The following is an incomplete list of massacres that have occurred in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Victims
1930 Rangoon riots 1930 Rangoon (present-day Yangon) 120–200+ Bamar rioters Ethnic Indian dockworkers
Arakan massacres 1942 Arakan (present-day Rakhine State)
  • 20,000 Rakhine Buddhists killed
  • 40,000+ Rohingya Muslims killed[1]
 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

  1. ↑ "Racism to Rohingya in Burma" (PDF). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Ferrara (2003), pp. 313
  3. ↑ Wintle (2007)
  4. ↑ Fogarty, Phillipa (7 August 2008). Was Burma's 1988 uprising worth it? Archived 12 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. BBC News.
  5. ↑ "Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State". www.amnesty.org.
  6. ↑ Cochrane, Liam (1 September 2017). "Women, children feared among scores dead in Myanmar village 'massacre'". ABC News. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Klug, Foster. "AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar". AP News. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Blumberg, Antonia (1 February 2018). "Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Rohingyas describe bloody massacre at hands of Myanmar troops".
  12. ↑ "There is no Rohingya left in Tulatoli". Dhaka Tribune. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Lone, Wa; Oo, Kyaw Soe; Lewis, Simon; Slodkowski, Antoni. "Massacre in Myanmar: One grave for 10 Rohingya men". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Myanmar: Protesters Targeted in March Massacre". Human Rights Watch. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  15. ↑ Hancocks, Paula (16 April 2021). "Witnesses to Bago killings describe relentless military onslaught against Myanmar civilian population". CNN. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Myanmar rebels claim police killings as Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court". The Guardian. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "CARE International condemns Christmas Eve Massacre in Myanmar". Care International. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  18. ↑ "Women and children among dozens reported killed in Myanmar Christmas Eve massacre". ABC Australia. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  19. ↑ "Survivors haunted by Myanmar army massacre in Sagaing". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  20. ↑ "Myanmar's junta denies deadliest attack on school after 13 found dead". The Independent. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "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.
  22. ↑ Paddock, Richard (25 October 2022). "Airstrike Kills at Least 80 During Outdoor Concert in Myanmar". New York Times.
  23. ↑ "In Myanmar's heartland, new horrors from a junta struggling for control". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  24. ↑ leah (13 March 2023). "Myanmar army kills 33 in monastery massacre". Thaiger. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ PECK, GRANT (11 April 2023). "Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100". Times Union. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  27. ↑ "War Crime in Pazigyi (Kantbalu, Sagaing Region)". Mizzima. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  28. ↑ "Dozens killed and injured in military attack on Myanmar refugee camp". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  29. ↑ "More Than Two-Dozen People Killed in Attack on Refugee Camp in Northern Myanmar". VOA. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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