List of battles and other violent events by death toll

This page lists mortalities from battles and individual military operations or acts of violence, sorted by death toll. For wars and events more extensive in scope, see List of wars and disasters by death toll. For natural disasters, see List of natural disasters by death toll.

Battles and sieges

Many of the entries in this section are currently for total casualties rather than deaths. Until this notice is removed, check the individual links to see what the figure represents.

Bombing campaigns

Dresden after being bombed

This section lists bombing campaigns in which at least 1,000 individuals may have been killed.

World War II

• 129,000 - 226,000: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by the United States.
• Over 130,000: American air forces' firebombings of Tokyo (1944 - 1945). Operation Meetinghouse, on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history.[1] Of central Tokyo 16 square miles (41 km²; 10,000 acres) were destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over one million homeless.
• 42,600: Allied air force bombing of Hamburg (Operation Gomorrah) during the period 24 July 1943 and 31 July 1943[2]
• 22,700[3]–25,000:[4] Allied airforce bombing of Dresden during the period 7 October 1944 to 7 April 1945[5]
• Minimum 20,000: Allied airforce bombing of Berlin in 363 separate raids that took place during the period 7 June 1940 until 25 March 1944
• Minimum 20,000: German Luftwaffe bombing of London during the Blitz; 7 September 1940 to 10 May 1941[6]
• Around 18,000: Royal Air Force bombing of Pforzheim on 23 February 1945

Post-World War II

• 40,000–150,000: U.S. bombing campaign of Cambodia (categorized as Operation Menu and Operation Freedom Deal) from 18 March 1969 to 15 August 1973
• 1,400: Operation Linebacker II 'Christmas bombing' (Vietnam), 1972
• 428 to 5,700: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, 1999

Individual air raids

This section lists individual air campaigns in which at least 500 individuals may have been killed.

World War II

• 100,000: Bombing of Tokyo (Operation Meetinghouse) on March 10, 1945 by the USAAF [7]
• 70,000–80,000: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the USAAF, (Japan, 1945)
• 35,000–40,000: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the USAAF, (Japan, 1945)
• 17,000: Bombing of Pforzheim by Allies (Germany, February 23, 1945)[8]
• 7,500–8,500: RAF fighter-bomber attacks on SS Cap Arcona and SS Thielbek, (Germany, 1945)
• 2,300–17,000: Operation Punishment: Bombing of Belgrade by Nazi Germany (Yugoslavia, 1941)
• 2,000–5,000: Bombing of Le Havre by Allied forces (France, 1944)
• 1,500–4,000: Bombing of Caen by Allied forces (France, 1944)
• 2,500: Bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy (United States, 1941)
• 1,200: Allied bombing of Belgrade (Yugoslavia, 1944)
• 800–900: Bombing of Rotterdam by Germany, May 14, 1940.

Other

• 153–800 – Bombing of Guernica, 26 April 1937

War-related ship disasters

This section lists the ships which were sunk as well as their fatalities in relations to war, whether against enemy, friendly, or neutral ships.

Prior to World War I

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
1,300–1,900	Sultana	United States	Transport steamboat	U.S. POWs formerly held by the Confederate army	Mississippi River, near Memphis	April 27, 1865[9]
900	HMS Victory	Great Britain	2nd-rate	Crew	English Channel[10]	October 3, 1744
882–949	Soleil Royal	France	1st-rate	Crew	English Channel	June 3, 1692
838	HMS St George	United Kingdom	1st-rate	Crew	North Sea	December 24, 1811
800+	Kronan	Sweden	1st-rate	Crew	Baltic Sea	June 1, 1676
800+	HMS Royal George	Great Britain	1st-rate	Crew	Spithead	August 29, 1782
800	HMS Association	Great Britain	2nd-rate	Crew	Isles of Scilly	October 22, 1707
699	HMS Ramilles	Great Britain	3rd-rate	Crew	Bolt Head	February 15, 1760
673	HMS Queen Charlotte	Great Britain	1st-rate	Crew	Livorno	March 17, 1800
566	General Lyon	United States	Transport	Discharged U.S. soldiers, Confederate POWs	Cape Hatteras	March 31, 1865
600	HMS Hero	United Kingdom	3rd-rate	Crew	Wadden Sea	December 28, 1811
555	HMS Defence	United Kingdom	3rd-rate	Crew	North Sea	December 24, 1811
380	Mary Rose	England	Carrack	Soldiers, crew	The Solent	July 19, 1545
372	Arniston	United Kingdom	East Indiaman	Soldiers, crew and their families	Cape Agulhas	May 30, 1815

