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Batak massacre
The Batak massacre was the killing of the inhabitants of Batak, a town in the Rhodope Mountains of Ottoman Rumelia, now Bulgaria, by Ottoman bashi-bazouk irregulars in May 1876.
Bear River Massacre
The Bear River Massacre was the killing of Northwestern Shoshone men, women, and children by US Army troops under Colonel Patrick Connor on January 29, 1863, near Preston, Idaho.
Black July (කළු ජූලි)
Black July (කළු ජූලි) was the anti-Tamil pogrom that swept Sri Lanka from 23 July 1983, killing about 3,000 Tamils and triggering the 26-year civil war.
Bloody Sunday (1972)
Bloody Sunday (30 January 1972): British 1 Para soldiers shot 13 civil rights marchers dead in Derry's Bogside, a 14th dying later. The Widgery report exonerated troops; the 2010 Saville Inquiry found the killings unjustified, prompting David Cameron's apology.
Bombay riots
Bombay riots: recurring Hindu–Muslim communal violence in Bombay (Mumbai), notably 1893, 1929–1938, and December 1992–January 1993, when over 1,000 died after the Babri Masjid demolition; investigated by the Srikrishna Commission.
Bombing of Plaza de Mayo
The bombing of Plaza de Mayo (Bombardeo de la Plaza de Mayo) was a 1955 air attack on Buenos Aires that killed more than 300 people in an attempt to overthrow President Perón.
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre: March 5, 1770 shooting on King Street, Boston, where British soldiers killed five colonists including Crispus Attucks; John Adams defended the soldiers, and Paul Revere's propaganda engraving spread Patriot outrage.
Boyd massacre
The Boyd massacre, also called the Burning of the Boyd, was the killing of about 70 crew and passengers of the ship Boyd by Māori in New Zealand in 1809.
Bunia massacre
The Bunia massacre refers to mass killings of civilians in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the Ituri conflict, especially in January 2001 and May 2003.
Cambodian genocide
The Cambodian genocide, also called the Khmer Rouge genocide, was the killing of about 1.7 million Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.
Camp Grant massacre
The Camp Grant massacre was a dawn attack on April 30, 1871, near Camp Grant, Arizona Territory, killing 85 to 144 Apache, almost all women and children.
Carandiru massacre
The Carandiru massacre (Massacre do Carandiru): killing of 111 inmates by São Paulo military police during a riot suppression at the Casa de Detenção on October 2, 1992; condemned by the IACHR in 2000; convictions later annulled and sentences extinguished.
Caravan of Death
Caravana de la Muerte (Caravan of Death): Pinochet-ordered Chilean Army helicopter delegation led by Sergio Arellano Stark, September-October 1973, executing about 75 political prisoners across provincial Chile; basis of the first prosecution of Pinochet.
Catavi massacre
The Catavi massacre (Spanish: Masacre de Catavi) was the killing of striking tin miners and their families by Bolivian Army troops at Catavi, Potosí, Bolivia, on 21 December 1942.
Chauri Chaura incident (चौरी चौरा कांड)
Chauri Chaura incident (चौरी चौरा कांड), 4 February 1922, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh: Non-Cooperation Movement crowd burned a police station, killing 22–23 policemen; Gandhi suspended the movement; 19 protesters were hanged in 1923.
Chios massacre
The Chios massacre was the destruction of the population of the Greek island of Chios by Ottoman forces in 1822, during the Greek War of Independence.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre, also called the Colfax Riot, was the April 13, 1873 killing of dozens to 150-plus Black men by over 300 armed whites led by C. C. Nash at the Colfax, Louisiana courthouse, followed by the Supreme Court's United States v. Cruikshank ruling.
Coniston massacre
The Coniston massacre was a series of reprisal killings of Aboriginal people around Coniston station in Central Australia between August and October 1928, led by Constable George Murray.
Crow Creek massacre
Crow Creek massacre: prehistoric attack around AD 1325 on the fortified Crow Creek Village (39BF11) in South Dakota, killing and mutilating at least 486 Arikara-affiliated villagers, found as a bone pile in 1978.
Crown Heights riot
The Crown Heights riot (August 19-21, 1991) was antisemitic violence in Brooklyn after Gavin Cato's death under a motorcade car and the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum, followed by the 1993 Girgenti report and a 1998 $1.1 million city settlement.
Cypress Hills Massacre
The Cypress Hills Massacre (June 1, 1873) saw American wolfers kill 15–35 Nakoda (Assiniboine) near Farwell's and Solomon's trading posts, Saskatchewan, over suspected horse theft; it hastened creation of the North-West Mounted Police.
Dahra caves massacre
The Dahra caves massacre (French: les enfumades du Dahra) was the killing of several hundred to a thousand Algerian civilians by French troops in June 1845.
Death flights
Death flights (Spanish: vuelos de la muerte) were executions used by Argentina's military dictatorship, in which sedated detainees were thrown from planes between 1976 and 1983.
December murders
The December murders, or Decembermoorden, were the executions of fifteen prominent opponents of Suriname's military regime under Desi Bouterse at Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, in December 1982.
Direct Action Day
Direct Action Day, also known as the Great Calcutta Killings, was a Muslim League protest on 16 August 1946 that triggered four days of communal violence in Calcutta.
Disappearance of Dee Ann Warner
Dee Ann Warner, Michigan trucking and farming businesswoman, vanished April 24-25, 2021 from Lenawee County; husband Dale Warner was convicted of second-degree murder in 2026 after her remains were found sealed in a fertilizer tank.
Duékoué massacre
The Duékoué massacre was the killing of hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Guéré ethnic group, by forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire, in March 2011.
Duff massacre
The Duff massacre was the killing of three London Missionary Society missionaries on Tongatapu, Tonga, in 1799 during civil war, ending the first Christian mission in Western Polynesia.
Dzungar genocide
The Dzungar genocide (1755–1758) was the Qing extermination of the Dzungar Mongols during the conquest of Dzungaria under the Qianlong emperor, killing roughly 70–80 percent of about 600,000 people through warfare, smallpox, famine, and ordered massacre.
Expulsion of the Acadians
Expulsion of the Acadians, or le Grand Dérangement: British forced removal of Acadians from Nova Scotia, 1755–1763, ordered by Governor Charles Lawrence; about 12,000 deported, producing the Cajun diaspora and an ethnic-cleansing-versus-genocide debate.