Karma massacre

Karma massacre
Part of Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
LocationKarma, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso
Date20 April 2023
7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Local time
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths60 per Burkina Faso
136 per CISC
147 per AI
150 per UN
156 per HRW
PerpetratorsRapid Intervention Brigade 3rd Battalion
MotiveRevenge for attack (suspected)

The Karma massacre was a massacre in the village of Karma, Burkina Faso. The massacre occurred on 20 April 2023 and is suspected to have been carried out by the 3rd Battalion of the Rapid Intervention Brigade from the Burkina Faso Armed Forces. Between 60–156 civilians were killed in the massacre making it one of the worst in the Burkina Faso insurgency.