This is a list of all massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Name | Date | Fatalities | Notes | |
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Hema massacre of 1911 | 4 December 1911 | 200+ | By Lendu people against Hema people[1] | |
Elisabethville Massacre | 30-70 | |||
Léopoldville riots | January 1959 | 49+ | ||
Massacre at Luluabourg | 300+ | By Lulua people against Baluba people in Luluabourg[2] | ||
Luluabourg massacre (1961) | 44 | The New York Times reported that 44 civilians had been killed by government forces in revenge for the killing of three soldiers by rioters.[3] | ||
Port Francqui incident | 47 | [4] | ||
Kindu atrocity | 13 | Murders of 13 Italian airmen by soldiers during the Congo Crisis. | ||
8+ | Four Protestant missionaries, four Spanish nuns, and an unknown number of Catholic priests were brutally murdered by Communist rebels during the Simba rebellion.[5] | |||
Battle of Kolwezi | Hundreds | The Congolese National Liberation Front massacred hundreds of White European civilians during Shaba II, mostly Belgians.[6] [7] | ||
Luamwela massacre | 50 | Killing of 50 miners by the Congolese army and the Societé Minière de Bakwanga.[8] | ||
Katelakayi massacre | 140-200 | Killing of at least 140 miners by the Congolese army and the Societé Minière de Bakwanga. Some reports said that over 200 miners had died. | ||
14,000 | Initially starting in the town of Mtutu, as an anti-Banyarwanda massacre by Hunde and Nyanga people, Banyarwanda fought back, starting an ethnic conflict that killed 14,000 people. | |||
Mokoto monastery massacre | 750 | 750 Tutsi refugees hiding in a monastery were slaughtered by Hutu forces.[9] [10] [11] | ||
Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War | 1996-1997 | Thousands | ||
Lemera massacre | October 6, 1996 | 37 | 37 individuals, including FAZ (Forces Armées Zaïroises) soldiers, nurses, patients, and Zairean civilians who were in the vicinity of the Lemera hospital, were killed by the forces of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL). | |
Musekera massacre | 300 | Three hundred Hutu civilians were bludgeoned to death by Rwandan soldiers.[12] | ||
Butembo massacre | From February 20 to April | 300-600 | Reprisals for Mayi Mayi attacks by Congolese Armed Forces[13] | |
Kasika massacre | 1,000+ | Massacre of Nyindu during the Second Congo War. The figure of 1,000 was estimated by the United Nations Mapping Report. The massacre was actually a series of massacres that began with the killing of 36 Nyindu civilians inside a Catholic church by Rwanda, Ugandan, or Banyamulenge forces.[14] | ||
Makobola massacre | From December 30, 1998, to January 2, 1999 | 800+ | The forces of the Rally for Congolese Democracy (Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie; RCD) perpetrated a massacre, resulting in the death of over 800 civilians, predominantly from the Bembe community. | |
Kisangani massacre | 183 | |||
Kiwanja massacre | 150 | Perpetrated by the National Congress for the Defence of the People[15] [16] | ||
2008 Christmas massacres | 620-860+ | Attack by the Christian terrorist Lord's Resistance Army | ||
Makombo massacre | 321-345 | Attack by the Christian terrorist Lord's Resistance Army | ||
Masisi massacre | 2014 | 70+ | [17] | |
2014 Mutarule attack | 35 | |||
Beni massacre | 101 | |||
Kipupu massacre | 18-220 | [18] | ||
Drodro massacre | 44 | |||
Plaine Savo massacre | 60 | |||
Otomabere massacre | 18-27 | Suspected Allied Democratic Forces attacked Otomabere in Irumu Territory, Ituri Province. | ||
Kishishe massacre | 131-300+ |