World War I

The loss of two British cruisers to a German naval squadron at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 was followed by the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December where most of the German force was destroyed. The Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 was the largest naval battle during World War I and resulted in the loss of three British battlecruisers and three armored cruisers.

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
1,926	Principe Umberto	Italy	Troopship	Crew, troops	Adriatic Sea	June 8, 1916
1,450	HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy	United Kingdom	Armored cruisers	Crew	North Sea, near the Netherlands	September 22, 1914
1,255	HMS Queen Mary	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
1,198	RMS Lusitania	United Kingdom	Ocean liner	Crew, civilians	Celtic Sea	May 7, 1915
1,015	HMS Invincible	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
1,013	HMS Indefatigable	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	North sea	May 31, 1916
903	HMS Defence	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
919[11]	HMS Good Hope	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	Off of Coronel, Chile	November 1, 1914
843	HMS Vanguard	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Scapa Flow, Scotland	July 19, 1917
839	SMS Pommern	Germany	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Crew	North Sea	June 1, 1916
782	SMS Blücher	Germany	Armored cruiser	Crew	Dogger Bank	January 24, 1915
860[12]	SMS Scharnhorst	Germany	Armored cruiser	Crew	Falkland Islands	December 8, 1914
737	HMS Hampshire	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew, including Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener	Orkney	May 28, 1916
735[11]	HMS Monmouth	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	Off of Coronel, Chile	November 1, 1914
738	HMS Bulwark	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Sheerness	November 26, 1914
857	HMS Black Prince	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
684	Léon Gambetta	France	Armored cruiser	Crew	Cephalonia	April 29, 1915
646	SS Mendi	United Kingdom	Troopship	Troops	English Channel	Feb 21, 1917
650	Bouvet	France	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Crew	Dardanelles	March 18, 1915
501	RMS Leinster	United Kingdom	Mail ship	Military personnel	Irish Sea	October 10, 1918
598[12]	SMS Gneisenau	Germany	Armored cruiser	Crew	Falkland Islands	December 8, 1914
570	HMS Goliath	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Dardanelles	May 13, 1915
524	HMS Hawke	United Kingdom	Cruiser	Crew	North Sea	October 15, 1914

Post-World War I

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
3	USS Panay (PR-5)	United States	River gunboat	Crew	Yangtze River	December 12, 1937

