12 November 1991; 32 years ago (1991-11-12) (UTC+9)
Target
East Timorese
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths
250+
Perpetrators
Indonesian Army
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The Santa Cruz massacre (also known as the Dili massacre) was the murder of at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12 November 1991, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor and is part of the East Timor genocide.
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