of the Polish town of Mława
  • Ełk riots (2017) – During the New Year's Eve, a Polish man was stabbed to death by a Tunisian man - incident sparked the riots.

Russia

Soviet Union

Spain

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Tonga

See also

References

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  21. ^ According to federal, state and local government investigators, 39 African Americans died. But civilian investigations shortly after the riot indicate that between 100 and 200 African Americans died. The riot was notable for the brutality of white attackers, who used scalping, gouging out of eyes of victims. Some children were seen to kill others. Elliott M. Rudwick, Race Riot at East St. Louis, Southern Illinois University Press, 1964.
  22. ^ Twenty-three African Americans and 15 Caucasians died. Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880–1950, Yale University, 1979.
  23. ^ Officially, 39 African Americans died. But more recent estimates are that between 150 and 200 African Americans and 50 Caucasians died, and some sources put the number of black dead at 300. James S. Hirsch, Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy, Mariner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-618-34076-9; Robert A. Gibson, The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States, 1880–1950, Yale University, 1979.
  24. ^ Officially, six African Americans and two Caucasians died. However, there is disagreement about the number of dead, and some estimates place the number of black dead between 40 and 150. Michael D'Orso, Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood, Putnam Books, 1996. ISBN 1-57297-256-4.
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  37. ^ Indonesia Turns Its Chinese Into Scapegoats, New York Times
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