World War II

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
9,000[13]	Wilhelm Gustloff	Germany	Cruise ship	German refugees from Poland	Baltic Sea	January 30, 1945
6,000–6,700[14]	Goya	Germany	Troopship	Wounded, refugees	Baltic Sea	April 16, 1945
5,000–7,000[15]	Armenia	Soviet Union	Hospital ship	Wounded, refugees	Black Sea	November 7, 1941
5,000–7,000[16]	Cap Arcona	Germany	Prison ship	Concentration camp prisoners	Baltic Sea	May 3, 1945
5,620[17]	Junyō Maru	Japan	Hell ship	Japanese laborers and Allied POWs	Indian Ocean	September 18, 1944
5,400[18]	Toyama Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Sea of Japan	June 29, 1944
4,998[19]	Ryusei Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Bali Sea	February 25, 1944
4,755[20]	Tamatsu Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Off Luzon	August 19, 1944
3,900[21]–5,000[22]	Totila	Germany	Cargo ship	Troops	Crimean Peninsula	May 10, 1944
4,074[23]	Oria	Germany	Troopship	Italian POWs	Cape Sounion	February 12, 1944
3,850[24]	Orion	Germany	Auxiliary cruiser	Refugees	Baltic Sea	May 4, 1945
3,000–5,800[25]	HMT Lancastria	United Kingdom	Troopship	Troops, refugees	Bay of Biscay	June 17, 1940
2,000–4,000	Teja	Germany	Cargo ship	Troops	Crimean Peninsula	May 10, 1944
2,000–5,400[26]	Ural Maru	Japan	Troopship	Wounded, troops	South China Sea	September 27, 1944
3,536[27]	Mayasan Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	East China Sea	August 17, 1944
3,000–4,000[28]	General von Steuben	Germany	Passenger ship	Wounded, refugees	Baltic Sea	February 10, 1945
3,219[29]	Nikkin Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Yellow Sea	June 30, 1944
3,055[30][31]–3,063[32]	Yamato	Japan	Battleship	Crew	Sea of Japan	April 7, 1945
3,000[33]	Tango Maru	Japan	Hell ship	Javanese laborers and Allied POWs	Bali Sea	February 25, 1944
2,765.[34]	Lima Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	southeast of the Gotō Islands	February 8, 1944
2,750[35]	Thielbek	Germany	Prison ship	Concentration camp prisoners	Baltic Sea	May 3, 1945
2,750[36]	Lenin	Soviet Union	Passenger ship	Passengers, troops	Black Sea	July 27, 1941
2,700	Moero	Germany	Hospital ship	Soldiers and civilians from Estonia	Baltic Sea	September 22, 1944
2,670[37]	Petrella	Germany	Cargo liner	Italian POWs	Suda Bay, Crete	February 8, 1944
2,665[38]	Teia Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Off of Luzon	August 18, 1944
2,586[21]	Yoshida Maru No. 1	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Off of Luzon	April 26, 1944
2,571[39]	Rigel	Norway	Cargo ship	Troops, Soviet POWs	Off Norway	November 27, 1944
2,475[21]	Sakito Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	625 miles east of Taiwan	March 1, 1944
2,300[40]	Akitsu Maru	Japan	Escort aircraft carrier	Troops	Manila Bay	November 15, 1944
2,134[41]	Hawaii Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	East China Sea	December 2, 1944
2;114[42]	Edogawa Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Yellow sea[43]	November 18, 1944
2,100+[44]	Bismarck	Germany	Battleship	Crew	Atlantic Ocean	May 27, 1941
2,098[45]	Sinfra	Germany	Cargo ship	Italian POWs	Suda Bay, Crete	October 20, 1943
2,035[46]	Kamakura Maru	Japan	Troopship	Soldiers and civilians	Philippines Sea	April 28, 1943
2,003[47]	Awa Maru	Japan	Hospital ship[48]	Civilians	Taiwan Straits	April 1, 1945
2,000[49]	Dainichi Maru	Japan	Hell ship, troopship	Troops	Philippines Sea	October 8, 1943
2,000[50]	Salzburg	Germany	Cargo liner	Russian POWs	Black Sea	October 1, 1942
2,000	Iosif Stalin	Soviet Union	Passenger ship	Troops, crew	Baltic Sea	December 3, 1941
