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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Libya (numbers may be approximate):
Name
Date
Location
Deaths
Notes
Al-Jawazi tribe massacre
September 5, 1817
Benghazi
Nearly 10,000
Ottoman Pasha Yusuf Karamanli ordered the extermination of Al-Jawazi tribe, following a dispute regarding tribute and uprising against his rule.[1][2]
Sciara Sciatt massacre
October 23, 1911
Tripoli outskirts
Nearly 500 "Bersaglieri"
Italian soldiers were massacred with cruelty and sadism, 290 of them after surrender.[3]
1911 Tripoli massacre
October 24–26, 1911
Tripoli
some 4,000[4]
Italian troops massacred the Muslim Libyan population of the Mechiya oasis the day after the Sciara Sciat massacre. In three days hundreds of civilians, children, women were killed. One hundred women and children were burned in a mosque after mortar attack.[4]
1945 Tripoli pogrom
November 5–7, 1945
Tripoli
140+[5][6][7]
Muslim rioters killed Libyan Jews; 36 victims were children.
1948 Tripoli pogrom
June 12, 1948
Tripoli
12[6]
Muslim rioters killed Libyan Jews.
1967 Tripoli pogrom
June 5, 1967
Tripol
18
18 Jews were killed in the pogrom and at least 25 injured
Green Terror
1973–1977
All Libya
Unknown
Abu Salim massacre
29 June 1996
Abu Salim prison, Tripoli
Up to 1200 [8]
Prisoners expressed anger at the restricted family visits and poor living conditions, and were subsequently shot and killed.
Warehouse in Khalit El-Ferjan, Salahaddin
23 August 2011
Suburb to the south of Tripoli
At least 47
The building was being used as a temporary prison by the Khamis Brigade, the elite force headed by Col Gaddafi's son.[9][10]
Gargur District
Around 21 August 2011
Gargur, Tripoli
At least 17
Appear to have been shot dead by pro-Gaddafi troops as the rebels advanced on the Gargur district of Tripoli. Those killed were said to have been held prisoner at an Internal Security building in the district.[11][10]
Camp outside Bab al-Azizia
August 2011
Bab-al-Azizya Compound, Tripoli
At least 29
Not yet known whether the killings were carried out by rebel fighters or pro-Gaddafi troops.[10]
Hotel Mahari
October 2011
Hotel Mahari, Sirte
53
HRW said they believed the hotel had been in the hands of anti-Gaddafi forces from Misrata.
2015 Corinthia Hotel attack
January 27, 2015
Corinthia Hotel Tripoli, Tripoli
10
Car bombing , suicide attack and subsequent hostage situation in hotel known for hosting foreigners and government officials.
2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya
February 2015
Southern Mediterranean Sea Coast, Sirte
21
Beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians By Islamic State
Al Qubbah bombings
February 20, 2015
Al Qubbah
40
ISIL operatives detonated three bombs in Al Qubbah, targeting a petrol station, a police station, and the home of parliamentary speaker Agila Salah. These attacks reportedly killed at least 40 people
Zliten truck bombing
January 7, 2016
Zliten, Murqub District
60+
Suicide truck bombing at a police training camp
Brak al-Shati Airbase raid
18 May 2017
Brak al-Shati Airbase, Wadi al Shatii District
141
January 2018 Benghazi bombing
January 23, 2018
Benghazi
41
Twin car bomb attack outside a mosque
February 2018 Benghazi bombing
February 9, 2018
Benghazi
2
A bomb exploded in a mosque.
2018 attack on the High National Elections Commission in Tripoli
May 2, 2018
Tripoli
16
Suicide bombers attacked the head offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli, killing at least 16 people, injuring 20 and setting fire to the building
2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike
July 2, 2019
Tajoura Detention Center, Tripoli
53
An airstrike by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injures 130 others.[12]
Tripoli military school airstrike
January 4, 2020
Al-Hadhba military school, Tripoli
26
the United Arab Emirates aiding the Libyan National Army launched an airstrike on a military school used by the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Tripoli. Twenty-six people were killed and thirty-three were wounded
Mizdah massacre
May 27, 2020
Mizda
30
A group of migrants mainly composing of Bangladeshis were executed by their human traffickers.
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^مذبحة الجوازي.. دماء 10 آلاف ليبي تطارد إردوغان. 3thmanly.com/ (in Arabic). 18 October 2018.
^Sciara Sciatt massacre
^ abLibya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, Geoff Simons, page 7
^Selent, pp. 20-21
^ abShields, Jacqueline."Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries" in Jewish Virtual Library.
^Stillman, 2003, p. 145.
^"Libya: June 1996 Killings at Abu Salim Prison". 28 June 2006.
^"Libya: Evidence Suggests Khamis Brigade Killed 45 Detainees - Human Rights Watch". Human Rights Watch. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^ abc"Libya: 'Mass killing' sites in Tripoli - BBC News". BBC News. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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