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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Finland (numbers may be approximate):
Name
Date
Location
Deaths
Notes
Åbo Bloodbath
November 10, 1599
Turku
14
Klaukkala axe murders
May 10, 1899
Nurmijärvi
7
Officers' Swimming School [fi]
September 1917
Viipuri
20+
Massacre of Kornilovite high-ranking officers by Bolshevism-supporting soldiers[1]
Toijala executions
April 15, 1918
Toijala
100
Toijala executions
April 25-May 3, 1918
Toijala
122
Koria massacre
1918
Kouvola
120
Varkaus executions
Varkaus
170-180
Suinula massacre
January 31, 1918
Kangasala
17
Thirty seriously wounded.
Vihti executions
February 1, 1918
Vihti
18
Nurmijärvi murders
February 1, 1918
Nurmijärvi
4[2]
Pori lyceum massacre
February 6, 1918
Pori
11
Lottery of Huruslahti
February 21, 1918
Varkaus
90
Harmoinen sanatorium massacre
March 10, 1918
Kuhmoinen
13
Koliahde massacre
March 10, 1918
Noormarkku
16
Länkipohja massacre
March 16, 1918
Jämsä
80
Kuurila train murders
April 19, 1918
Hämeenlinna
23
Lappeenranta massacre
April 25, 1918
Lappeenranta
23
Viipuri County Prison massacre
April 27–28, 1918
Viipuri
30
Valkeakoski Women's Guard massacre
May 1, 1918
Valkeakoski
36
Tampere executions
April–May, 1918
Tampere
600
Vyborg massacre
April–June, 1918
Viipuri
400
Massacre of ethnic Russians and foreigners
Perttula executions
May 18–24, 1918
Nurmijärvi
21[2][3]
Seven of the victims were murdered on the eighteenth, five on the nineteenth, two on the twentieth, five on the twenty-first and one on the twenty-fourth. One of the victims, Kalle Fredrik Aaltio (b. December 20, 1882), was decapitated on May 19, 1918. As were three other individuals on May 21 of that same year.
Västankvarn executions
May 2–26, 1918
Ingå
60+
Karhiniemi axe murders
March 17, 1943
Huittinen
6
Soso railway stop murders
April 3, 1953
Muhos
4
Lake Bodom murders
June 5, 1960
Espoo
3
1 injured; perpetrator unknown
Pihtipudas police killings
March 7, 1969
Pihtipudas
4
Raumanmeri school shooting
January 24, 1989
Rauma
2
Kotka murders
April 18–19, 1994
Kotka
3
Helsinki Shooting Club killings
February 21, 1999
Helsinki
3
1 injured
Myyrmanni bombing
October 11, 2002
Vantaa
7
159 injured
Jokela school shooting
November 7, 2007
Tuusula
9
1 injured
Kauhajoki school shooting
September 23, 2008
Kauhajoki
11
1 injured
Sello mall shooting
December 31, 2009
Espoo
6
Hyvinkää shooting
May 26, 2012
Hyvinkää
2
8 injured
2017 Turku attack
August 18, 2017
Turku
2
8 injured + attacker injured
2024 Viertola school shooting
April 2, 2024
Vantaa
1
2 injured
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