1,932[51]	Scharnhorst	Germany	Battleship	Crew	Arctic Ocean	December 26, 1943
1,796[52]	Gaetano Donizetti	Germany	Cargo ship	Italian POWs	Aegean Sea	September 23, 1943
1,777[53]	Arisan Maru	Japan	Hell ship	U.S. POWs	China Sea	October 24, 1944
1,747[54]	Arabia Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	South China Sea	October 18, 1944
1,700[55]	Takahito Maru	Japan	Hospital ship	Wounded, civilians	Taiwan Strait	March 19, 1943
1,658[56]	RMS Laconia	United Kingdom	Armed merchant cruiser	Italian POWs, civilians	South Atlantic	September 12, 1942
660[57]–1,650[58]	Taihō	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Philippine Sea	Mar 7, 1944
1,636[59]	Yamashiro	Japan	Battleship	Crew	Surigao Strait	October 25, 1944
1,540[60]	Koshu Maru	Japan	Hell ship	Passengers, Allied POWs	Indonesia	August 4, 1944
1,529[61]	Tsushima Maru	Japan	Passenger ship	Schoolchildren, civilians	Sea of Japan	August 22, 1944
1,470[62]	Chiyoda	Japan	Light aircraft carrier	Crew	Philippines Sea	October 25, 1944
1,450[63]	Maebashi Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Pacific Ocean	September 30, 1943
1,435[64]	Shinano	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Pacific Ocean	November 29, 1944
1,430[65]	Jinyo Maru	Japan	Cargo ship	Troops	South China Sea	December 7, 1944
1,428[66]	Shiranesan Maru (I)	Japan	Troopship	Troops	South China Sea	October 18, 1944
1,415[67]	HMS Hood	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	Denmark Strait	May 24, 1941
1,400[68]	Fusō	Japan	Battleship	Crew	Surigao Strait	October 25, 1944
1,400[69]	Chikuma	Japan	Heavy cruiser	Crew	Philippine Sea	October 25, 1944
1,400[70]	Tatsuta Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Sea of Japan	February 9, 1943
1,384[71]	Fuso Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	South China Sea	July 31, 1944
1,300[72]	Mario Roselli	Germany	Cargo ship	Italian POWs	Corfu Bay	October 10, 1943
1,291[73]	Conte Rosso	Italy	Troopship	Troops	Mediterranean Sea	May 24, 1941
1.288[74]	Yasukuni Maru	Japan	Troopship	Technical personnel	Philippines Sea	January 31, 1944
1,279[75]	Khedive Ismail	Egypt	Troopship	Troops	Indian Ocean	February 12, 1944
1,263[76]	Shōkaku	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Philippine Sea	June 19, 1944
1,253[77]	Roma	Italy	Battleship	Crew	Mediterranean	September 8, 1943
1,250[78]	Kongō	Japan	Battleship	Crew	Formosa Strait	November 21, 1944
1,243[79]	Chuyo	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Izu Islands	December 4, 1943
1,240[80]	Unryū	Japan	Escort aircraft carrier	Crew	East China Sea	December 19, 1944
1,207[81]	HMS Glorious	United Kingdom	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Norwegian Sea	June 8, 1940
1,177	USS Arizona (BB-39)	United States	Battleship	Crew	Pearl Harbor	December 7, 1941
1,159[82]	Rakuyo Maru	Japan	Hell ship	British and Australian POWs	South China Sea	September 12, 1944
1,138[83]	Rohna	United Kingdom	Troopship	U.S. troops, crew	Mediterranean	November 26, 1943
1,124[84]	Montevideo Maru	Japan	Hell ship	Australian POWs, civilians	Philippine Sea?	July 1, 1942
1,121[85]	Mutsu	Japan	Battleship	Crew, flying cadets	Hashirajima (Japan)	June 8, 1943
1,118[86]	Hakozaki Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Yellow Sea	March 19, 1945
1,023[87]	Musashi	Japan	Battleship	Crew	Leyte Gulf	October 24, 1944
1,000[88]	Eiwa Maru	Japan	Tanker ship	Troops	South China Sea	November 13, 1944
991[89]	Galilea	Italy	Troopship	Italian alpine troops, Italian carabinieri, Greek POWs	Mediterranean Sea	March 28, 1942
956–1,025[90]	Neuwerk	Germany	Cargo ship	Refugees, railway workers, doctors	Baltic Sea	April 10, 1945
