List of massacres in Brazil

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Brazil (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Candelária massacre	July 23, 1993	Rio de Janeiro	8
Carandiru massacre	October 2, 1992	São Paulo	111
Complexo do Alemão massacre	June 27, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	19
Eldorado dos Carajás massacre	April 17, 1996	Pará	19
Haximu massacre	1993	Haximu, Brazil	16-73
Helmet Massacre	1988	Benjamin Constant, Amazonas	4	19 wounded
Rio de Janeiro school shooting	April 7, 2011	Tasso da Silveira Municipal School (Escola Municipal Tasso da Silveira), Realengo, Rio de Janeiro	12	20 wounded. All children aged 10–13.
1989 Santa Elmira massacre	1989	Rio Grande do Sul	19	400 injured
Vigário Geral massacre	August 29, 1993	Rio de Janeiro	21
Parque Oeste massacre	February 16, 2005	Goias	2	40 wounded. Unknown missing.