List of massacres in Libya

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Libya (numbers may be approximate):

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Al-Jawazi tribe massacre September 5, 1817 Benghazi Nearly 10,000Ottoman Pasha Yusuf Karamanli ordered the extermination of Al-Jawazi tribe, following a dispute regarding tribute and uprising against his rule. [1] [2]
Sciara Sciatt massacre October 23, 1911 Tripoli outskirtsNearly 500 "Bersaglieri"Italian soldiers were massacred with cruelty and sadism, 290 of them after surrender. [3]
1911 Tripoli massacre October 24–26, 1911 Tripoli some 4,000 [4] Italian troops massacred the Muslim Libyan population of the Mechiya oasis the day after the Sciara Sciat massacre. In three days hundreds of civilians, children, women were killed. One hundred women and children were burned in a mosque after mortar attack. [4]
1945 Tripoli pogrom November 5–7, 1945 Tripoli 140+ [5] [6] [7] Muslim rioters killed Libyan Jews; 36 victims were children.
1948 Tripoli pogrom June 12, 1948 Tripoli 12 [6] Muslim rioters killed Libyan Jews.
1967 Tripoli pogrom June 5, 1967Tripol1818 Jews were killed in the pogrom and at least 25 injured
Green Terror 1973–1977All Libya Unknown
Abu Salim massacre 29 June 1996 Abu Salim prison, Tripoli Up to 1200 [8] Prisoners expressed anger at the restricted family visits and poor living conditions, and were subsequently shot and killed.
Yarmuk massacre 23 August 2011Tripoli124Members of the Khamis Brigade (a military force loyal to Muammar Gaddafi) carried out summary executions of hostages in a warehouse near Tripoli, which was then set on fire. In total, 124 people were killed at the site.
Gargur DistrictAround 21 August 2011Gargur, Tripoli At least 17Appear to have been shot dead by pro-Gaddafi troops as the rebels advanced on the Gargur district of Tripoli. Those killed were said to have been held prisoner at an Internal Security building in the district. [9]
Camp outside Bab al-AziziaAugust 2011Bab-al-Azizya Compound, Tripoli At least 29Not yet known whether the killings were carried out by rebel fighters or pro-Gaddafi troops. [10]
Hotel Mahari October 2011Hotel Mahari, Sirte 53HRW said they believed the hotel had been in the hands of anti-Gaddafi forces from Misrata.
2015 Corinthia Hotel attack January 27, 2015 Corinthia Hotel Tripoli, Tripoli10 Car bombing, suicide attack and subsequent hostage situation in hotel known for hosting foreigners and government officials.
2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya February 2015Southern Mediterranean Sea Coast, Sirte 21 Beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians By Islamic State
Al Qubbah bombings February 20, 2015 Al Qubbah 40ISIL operatives detonated three bombs in Al Qubbah, targeting a petrol station, a police station, and the home of parliamentary speaker Agila Salah. These attacks reportedly killed at least 40 people
2015 Islamic State killing of Christian migrants in Libya 19 April 2015Southern and eastern Libya28+Shooting and beheading of Ethiopian Christian migrants by the Islamic State. [11]
Zliten truck bombing January 7, 2016 Zliten, Murqub District 60+Suicide truck bombing at a police training camp
Brak al-Shati Airbase raid 18 May 2017Brak al-Shati Airbase, Wadi al Shatii District 141
January 2018 Benghazi bombing January 23, 2018 Benghazi 41Twin car bomb attack outside a mosque
February 2018 Benghazi bombing February 9, 2018Benghazi2A bomb exploded in a mosque.
2018 attack on the High National Elections Commission in Tripoli May 2, 2018Tripoli16Suicide bombers attacked the head offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli, killing at least 16 people, injuring 20 and setting fire to the building
2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike July 2, 2019Tajoura Detention Center, Tripoli53An airstrike by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injures 130 others. [12]
Tripoli military school airstrike January 4, 2020Al-Hadhba military school, Tripoli26the United Arab Emirates aiding the Libyan National Army launched an airstrike on a military school used by the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Tripoli. Twenty-six people were killed and thirty-three were wounded
Mizdah massacre May 27, 2020 Mizda 30A group of migrants mainly composing of Bangladeshis were executed by their human traffickers.

References

  1. ↑ "Libyan tribe demands to prosecute Turkey for the massacres committed against its people, similar to that of the Armenians". horizonweekly.ca. 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ مذبحة الجوازي.. دماء 10 آلاف ليبي تطارد إردوغان. 3thmanly.com/ (in Arabic). 18 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Sciara Sciatt massacre
  4. 1 2 Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, Geoff Simons, page 7
  5. ↑ Selent, pp. 20-21
  6. 1 2 Shields, Jacqueline."Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries" in Jewish Virtual Library.
  7. ↑ Stillman, 2003, p. 145.
  8. ↑ "Libya: June 1996 Killings at Abu Salim Prison". 28 June 2006.
  9. ↑ "Libya: Gaddafi Forces Suspected Of Executing Detainees - Human Rights Watch". Human Rights Watch . 28 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Libya: 'Mass killing' sites in Tripoli - BBC News". BBC News . 31 August 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "ISIL claims massacre of Ethiopian Christians in Libya". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  12. ↑ "Libya migrants 'fired on after fleeing attack'". BBC. July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
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