977[91]	Bretagne	France	Battleship	Crew	Mers El Kébir	July 3, 1940
850–1,100[92]	Shuntien	United Kingdom	Defensively equipped merchant ship	Italian and German POWs, British soldiers, and crew	Mediterranean Sea	December 23, 1941
970[93]	Karlsruhe	Germany	Cargo ship	Passengers, crew	Baltic sea	April 13, 1945
956[94]	Taihei Maru	Japan	Troopship	Troops	Sea of Okhotsk	July 9, 1944
954[95]	Palatia	Germany	Passenger ship	Crew, Soviet POWs	Off Lindesnes	October 21, 1942
946[96]	Exercise Tiger	United Kingdom	Military exercise	U.S. troops	South Devon	April 28, 1944
945[97]	Aikoku Maru	Japan	Armed merchant cruiser	Troops	Pacific Ocean	February 17, 1944
918[98]	Corregidor	United States	Ocean liner	Passengers, crew	South China Sea	December 12, 1941
920	Blücher	Germany	Heavy cruiser	Troops, crew	Oslofjord	April 9, 1940
903[99]	Chitose	Japan	Light aircraft carrier	Crew	Philippines Sea	October 25, 1944
800[100]–901[101]	Unyō	Japan	Escort aircraft carrier	Crew	South China Sea	September 17, 1944
900[102]	Haguro	Japan	Heavy cruiser	Crew	Strait of Malacca	May 16, 1945
895[103]	Tirpitz	Germany	Battleship	Crew	Tromsø	November 12, 1944
883[104]	USS Indianapolis	United States	Heavy cruiser	Crew	Philippine Sea	July 30, 1945
881[105]	Nachi	Japan	Heavy cruiser	Crew	Manila Bay	November 5, 1944
862[106]	HMS Barham	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Mediterranean Sea	November 25, 1941
858[107]	RMS Nova Scotia	United Kingdom	Troopship	Passengers, British military and naval personnel, South African guards, Italian civil internees	Indian Ocean	November 28, 1942
846[108]	Lisbon Maru	Japan	Hell ship	British and Canadian POWs	East China Sea	October 1, 1942
843[109]	Zuikaku	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Leyte Gulf	October 25, 1944
833[110]	HMS Royal Oak	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Scapa Flow	October 14, 1939
817[111]	Taiyo Maru	Japan	Passenger ship	Passengers, crew	East China Sea	May 8, 1942
814[112]	Kaga	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Midway	June 4, 1942
808[113]	Leopoldville	Belgium	Troopship	U.S. troops	English Channel	December 24, 1944
791	Struma	Panama	Passenger	Refugees	Black Sea	February 24, 1942
718	Sōryū	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Midway	June 4, 1942
693	USS Houston	United States	Heavy cruiser	Crew	Java Sea	March 1, 1942
655	Ceramic	United Kingdom	Passenger	Civilians	Atlantic Ocean	December 6, 1942
645	HMAS Sydney	Australia	Light cruiser	Crew	Indian Ocean	November 19, 1941
631	Shōhō	Japan	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Coral Sea	May 7, 1942
549	Ukishima Maru	Japan	Transport	Korean forced laborers	Maizuru, Japan	August 24, 1945
518	HMS Courageous	United Kingdom	Aircraft carrier	Crew	Irish coast	September 17, 1939
513	HMS Repulse	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	South China Sea	December 10, 1941
484	Yoma	United Kingdom	Troopship	Crew, British Army troops, and Free French Navy personnel[114]	Mediterranean	June 17, 1943
353	HMAS Perth	Australia	Light cruiser	Crew	Sunda Strait	March 1, 1942
338	HMS Curacoa	United Kingdom	Light cruiser	Crew	Atlantic Ocean	October 2, 1942
327	HMS Prince of Wales	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	South China Sea	December 10, 1941
271	Ilmarinen	Finland	Coastal defence ship	Crew	Baltic Sea	September 13, 1941
159	USS Asheville	United States	Gunboat	Crew	Java Sea	March 3, 1942
152	USS Morrison	United States	Destroyer	Crew	East China Sea	May 4, 1945
137	Caribou	Newfoundland	Ferry	Passengers, crew	Cabot Strait	October 14, 1942

