The Halloway massacre Catastrophe occurred in August 1857 near the head of the Humboldt River and present day Wells , Nevada .

The Voćin massacre was the killing Killing of 43 civilians in Voćin , Croatia , by the Serbian White Eagles paramilitary unit on 13 December 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The massacre was carried out Action after the unit was ordered Request to abandon GiveUp the village before the Croatian Army ( `` Hrvatska vojska '' – HV ) recaptured Conquering the area in Operation Papuk-91 .

In 2015 , the International Court of Justice ruled Legal_rulings that the massacre in Voćin was not an example of genocide , and stated Statement that Croatia has not produced Manufacturing sufficient evidence to substantiate its claim that Croats were killed Killing by Serb forces in that locality in December 1991 .

The 2006 Digampathaha ( දිගම්පතහ , திகம்பதஹ ) truck bombing Terrorism , also known as Habarana massacre Violence , was a suicide truck bombing Terrorism carried out Attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam against a convoy of 15 military buses on 16 October 2006 at Digampathaha ( Incorrectly reported Reporting as Digampathana ) , in between the towns of Dambulla and Habarana , in Sri Lanka .

The Charleston church shooting ( also known as the Charleston church massacre ) was a mass shooting Use_firearm in which Dylann Roof , a 21-year-old white supremacist , murdered Killing nine African Americans ( including the senior pastor , state senator Clementa C. Pinckney ) during a prayer service at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston , South Carolina , on the evening of June 17 , 2015 .

The Santa María School massacre was a massacre Killing of striking workers , mostly saltpeter works ( nitrate ) miners , along with wives and children , committed Committing_crime by the Chilean Army in Iquique , Chile on December 21 , 1907 .

The Santa María School massacre was a massacre Killing of striking workers , mostly saltpeter works ( nitrate ) miners , along with wives and children , committed Committing_crime by the Chilean Army in Iquique , Chile on December 21 , 1907 .

With the massacre and an ensuing reign of terror , not only was the strike broken Process_end , but the workers ' movement was thrown Causation into limbo for over a decade .

The site of the massacre was the Domingo Santa María School , where thousands of miners from different nitrate mines in Chile 's far north had been camping Traveling for a week after converging on Iquique , the regional capital , to appeal Request for government intervention to improve Cause_to_make_progress their living and working conditions .

On 16 March 2012 , the Attorney General 's Office of Nuevo León confirmed Check that 37 prisoners had actually escaped Escaping on the day of the massacre Committing_crime .

According to `` The Wall Street Journal '' and `` El Universal '' , the mass murder Killing in Apodaca is the deadliest prison massacre Killing in Mexico 's history .

More importantly , however , the massacre Killing , and the involvement Participation of the prison guards in the escape Escaping , highlights the problems facing Confronting_problem Mexico's—and the rest of Latin America's—prison system .

The Machecoul massacre Killing is one of the first events of the War in the Vendée , a revolt Attack against mass conscription and the civil constitution of the clergy .

The first massacre took place Process_start on 11 March 1793 , in the provincial city of Machecoul , in the district of the lower Loire .

although the unk massacre , and others that followed Motion it , are often viewed Perception_active ( variously ) as a royalist revolt Change_of_leadership , or a counter-revolution , twenty-first century historians generally agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act that vendee revolt Change_of_leadership was a complicated popular event brought on Causation by anti-clericalism of the revolution Change_of_leadership , mass conscription , and jacobin unk .

The Remembrance Day bombing ( also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre ) took place Process_start on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen , County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland .

It was the deadliest terror attack Attack in Jerusalem since the Mercaz HaRav massacre in March 2008 .

Along with the 1987 Hungerford massacre Killing , the 1989 Monkseaton shootings , and the 1996 Dunblane school massacre , it is one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history .

The event was the most deadly shooting Killing incident in the UK since the 1996 Dunblane school massacre Killing , which left Causation 18 people dead Death .

Along with the 1987 Hungerford massacre Killing , the 1989 Monkseaton shootings , and the 1996 Dunblane school massacre , it is one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history .

The anniversary of the massacre Catastrophe has been commemorated Social_event as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women .

The École Polytechnique massacre ( ) , also known as the Montreal massacre , was a mass shooting Use_firearm in Montreal at an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal .

The École Polytechnique massacre ( ) , also known as the Montreal massacre , was a mass shooting Use_firearm in Montreal at an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal .

Many characterize Judgment_communication the massacre as an anti-feminist attack representative of wider societal violence against women .

Other interpretations emphasize the effect Influence of Lépine 's history of abuse as a child , suggest Convincing that the massacre was simply the isolated act of a madman unrelated to larger social issues .

