The following is an incomplete list of massacres that have occurred in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).
Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Victims 1879 massacre at Mandalay Palace 13 - 17 February 1879 Mandalay Palace, Mandalay 40 Hsinbyumashin, U Kaung, Taingda Mingyi and Maung Maung Toke Princes, princesses and members of royal family 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 Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims Kalagong massacre 7 July 1945 Kalagong 600–1,000 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 3,000–10,000Ferrara (2003), pp. 313Wintle (2007)Fogarty, Phillipa (7 August 2008). Was Burma's 1988 uprising worth it? . BBC News. Pro-democracy protesters September military coup and massacres 18–19 September 1988 Rangoon Unknown 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 13 January 2014 Du Chee Yar Tan (Killaidaung), Maungdaw Township 50+ Police and Security Forces and Extremist Rakhine BuddhistsRohingya villagers Kha Maung Seik massacre 25 August 2017 Kha Maung Seik 99 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army Hindu villagers Chut Pyin massacre 26 August 2017 Chut Pyin 130–358 Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers Rohingya villagers Gu Dar Pyin massacre 27 August 2017 Gu Dar Pyin 10–400+ Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers Rohingya villagers Maung Nu massacre 27 August 2017 Maung Nu 82 killed or missing Myanmar Army Rohingya villagers Tula Toli massacre 30 August 2017 Tula Toli (Min Gyi) 500+ Myanmar Army Rohingya villagers Inn Din massacre 2 September 2017 Inn Din 10 Myanmar Army and Rakhine villagers Rohingya villagersHlaingthaya massacre14 March 2021Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon65+Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police ForceProtestersBago massacre9 April 2021Bago82+Myanmar Army and Myanmar Police ForceProtestersMo So massacre24 December 2021Mo So38+Myanmar ArmyVillagers of Mo SoMon Taing Pin massacre12 May 2022Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region37Myanmar ArmyVillagers Let Yet Kone massacre16 September 2022Let Yet Kone, Tabayin Township13Myanmar Army and Myanmar Air ForceVillagers of Let Yet KonHpakant massacre23 October 2022A Nang Pa, Hpakant Township80+Myanmar Air ForceKachin civilians, musicians, Kachin Independence Organization officialsTar Taing massacre1-2 March 2023Tartaing, Sagaing Township and Nyaungyin, Myinmu Township17+Myanmar ArmyVillagersPinlaung massacre11 March 2023Namneng village, Pinlaung Township30+Myanmar Army and Pa-O National ArmyVillagers and monksPazigyi massacre aka Kanbalu massacre11 April 2023 Pazigyi, Kanbalu Township ≥165Myanmar Air ForceVillagersLaiza artillery strike9 October 2023Laiza (China–Myanmar border)29+Myanmar ArmyKachin civilians, refugeesKanan massacre7 January 2024Kanan, Sagaing Region17Myanmar Air ForceCiviliansAkyi Pan Pa Lun massacre9 May 2024Akyi Pan Pa Lun, Magway Region15+Myanmar Air ForceCiviliansLethtoketaw massacre11 May 2024Lethtoketaw, Sagaing Region32Myanmar ArmyCiviliansByian Phyu massacre29-31 May 2024Byian Phyu, Rakhine State76 Rohingya militias Arakan Liberation Army (denied by ALA)VillagersMaungdaw Arakan Army's massacre5 August 2024Maungdaw, Rakhine State30Arakan ArmyRohingya VillagersKyauk Ni Maw massacre8 January 2025Kyauk Ni Maw, Ramree Island, Rakhine State40VillagersBhamo massacre7 May 2025Bhamo, Kachin State15Myanmar Air ForceCiviliansOhe Htein Kwin massacre12 May 2025Ohe Htein Kwin, Tabayin Township, Sagaing Region22Myanmar Air ForceTeachers and students Law Kaw Hlo airstrike 17 August 2025 Law Kaw Hlo, Kayah State 24 Myanmar Air Force Civilians Pyinnya Pan Khinn High School airstrike 12 September 2025 Thayat Tabin, Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State 22 Myanmar Air Force Students Mrauk-U hospital airstrike 11 December 2025 Mrauk U, Rakhine State 31+ Myanmar Air Force Civilians Kyauktaw market airstrike 28 September 2026 Kyauktaw, Rakhine State 50+ Myanmar Air Force Civilians
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