List of massacres in Burundi

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The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Burundi in reverse chronological order:

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List of massacres

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NameDateDeathsInvolvedLocation – Circumstances
2015 Bujumbura massacre December 12, 201587 (including 8 soldiers and policemen)Burundian security forces Bujumbura Mairie Province, Bujumbura, Nyakabiga district, Musaga, Mutakura, Nyakabiga, Ngagara, Cibitoke and Jabe – After three army installations in Ngagara, Musaga and Mujejuru were attacked, the security forces killed numerous people in predominantly Tutsi-inhabited neighborhoods. [1] [2] [3]
Gatumba refugee camp massacreAugust 13, 2004 Forces for National Liberation Bujumbura Rural Province, Mutimbuzi commune, Gatumba [4]
Itaba massacre September 9, 2002Itaba [5]
Titanic Express massacre December 28, 2000 Forces for National Liberation Bujumbura Rural – Bus attack by the Hutu-extremist group Palipehutu-FNL. [6] [7]
1993 ethnic violence 21 October to 31 December 1993Nationwide

[8]

1988 Hutu massacres1988Nationwide [9] [10]
Ikiza April–August 1972Tutsi-Hima dictatorshipNationwide [8]
1969 [11]
1965 [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Burundi crisis: Army says 87 killed in day of violence". BBC News. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Burundians pay tribute to victims of the Dec 2015 massacre". Africanews. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  3. ↑ "Burundi: Extrajudicial executions and systematic killings must be investigated". Amnesty International. 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  4. ↑ Burundi massacre and the continuing conflict in the Congo
  5. ↑ Burundi: No justice for victims of the Itaba massacre | Amnesty International
  6. ↑ Samira Said (28 December 2010). "Slain British aid worker's family pleads for justice after massacre". CNN.
  7. ↑ "British aid worker "shot in cold blood" in Burundi". Reuters. 30 December 2000.
  8. 1 2 White, Matthew. Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century: C. Burundi (1972–73, primarily Hutu killed by Tutsi) 120,000
  9. ↑ Barbara Harff. No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political MassMurder since 1955. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 1 (Feb., 2003), pp. 57-73. Published by: American Political Science Association. Stable URL:
  10. ↑ "Genocides, Politicides, and Other Mass Murder Since 1945, With Stages in 2008" (PDF). Genocide Watch. ©2008 Genocide Watch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  11. 1 2 "Burundi: More than 4,000 mass graves uncovered". 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
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