List of massacres in Burundi

The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Burundi (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Rwandan Revolution Hutu Massacres 1959 through 1962 Nationwide 50,000 [1]
Hutu Genocide of 1972 1972 Nationwide 210,000 [2]
Hutu Massacres of 1988 1988 Nationwide 5,000 to 25,000 [3][4]
Tutsi Genocide of 1993 1993 Nationwide 25,000 [2]
Titanic Express massacre[5] December 28, 2000 Bujumbura Rural 21[6] Bus attack by the Hutu-extremist group Palipehutu-FNL
Itaba massacre September 9, 2002 Itaba 267 [7]
Gatumba refugee camp massacre September 7, 2004 Gatumba 160 [8]

References

  1. "Genocides, Politicides, and Other Mass Murder Since 1945, With Stages in 2008" (PDF). Genocide Watch. ©2008 Genocide Watch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. White, Matthew. Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century: C. Burundi (1972-73, primarily Hutu killed by Tutsi) 120,000
  3. Barbara Harff. No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political MassMurder since 1955. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 1 (Feb., 2003), pp. 57-73. Published by: American Political Science Association. Stable URL:
  4. "Genocides, Politicides, and Other Mass Murder Since 1945, With Stages in 2008" (PDF). Genocide Watch. ©2008 Genocide Watch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  5. Samira Said (28 December 2010). "Slain British aid worker's family pleads for justice after massacre". CNN.
  6. "British aid worker "shot in cold blood" in Burundi". Reuters. 30 December 2000.
  7. Burundi: No justice for victims of the Itaba massacre | Amnesty International
  8. Burundi massacre and the continuing conflict in the Congo
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