List of massacres in Myanmar

The following is an incomplete list of massacres that have occurred in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Perpetrators	Victims
1930 Rangoon riots	1930	Rangoon (present-day Yangon)	120–200+	Bamar rioters	Ethnic Indian dockworkers
Arakan massacres	1942	Arakan (present-day Rakhine State)	20,000 Rakhine Buddhists killed 40,000+ Rohingya Muslims killed [1]	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
Rangoon bombing	9 October 1983	Rangoon	21	North Korea	South Koreans
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	Unknown	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	Rangoon (near Sule pagoda and Shwedagon pagoda)	13–31	SPDC-led military junta	Buddhist monks
Du Chee Yar Tan massacre	13 January 2014	Du Chee Yar Tan (Killaidaung), Maungdaw Township	50+ [5]	Police and Security Forces and Extremist Rakhine Buddhists	Rohingya villagers
Kha Maung Seik massacre	25 August 2017	Kha Maung Seik	99 [6]	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army	Hindu villagers
Chut Pyin massacre	26 August 2017	Chut Pyin	130 [7] –358 [8]	Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers	Rohingya villagers
Gu Dar Pyin massacre	27 August 2017	Gu Dar Pyin	10 [9] –400+ [10] [11]	Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers	Rohingya villagers
Maung Nu massacre	27 August 2017	Maung Nu	82 killed or missing [12]	Myanmar Army	Rohingya villagers
Tula Toli massacre	30 August 2017	Tula Toli (Min Gyi)	est. 500+ [13]	Myanmar Army	Rohingya villagers
Inn Din massacre	2 September 2017	Inn Din	10 [14]	Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers	Rohingya villagers
Hlaingthaya massacre	14 March 2021	Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon	65+ [15]	Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police Force	Protesters
Bago massacre	9 April 2021	Bago	82+ [16]	Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police Force	Protesters
Mo So massacre	24 December 2021	Mo So	38+ [17] [18]	Myanmar Army	Villagers of Mo So
Mon Taing Pin massacre	12 May 2022	Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region	37 [19]	Myanmar Army	Villagers
Let Yet Kone massacre	16 September 2022	Let Yet Kone, Tabayin Township	13 [20] [21]	Myanmar Army and Myanmar Air Force	Villagers of Let Yet Kon
Hpakant massacre	23 October 2022	A Nang Pa, Hpakant Township	80+ [22]	Myanmar Air Force	Kachin civilians, musicians, Kachin Independence Organization officials
Tar Taing massacre	1-2 March 2023	Tartaing, Sagaing Township and Nyaungyin, Myinmu Township	17+ [23]	Myanmar Army	Villagers
Pinlaung massacre	11 March 2023	Namneng village, Pinlaung Township	30+	Myanmar Army and Pa-O National Army	Villagers and monks [24]
Pazigyi massacre aka Kanbalu massacre	11 April 2023	Pazigyi, Kanbalu Township	≥165 [25]	Myanmar Air Force	Villagers [26] [27]
Laiza artillery strike	9 October 2023	Laiza (China–Myanmar border)	29+ [28]	Myanmar Army	Kachin civilians, refugess [29]
Kanan massacre	7 January 2024	Kanan, Sagaing Region	17 [30]	Myanmar Air Force	Civilians [31]
Akyi Pan Pa Lun massacre	9 May 2024	Akyi Pan Pa Lun, Magway Region	15+ [32]	Myanmar Air Force	Civilians
Lethtoketaw massacre	11 May 2024	Lethtoketaw, Sagaing Region	32 [33] [34] [35]	Myanmar Army	Civilians
Byian Phyu massacre	29-31 May 2024	Byian Phyu, Rakhine State	76	Tatmadaw Rohingya militias [36] Arakan Liberation Army (denied by ALA) [37]	Villagers
Kyauk Ni Maw massacre	8 January 2025	Kyauk Ni Maw, Rakhine State	40	Tatmadaw [38]	Villagers
Maungdaw Arakan Army's massacre	5 August 2024	Maungdaw, Rakhine State	30	Arakan Army Armed Forces [39]	Rohingya Villagers

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