List of massacres in Burundi
The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Burundi in reverse chronological order:
List of massacres
[edit]| Name | Date | Deaths | Involved | Location – Circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Bujumbura massacre | December 12, 2015 | 87 (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 massacre | August 13, 2004 | 160 | Forces for National Liberation | Bujumbura Rural Province, Mutimbuzi commune, Gatumba[4] |
| Itaba massacre | September 9, 2002 | 267 | Itaba[5] | |
| Titanic Express massacre | December 28, 2000 | 21 | 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 1993 | 25,000 | Nationwide | |
| 1988 Hutu massacres | 1988 | 5,000 to 25,000 | Nationwide[9][10] | |
| Ikiza | April–August 1972 | 210,000 | Tutsi-Hima dictatorship | Nationwide[8] |
| 1969 | [11] | |||
| 1965 | [11] |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Burundi crisis: Army says 87 killed in day of violence". BBC News. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "Burundians pay tribute to victims of the Dec 2015 massacre". Africanews. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "Burundi: Extrajudicial executions and systematic killings must be investigated". Amnesty International. 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ Burundi massacre and the continuing conflict in the Congo
- ^ Burundi: No justice for victims of the Itaba massacre | Amnesty International
- ^ Samira Said (28 December 2010). "Slain British aid worker's family pleads for justice after massacre". CNN.
- ^ "British aid worker "shot in cold blood" in Burundi". Reuters. 30 December 2000.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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: [1]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Burundi: More than 4,000 mass graves uncovered". 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
