The following is a partial list of selected massacres that are known to have occurred in the territory of modern-day Belarus (some numbers may be approximated):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinsk massacre | April 5, 1919 | Pinsk | 35 | Jewish men from illegal gathering of suspected Bolshevik cell executed by Polish troops during Polish–Soviet War.[1] | |
| Kurapaty massacres | 1937–1941 | Kurapaty (Minsk) | 7,000–30,000 | NKVD summary executions | |
| Massacre of Brzostowica Mała | September 1939 | Malaya Berestovitsa | 50 | Ethnic Poles massacred by Belarusian peasants on the second day of the Soviet invasion of Poland.[2] | |
| Slutsk Affair | October 1941 | Slutsk | 4,000 | Part of the Holocaust in Belarus; non-Jewish residents also killed | |
| Dzyatlava massacre | April 29 and August 10, 1942 | Diatłowo (Dzyatlava) | 1,500 | Carried out by the SS and Belarusian Auxiliary Police.[3] | |
| Mirnaya massacre | December, 1942 | Mirnaya (Мірная), Belarus (be) | 147 | Nazi retribution for partisan attacks | |
| Khatyn massacre | March 22, 1943 | Khatyn | 149 | Nazi troops from Ukrainian Auxiliary Police destroyed entire village (not to be confused with Katyn massacre).[4] | |
| Operation Zauberflöte | 17−22 April 1943 | Minsk | unknown | ||
| Naliboki massacre | May 8, 1943 | 128 | Polish civilians massacred by the Soviet partisans.[5] | ||
| Operation Cottbus | 20 May – 24 June 1943 | Vitebsk Oblast | 20,000 | Estimated at least 20,000 victims at the cost of 59 German troops KIA | |
| 2011 Minsk Metro bombing | April 11, 2011 | 15 | Including 204 injured | ||
| Stowbtsy School stabbing | February 11, 2019 | Stowbtsy | 2 | 2 Wounded[6] |