Paracuellos massacres

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Paracuellos massacres
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Paracuellos cemetery memorial
Location	Paracuellos del Jarama and Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Date	November–December 1936
Target	Right-wing civilians and prisoners of war
Attack type	Mass execution
Deaths	~2,000–3,000[1][2][3][4][5]
Perpetrator	Republican troops and militiamen

The Paracuellos massacres (Spanish: Matanzas de Paracuellos) were a series of mass killings of civilians and prisoners of war by the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War that took place before and during the Siege of Madrid during the early stages of the war. The death toll remains a subject of debate and controversy.