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 |
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 |