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 Empire of Japan 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 13th 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
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