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A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. [1] It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians en masse by an armed group or person. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage".
- Wounded Knee Massacre
The massacre has been referred to in films, including...
- Srebrenica Genocide
The Srebrenica massacre, [a] also known as the Srebrenica...
- Bucha massacre
The Bucha massacre (Ukrainian: Бучанська різанина,...
- Wounded Knee Massacre
1770 Mar 5. Boston. Massachusetts. 5. 5 Bostonians killed and 6 wounded by soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot. The killed and wounded were part of a mob which was harassing the soldiers, and the soldiers opened fire after being stoned by the crowd. [1] [2] Gnadenhutten massacre. 1782 Mar 8.
NameDateLocationState2023 January 162022 May 242022 May 142018 Oct 27Apr 23, 2024 · The Tulsa race massacre of 1921 was one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history. It occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Beginning on May 31, 1921, and lasting for two days, it left between 30 and 300 people dead, mostly African Americans, and destroyed Tulsa’s prosperous Black neighborhood Greenwood.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 27, 2009 · The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston between American colonists and British soldiers. It helped pave the way for the American Revolution.
