Part of War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) | |
Date | 27 September 1993 |
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Location | Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia |
Coordinates | 43°00′12″N 41°00′55″E / 43.00333°N 41.01528°E |
Motive | Anti-Georgian sentiment |
Target | Georgian population of Sukhumi, Georgian administration of Abkhazia |
Perpetrator | |
Outcome | Ethnic cleansing of the Georgian population |
Deaths | 1,000 (Georgian estimate)[1] |
Displaced | 50,000[2] |
The Sukhumi massacre took place on 27 September 1993, during and after the fall of Sukhumi into separatist hands in the course of the War in Abkhazia. It was perpetrated against Georgian civilians of Sukhumi, mainly by militia forces of Abkhaz separatists and North Caucasian allies.[3] It became part of a violent ethnic cleansing campaign carried out by the separatists.