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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) |
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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 |
Rangoon bombing | 9 October 1983 | Rangoon | 21 | North Korea | South Koreans |
8888 Uprising and subsequent massacres | 8–9 August 1988 | Nationwide | 3,000–10,000 | Tatmadaw | Pro-democracy protesters |
September military coup and massacres | 18–19 September 1988 | Rangoon | Unknown | 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 | Rangoon (near Sule pagoda and Shwedagon pagoda) | 13–31 | SPDC-led military junta | Buddhist monks |
Du Chee Yar Tan massacre | 13th January 2014 | Du Chee Yar Tan (Killaidaung), Maungdaw Township | 50+ | Police and Security Forces and Extremist Rakhine Buddhists | Rohingya villagers |
Kha Maung Seik massacre | 25 August 2017 | Kha Maung Seik | 99 | Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army | Hindu villagers |
Chut Pyin massacre | 26 August 2017 | Chut Pyin | 130–358 | Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers | Rohingya villagers |
Gu Dar Pyin massacre | 27 August 2017 | Gu Dar Pyin | 10–400+ | Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers | Rohingya villagers |
Maung Nu massacre | 27 August 2017 | Maung Nu | 82 killed or missing | Myanmar Army | Rohingya villagers |
Tula Toli massacre | 30 August 2017 | Tula Toli (Min Gyi) | est. 500+ | Myanmar Army | Rohingya villagers |
Inn Din massacre | 2 September 2017 | Inn Din | 10 | Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers | Rohingya villagers |
Hlaingthaya massacre | 14 March 2021 | Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon | 65+ | Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police Force | Protesters |
Bago massacre | 9 April 2021 | Bago | 82+ | Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police Force | Protesters |
Mo So massacre | 24 December 2021 | Mo So | 38+ | Myanmar Army | Villagers of Mo So |
Mon Taing Pin massacre | 12 May 2022 | Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region | 37 | Myanmar Army | Villagers |
Let Yet Kone massacre | 16 September 2022 | Let Yet Kone, Tabayin Township | 13 | Myanmar Army and Myanmar Air Force | Villagers of Let Yet Kon |
Hpakant massacre | 23 October 2022 | A Nang Pa, Hpakant Township | 80+ | 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+ | Myanmar Army | Villagers |
Pinlaung massacre | 11 March 2023 | Namneng village, Pinlaung Township | 30+ | Myanmar Army and Pa-O National Army | Villagers and monks |
Pazigyi massacre aka Kanbalu massacre |
11 April 2023 | Pazigyi, Kanbalu Township | ≥165 | Myanmar Air Force | Villagers |
Laiza artillery strike | 9 October 2023 | Laiza (China–Myanmar border) | 29+ | Myanmar Army | Kachin civilians, refugess |
Kanan massacre | 7 January 2024 | Kanan, Sagaing Region | 17 | Myanmar Air Force | Civilians |
Akyi Pan Pa Lun massacre | 9 May 2024 | Akyi Pan Pa Lun, Magway Region | 15+ | Myanmar Air Force | Civilians |
Lethtoketaw massacre | 11 May 2024 | Lethtoketaw, Sagaing Region | 32 | Myanmar Army | Civilians |
Byian Phyu massacre | 29-31 May 2024 | Byian Phyu, Rakhine State | 76 | Tatmadaw Rohingya militias Arakan Liberation Army (denied by ALA) |
Villagers |
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- 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.
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- "Myanmar: Protesters Targeted in March Massacre". Human Rights Watch. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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- "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.
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- 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.
- "Myanmar: Military air strikes that killed 17 civilians 'must be investigated as war crimes'". Amnesty International. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- "An air attack in Myanmar kills 17, including children, but the military has denied responsibility". AP News. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- Now, Myanmar (10 May 2024). "At least 15 killed in junta airstrike on Magway Region monastery". Myanmar Now. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- Zan, Hein Htoo (13 May 2024). "Myanmar NUG Condemns Junta Forces' Massacre of 32 Civilians in Sagaing". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- "Jailed anti-coup protest leader given another 20 years; Military kills 30 in raid against People's Defense Force". DVB. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- Blazevic, Igor (13 May 2024). "Who carries responsibility for the atrocities in Myanmar?". Mizzima. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- "Updated Death toll of 76 dead in Byine Phyu Village massacre in Sittwe Township". Mizzima. 6 June 2024.
- "ALP Denies Involvement in Byine Phyu Massacre in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State". Mizzima. 5 June 2024.