List of massacres in Burundi

The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Burundi in reverse chronological order:

List of massacres

Name Date Deaths Involved Location – Circumstances
2020 Bugarama attack August 23-24, 2020 11 RED-Tabara Bugarama, Rumonge Province[1]
2015 Bujumbura massacre December 12, 2015 87 (including 8 soldiers and policemen) Burundian security forces Bujumbura Mairie Province, Bujumbura, Nyakabiga district, Musaga, Mutakura, Nyakabiga, Ngagara, Cibitoke and Jabe – After three army installations in Ngagara, Musaga and Mujejuru were attacked, the security forces killed numerous people in predominantly Tutsi-inhabited neighborhoods.[2][3][4]
Gatumba refugee camp massacre August 13, 2004 160 Forces for National Liberation Bujumbura Rural Province, Mutimbuzi commune, Gatumba[5]
Itaba massacre September 9, 2002 267 Burundian security forces and the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy Itaba[6]
Titanic Express massacre December 28, 2000 21 Forces for National Liberation Bujumbura Rural – Bus attack by the Hutu-extremist group Palipehutu-FNL.[7][8]
Bungendana massacre 20 July 1996 320 - 648 Hutu rebels Bungendana, Gitega - Between 300 and 648 people of Tutsi ethnicity, mostly internally displaced persons, including women, children and the elderly, were killed by Hutu rebels[9][10]
1993 ethnic violence 21 October to 31 December 1993 25,000 Hutu peasants Nationwide

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1988 Hutu massacres 1988 5,000 to 25,000 Hutu peasants Nationwide[12][13]
Ikiza April–August 1972 210,000 Tutsi-Hima dictatorship Nationwide[11]
1969 [14]
1965 [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "At least 15 dead as rebels attack southern Burundi". Reuters. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Burundi crisis: Army says 87 killed in day of violence". BBC News. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  3. ↑ "Burundians pay tribute to victims of the Dec 2015 massacre". Africanews. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  4. ↑ "Burundi: Extrajudicial executions and systematic killings must be investigated". Amnesty International. 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  5. ↑ Burundi massacre and the continuing conflict in the Congo
  6. ↑ Burundi: No justice for victims of the Itaba massacre | Amnesty International
  7. ↑ Samira Said (28 December 2010). "Slain British aid worker's family pleads for justice after massacre". CNN.
  8. ↑ "British aid worker "shot in cold blood" in Burundi". Reuters. 30 December 2000.
  9. ↑ "320 Tutsis Killed in Attack on Displaced Persons Camp - Burundi - ReliefWeb". ReliefWeb. 23 July 1996. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Ntumwa, Jean (25 July 2023). "Bugendana: 27 ans après le drame, toujours pas de justice pour les 648 victimes du massacres des Tutsi dans le site des déplacés - SOS Médias Burundi". SOS Médias Burundi (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  11. 1 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
  12. ↑ 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:
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. 1 2 "Burundi: More than 4,000 mass graves uncovered". 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
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