List of massacres in Burundi

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

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]
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[10][11]
Ikiza April–August 1972 210,000 Tutsi-Hima dictatorship Nationwide[9]
1969 [12]
1965 [12]

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