The Nag Hammadi massacre Killing was a massacre Killing of Coptic Christians carried out Military_operation on the eve of 7 January 2010 , in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi .

The Nag Hammadi massacre Killing was a massacre Killing of Coptic Christians carried out Military_operation on the eve of 7 January 2010 , in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi .

The massacre Killing occurred Coming_to_be at the hands of Muslim gunmen in front of the Nag Hammadi cathedral , as Coptic Christians were leaving Departing the church after celebrating Social_event the midnight Christmas mass .

The massacre Killing resulted in Causation the murder Killing of seven Copts and one Muslim bystander .

The Nag Hammadi massacre Killing gained Getting widespread Dispersal international attention , and was condemned Judgment_communication by Pope Benedict XVI , Lebanese MP Nadim Gemayel , Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini , and Canadian foreign minister Lawrence Cannon .

The massacre Killing was one of the most serious outbreaks Process_start of anti-Christian violence Violence in Egypt , and the worst since the murder Killing of 21 Coptic Christians in Kosheh in January 2000 .

It was one of the largest prisoner of war Hostile_encounter massacres Killing of the war Hostile_encounter , along with the Katyn massacre , and it was one of many atrocities Violence committed Commitment by the 1st Mountain Division ( ) .

The Hungerford massacre was a series of random shootings Use_firearm in Hungerford , England , on 19 August 1987 , when Michael Robert Ryan , an unemployed antique dealer and handyman , fatally shot Use_firearm 16 people , including a police officer , before shooting Use_firearm himself .

No firm motive for the killings Killing has ever been established Coming_to_be , although one psychologist has theorised Ryan 's motive for the massacre had been a form of `` anger and contempt for the ordinary life '' around him , which he himself was not a tangible part of .

A report Reporting on the massacre was commissioned by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd .

The Dalj massacre was the killing Killing of 56 or 57 Croats in Dalj , Croatia on 1 August 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The Saborsko massacre Killing ( , ) was the killing Killing of 29 Croat residents of the village of Saborsko on 12 November 1991 , following the seizure of the village in a Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) and Croatian Serb offensive during the Croatian War of Independence .

The Kafr Qasim massacre took place Process_start in the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Qasim situated on the Green Line , at that time , the de facto border between Israel and the Jordanian West Bank on October 29 , 1956 .

Issachar ( Yissachar ) “ Yiska ” Shadmi — the highest ranking official prosecuted Legality for the massacre — stated Statement , shortly before his death , that the curfew and the massacre were planned as phases within an operation to ethnically cleanse Israeli Arabs from the region , and that his trial was staged to protect Israeli political and military elite , including Prime Minister Ben Gurion , from taking responsibility for the massacre .

Issachar ( Yissachar ) “ Yiska ” Shadmi — the highest ranking official prosecuted Legality for the massacre — stated Statement , shortly before his death , that the curfew and the massacre were planned as phases within an operation to ethnically cleanse Israeli Arabs from the region , and that his trial was staged to protect Israeli political and military elite , including Prime Minister Ben Gurion , from taking responsibility for the massacre .

Issachar ( Yissachar ) “ Yiska ” Shadmi — the highest ranking official prosecuted Legality for the massacre — stated Statement , shortly before his death , that the curfew and the massacre were planned as phases within an operation to ethnically cleanse Israeli Arabs from the region , and that his trial was staged to protect Israeli political and military elite , including Prime Minister Ben Gurion , from taking responsibility for the massacre .

In December 2007 , President of Israel Shimon Peres formally apologised Judgment_communication for the massacre .

The Gospić massacre was the killing Killing of 100–120 civilians in Gospić , Croatia during the last two weeks of October 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The Women of Krusha e Madhe ( ; ; ) are known as the Widowed Women of Kosovo because of the massacre that occurred Coming_to_be in their village .

A day later , the same 2nd SS Panzer Division `` Das Reich '' was involved Participation in the massacre Killing at Oradour-sur-Glane .

The Tulle massacre was the roundup and summary execution Killing of civilians in the French town of Tulle by the 2nd SS Panzer Division `` Das Reich '' in June 1944 , three days after the D-Day landings Self_motion in World War II .

The massacre Killing in 1790 described Statement below , as well as the labor-hungry sandalwood trade , contributed Giving to the site 's decline .

George Fernandes , who later served as defense Defending minister of India ( 1998–2004 ) , called the massacre Killing India ’ s My Lai .

Journalists such as Rita Sebastian of the `` Indian Express '' , David Husego of the `` Financial Times '' and local human rights groups such as the University Teachers for Human Rights have reported Reporting quoting eyewitness accounts that it was a massacre Killing of civilians .