List of massacres in Singapore

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

The Sook Ching Centre Monument at Hong Lim Complex in Chinatown
The Civilian War Memorial in the War Memorial Park at Beach Road. The four columns are a symbolic representation of the four major races of Singapore, namely the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians.
Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrator(s) Notes
1915 Singapore Mutiny February 15, 1915 Singapore 36 British Indian Army's 5th Light Infantry
Sook Ching massacre February 18 – March 2, 1942 Singapore 40,000–50,000 Imperial Japanese Army, Military Police Corps [1]
Selarang Barracks Incident August 30 - September 5, 1942 Singapore ≥4 Indian National Army [2]
Double Tenth incident October 10, 1943 Singapore 57 Imperial Japanese Army, Military Police Corps [3]
Geylang Bahru family murders January 6, 1979 Block 58, Geylang Bahru 4 Unknown [4]
Ang Mo Kio family murders March 28, 1983 Ang Mo Kio, Singapore 3 Lim Beng Hai and Michael Tan Teow

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