List of massacres in Myanmar explained

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

NameDateLocationDeathsPerpetratorsVictims
1930 Rangoon riots 1930Rangoon (present-day Yangon) 120–200+Bamar riotersEthnic Indian dockworkers
Arakan massacres 1942Arakan (present-day Rakhine State)
  • 20,000 Rakhine Buddhists killed
  • 40,000+ Rohingya Muslims killed[1]
Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya MuslimsRakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims
Kalagong massacre 7 July 1945Kalagong 600–1,000 Imperial Japanese ArmyVillagers of Kalagong
Rangoon bombing 9 October 1983Rangoon 21 North KoreaSouth Koreans
8888 Uprising and subsequent massacres 8–9 August 1988Nationwide 3,000–10,000[2] [3] [4] Pro-democracy protesters
September military coup and massacres 18–19 September 1988RangoonUnknown Burmese civilians and government officials
Depayin massacre 30 May 2003Depayin 70Supporters of the SPDC-led military juntaMembers of the National League for Democracy (NLD)
Saffron Revolution and massacre of monks September 2007Rangoon (near Sule pagoda and Shwedagon pagoda) 13–31SPDC-led military juntaBuddhist monks
Du Chee Yar Tan massacre 13th January 2014Du Chee Yar Tan (Killaidaung), Maungdaw Township 50+ [5] Police and Security Forces and Extremist Rakhine BuddhistsRohingya villagers
Kha Maung Seik massacre 25 August 2017Kha Maung Seik 99[6] Hindu villagers
Chut Pyin massacre 26 August 2017Chut Pyin 130[7] –358[8] Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagersRohingya villagers
Gu Dar Pyin massacre 27 August 2017Gu Dar Pyin 10[9] –400+[10] [11] Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagersRohingya villagers
Maung Nu massacre 27 August 2017Maung Nu 82 killed or missing[12] Myanmar ArmyRohingya villagers
Tula Toli massacre 30 August 2017Tula Toli (Min Gyi) 500+[13] Myanmar ArmyRohingya villagers
Inn Din massacre 2 September 2017Inn Din 10[14] Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagersRohingya villagers
Hlaingthaya massacre14 March 2021Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon65+[15] Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police ForceProtesters
Bago massacre9 April 2021Bago82+[16] Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police ForceProtesters
Mo So massacre24 December 2021Mo So38+[17] [18] Myanmar ArmyVillagers of Mo So
Mon Taing Pin massacre12 May 2022Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region37[19] Myanmar ArmyVillagers
Let Yet Kone massacre16 September 2022Let Yet Kone, Tabayin Township13[20] [21] Myanmar Army and Myanmar Air ForceVillagers of Let Yet Kon
Hpakant massacre23 October 2022A Nang Pa, Hpakant Township80+[22] Myanmar Air ForceKachin civilians, musicians, Kachin Independence Organization officials
Tar Taing massacre1-2 March 2023Tartaing, Sagaing Township and Nyaungyin, Myinmu Township17+[23] Myanmar ArmyVillagers
Pinlaung massacre11 March 2023Namneng village, Pinlaung Township30+Myanmar Army and Pa-O National ArmyVillagers and monks[24]
Pazigyi massacre aka
Kanbalu massacre		11 April 2023Pazigyi, Kanbalu Township ≥165[25] Myanmar Air ForceVillagers[26] [27]
Laiza artillery strike9 October 2023Laiza (China–Myanmar border)29+[28] Myanmar ArmyKachin civilians, refugess[29]
Kanan massacre7 January 2024Kanan, Sagaing Region17[30] Myanmar Air ForceCivilians[31]
Akyi Pan Pa Lun massacre9 May 2024Akyi Pan Pa Lun, Magway Region15+[32] Myanmar Air ForceCivilians
Lethtoketaw massacre11 May 2024Lethtoketaw, Sagaing Region32[33] [34] [35] Myanmar ArmyCivilians
Byian Phyu massacre29-31 May 2024Byian Phyu, Rakhine State76
Rohingya militias[36]
Arakan Liberation Army (denied by ALA)[37] 		Villagers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Racism to Rohingya in Burma. 18 October 2017.
  2. Ferrara (2003), pp. 313
  3. Wintle (2007)
  4. Fogarty, Phillipa (7 August 2008). Was Burma's 1988 uprising worth it? . BBC News.
  5. Web site: Du Chee Yar Tan Massacre .
  6. Web site: Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State. www.amnesty.org. en.
  7. News: Cochrane . Liam . Women, children feared among scores dead in Myanmar village 'massacre' . 19 July 2018 . ABC News . 1 September 2017 . en-AU.
