The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Bulgaria and its predecessors:
Event | Most significant massacre | Date | Perpetrator | Deaths | Target |
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April Uprising[1] | Batak massacre | 1876 | Ottoman irregular troops, composed mainly of Pomaks in Batak | 3,000-5,000[2] | Bulgarian civilians |
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | Stara Zagora massacre | 1877–78 | Suleiman Pasha's Ottoman Army, composed mainly of 48,000 Albanian troops | 18,000[3][4] | Bulgarian civilians |