Post-World War II

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
2,750	SS Kiangya	China	Steamship	Refugees	Huangpu River, Shanghai	December 3, 1948
323	ARA General Belgrano	Argentina	Cruiser	Crew	South Atlantic	May 2, 1982
194	INS Khukri	India	Frigate	Crew	Arabian Sea	December 8, 1971
34	USS Liberty	United States	Spy ship	Crew	Mediterranean Sea	June 8, 1967
20	HMS Sheffield	United Kingdom	Guided missile destroyer	Crew	South Atlantic	May 4, 1982

Non-state terrorist attacks

This section lists terrorist attacks in which at least 50 individuals were killed.

Estimated death toll	Name	Motive	Country	Location	Year
2,996+	September 11 attacks	Islamic extremism	United States	New York City, Arlington County, Virginia, and Stonycreek Township (near Shanksville, Pennsylvania)	2001
1,566	Camp Speicher massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Camp Speicher, Tikrit	2014
796	2007 Yazidi communities bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Kahtaniya and Adnaniyah	2007
700	Mai Kadra massacre	Unknown	Ethiopia	Mai Kadra	2020
620	2008 Christmas massacres	Christian extremism (Lord's Resistance Army)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Haut-Uele District	2008
587	14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings	Islamic extremism	Somalia	Mogadishu	2017
449	May 2013 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Across Iraq	2013
385	Beslan school hostage crisis	Islamic extremism/Chechen separatism	Russia	Beslan	2004
341	2016 Karrada bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2016
329	Air India Flight 182	Sikh extremism	Ireland	Irish Atlantic airspace	1985
321–345	Makombo massacre	Christian extremism (Lord's Resistance Army)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Haut-Uele District	2009
307	1983 Beirut barracks bombing	State-sponsored Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Beirut	1983
305	2017 Sinai attack	Islamic extremism	Egypt	Bir al-Abed	2017
300+	2014 Gamboru Ngala attack	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Gamboru Ngala	2014
300	2016 Mosul massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Mosul	2016
300	Hamam al-Alil massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Hamam al-Alil	2016
300	Atiak massacre	Christian terrorism	Uganda	Atiak	1995
293	Russian apartment bombings	Disputed	Russia	Moscow, Volgodonsk, Buynaksk	1999
277	2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings	Islamic extremism	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Dehiwala, Negombo and Batticaloa	2019
270	Pan Am Flight 103	Disputed	United Kingdom	Lockerbie, Scotland	1988
257	1993 Bombay bombings	Islamic extremism	India	Mumbai	1993
252	2001 Angola train attack	Separatism	Angola		2001
245+	Massacre of Trujillo	Right-wing terrorism	Colombia	Trujillo, Valle del Cauca	1990
244	1979 Grand Mosque seizure	Islamic extremism	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	1979
238	MV Dara	Unknown; possibly Omani separatists	Southwest Asia	Persian Gulf	1961
258–270	Kobani massacre	Islamic extremism	Syria	Kobani	2015
224	Metrojet Flight 9268	Islamic extremism	Egypt	Sinai Peninsula	2015
224	1998 United States embassy bombings	Islamic extremism	Kenya  Tanzania	Nairobi, Dar es Salaam	1998
215	23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Sadr City	2006
209	2006 Mumbai train bombings	Islamic extremism	India	Mumbai	2006
202	2002 Bali bombings	Islamic extremism	Indonesia	Bali	2002
200–800	Rais massacre	Islamic extremism	Algeria	village of Rais, near Sidi Moussa and south of Algiers	1997
200–400	Bentalha massacre	Islamic extremism	Algeria	village of Bentalha about 15 km south of Algiers	1997
198	18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
193	2004 Madrid train bombings	Islamic extremism	Spain	Madrid	2004
185	20 January 2012 Nigeria attacks	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Mubi, Yola, Gombi, Maiduguri and Kano	2012
184+	Jableh and Tartous bombings	Islamic extremism	Syria	Jableh and Tartous	2016
180	2007 Karachi bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Karachi	2007
178+	2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Kerbala and Baghdad	2004
175	2008 Mumbai attacks	Islamic extremism	India	Mumbai	2008
170	Moscow theater hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Moscow	2002
168	Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Kizlyar, Pervomayskoye, and Sovetskoye	1996
168	Oklahoma City bombing	Militia movement	United States	Oklahoma City	1995
166+	Palliyagodella massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Palliyagodella	1992
165+	2000 Walisongo school massacre	Christian terrorism	Indonesia	Poso	2000
160	March 2019 attacks against Fulani herders	Reprisal against Islamic extremism	Mali	Ogossagou and Welingara	2019
156	2014 Peshawar school attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2014
155	October 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
154	13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Mastung, Bannu	2018
152	2015 Garissa University College attack	Islamic extremism	Kenya	Garissa	2015
152	2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Tal Afar	2007
150+	May 2017 Kabul attack	Unknown	Afghanistan	Kabul	2017