  8. News: Emont. Jon. Mandhana. Niharika. ‘We’ll Turn Your Village Into Soil’: Survivors Recount One of Myanmar’s Biggest Massacres. 11 May 2018. Wall Street Journal. 11 May 2018.
  9. News: Naing . Shoon Lei Win . Sterling . Toby . Suu Kyi tells U.N.'s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading' . 13 December 2019 . Reuters . 11 December 2019 . en.
  10. News: Klug. Foster. AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar. 2 February 2018. AP News.
  11. News: Blumberg. Antonia. Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar. 2 February 2018. HuffPost Canada. 1 February 2018. en-CA.
  12. News: Rohingyas describe bloody massacre at hands of Myanmar troops. en.
  13. News: There is no Rohingya left in Tulatoli. 23 September 2017. Dhaka Tribune. 9 September 2017.
  14. News: Lone. Wa. Oo. Kyaw Soe. Lewis. Simon. Slodkowski. Antoni. Massacre in Myanmar: One grave for 10 Rohingya men. 10 February 2018. Reuters. en.
  15. Web site: 2021-12-02 . Myanmar: Protesters Targeted in March Massacre . 2023-02-21 . Human Rights Watch . en.
  16. News: Hancocks. Paula. 16 April 2021. Witnesses to Bago killings describe relentless military onslaught against Myanmar civilian population. CNN. 27 December 2021.
  17. News: 26 December 2021. CARE International condemns Christmas Eve Massacre in Myanmar. Care International. 27 December 2021.
  18. News: 26 December 2021. Women and children among dozens reported killed in Myanmar Christmas Eve massacre. ABC Australia. 27 December 2021.
  19. Web site: Survivors haunted by Myanmar army massacre in Sagaing . 2023-03-14 . Myanmar NOW . en.
  20. Web site: Myanmar’s junta denies deadliest attack on school after 13 found dead . The Independent . 17 February 2023 . en . 21 September 2022.
  21. Web site: 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 . 17 February 2023 . en.
  22. News: Paddock . Richard . 2022-10-25. New York Times . Airstrike Kills at Least 80 During Outdoor Concert in Myanmar .
  23. Web site: In Myanmar’s heartland, new horrors from a junta struggling for control . 2023-03-11 . Myanmar NOW . en.
  24. Web site: leah . 2023-03-13 . Myanmar army kills 33 in monastery massacre . 2023-03-13 . Thaiger . en-US.
  25. News: 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 . en . CNN . https://web.archive.org/web/20230412171418/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/12/asia/myanmar-junta-deadly-airstrike-aftermath-intl-hnk/index.html . April 12, 2023.
  26. Web site: PECK . GRANT . Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100 . Times Union . 11 April 2023 . 11 April 2023.
  27. Web site: War Crime in Pazigyi (Kantbalu, Sagaing Region) . Mizzima . 11 April 2023.
  28. Web site: Dozens killed and injured in military attack on Myanmar refugee camp . 2023-10-11 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
  29. Web site: 2023-10-10 . More Than Two-Dozen People Killed in Attack on Refugee Camp in Northern Myanmar . 2023-10-11 . VOA . en.
  30. Web site: Myanmar: Military air strikes that killed 17 civilians ‘must be investigated as war crimes’ . Amnesty International . 17 February 2024 . en . 8 February 2024.
  31. News: An air attack in Myanmar kills 17, including children, but the military has denied responsibility . 17 February 2024 . AP News . 7 January 2024 . en.
  32. News: Now . Myanmar . At least 15 killed in junta airstrike on Magway Region monastery . 11 May 2024 . Myanmar Now . 10 May 2024.
  33. News: Zan . Hein Htoo . Myanmar NUG Condemns Junta Forces’ Massacre of 32 Civilians in Sagaing . 14 May 2024 . The Irrawaddy . 13 May 2024.
  34. News: Jailed anti-coup protest leader given another 20 years; Military kills 30 in raid against People's Defense Force . 14 May 2024 . DVB . 13 May 2024.
  35. News: Blazevic . Igor . Who carries responsibility for the atrocities in Myanmar? . 14 May 2024 . Mizzima . 13 May 2024.
  36. News: Updated Death toll of 76 dead in Byine Phyu Village massacre in Sittwe Township . Mizzima . 6 June 2024.
  37. News: ALP Denies Involvement in Byine Phyu Massacre in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State . Mizzima . 5 June 2024.

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