The following are a list of massacres that have occurred in Malaysia and its predecessors:
NameDateLocationDeathsNotesParit Sulong MassacreJohor, Japanese-occupied Malaya133Killing of Allied prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese military.Sook ChingFebruary to March 1942Japanese-occupied Malaya70,000Killing of ethnic Chinese populations in Malaya by the Imperial Japanese military, following similar actions in Singapore.Jesselton RevoltJesselton, British Borneo324Batang Kali massacreBatang Kali, Malaya24Killing of villagers (alleged to be communist sympathisers) by Scots Guards troops.Bukit Kepong incidentBukit Kepong, Muar25Armed attack against Bukit Kepong police station by Malayan Communist Party guerrillas, which resulted in the death of police officers and their family members.13 May IncidentKuala Lumpur143 (official figure, disputed)Racial riot in Kuala Lumpur following the 1969 Malaysian general election, which resulted in 143 deaths according to official figure.Alor Akar School massacreAlor Akar3A 23-year-old teacher at a vocational school in Alor Akar, Kuantan attacked several sleeping students in the school hostel. He killed three students and wounded two others, one of them critically, with a dagger. The teacher surrendered and was later arrested by police.Amok teacher kills three in midnight hostel horror, The Straits Times (August 24, 1969) Teacher Runs Amok Kills 3 in Malaysia, Chicago Tribune (August 24, 1969) Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijackingTanjung Kupang100Hijacking of a Malaysian plane, possibly by the Japanese Red Army.1985 Lahad Datu ambush23-24 September 1985Lahad Datu, Sabah26 (including the perpetrators)A group of Moro pirates raid the town and commit robberies and shootings.Memali IncidentKampung Memali, Baling, Malaysia18A police raid on Kampung Memali in order to arrest Ibrahim Mahmud and other PAS-affiliated individuals, which resulted in the death of 14 villagers and 4 police officers.1986 Sabah riotsMarch 1986Sabah5Seven plastic explosives were detonated in Kota Kinabalu. A bomb was also detonated in Tawau. At least five bombs exploded in Sandakan killing one newspaper vendor and injuring a senior Police Field Force officer. The riots resulted in the death of 5 people.Shooting of Ong Teik KwongTun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, Penang3Ja'afar Halid, the bodyguard of Ong Teik Kwong shot dead Ong in his car after an argument, and his subsequent attempt to shoot an escaping passenger resulted in the death of 2 passersby and 4 more injured.Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah madrasa fireKampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur23Arson attack by drug addicts who had past altercation with the inhabitants of the religious boarding school, which resulted in the death of 23 people.
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