150–2,000	2015 Baga massacre	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Baga	2015
150	St Nedelya Church assault	Communism	Bulgaria	Sofia	1925
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment	Maoism	India	West Midnapore	2010
147	Kattankudy mosque massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Kattankudy	1990
146	Anuradhapura massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Anuradhapura	1996
145	July 2015 Kukawa massacre	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Kukawa	2015
145	September 2015 Maiduguri bombing	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Maiduguri	2015
142	2015 Sana'a mosque bombings	Islamic extremism	Yemen	Sana'a	2015
141	2019 Kaduna State massacre	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Kaduna State	2019
141	Brak El-Shati airbase raid	Islamic extremism	Libya	Wadi al Shatii District	2017
140–256	2017 Camp Shaheen attack	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Mazar-e-Sharif	2017
140	Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	Chechen separatism	Russia	Budyonnovsk	1995
137	November 2015 Paris attacks	Islamic extremism	France	Paris	2015
135	February 3, 2007 Baghdad market bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
134	February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Sayyidah Zaynab	2016
133+	January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq		2011
132	January 2016 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad Miqdadiyah	2016
130	2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Khan Bani Saad	2015
130	Rafiganj train disaster	Maoism	India	Rafiganj	2002
127	Peshawar church attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2013
127	December 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
127	2005 Al Hillah bombing	Unknown	Iraq	Al Hillah	2005
127	Aluth Oya massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Aluth Oya	1987
126	2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing	Unknown	Syria	Aleppo	2017
125	November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Hillah	2016
125	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961	Unknown	Indian Ocean		1996
120+	5 January 2006 Iraq bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Karbala, Ramadi	2006
120	October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Eastern Province	1995
120	2007 Al Hillah bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Al Hillah	2007
120	2012 Sana'a bombing	Islamic extremism	Yemen	Sana'a	2012
120	Palace of Justice siege	19th of April Movement	Colombia	Bogotá	1985
119	Bojayá massacre	Right-wing terrorism	Colombia	Choco	2002
117	28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2009
117	2004 Irbil bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Irbil	2004
116	2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing	Islamic extremism	Philippines		2004
115	2006 São Paulo violence outbreak	Primeiro Comando da Capital	Brazil	São Paulo	2006
114+	10 May 2010 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
114	March 2017 Damascus bombings	Islamic extremism	Syria	Damascus	2017
113+	2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
113	Colombo Central Bus Station bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Colombo	1987
112	September 14, 2005 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2005
112	Avianca Flight 203	Narcoterrorism	Colombia		1989
112	Gulf Air Flight 771	Palestinian nationalism	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1983
110	10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Orakzai	2008
109	2015 Ankara bombings	Islamic extremism	Turkey	Ankara	2015
105	2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lakki Marwat	2010
104	Mohmand Agency attack	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Mohmand Agency	2010
103	2018 Kabul ambulance bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2018
102+	December 2016 Aden suicide bombings	Islamic extremism	Yemen	Aden	2016
102	First Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Tyre	1982
101	May 2016 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2016
101	19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
100+	March 2017 Kabul attack	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2017
100+	2011 Damaturu attacks	Islamic extremism	Nigeria		2011
100	2011 Mogadishu bombing	Islamic extremism	Somalia	Mogadishu	2011
100	2008 Kandahar bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kandahar	2008
100	Musayyib fuel tanker bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Musayyib	2005
100	Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking	Communism	Malaysia	Tanjung Kupang	1977
100	Bolgrad palace bombing	Bessarabian separatism	Romania	Bolgrad	1921
99+	Kha Maung Seik massacre	Rohingya nationalism/Islamic extremism	Myanmar	Maungdaw District	2017
98	May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lahore	2010
98	1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2008
96+	June 2017 Pakistan bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Quetta, Parachinar, Karachi	2017
92–103	2006 Digampathana bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Digampathana	2006
92	17 August 2019 Kabul bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2019
92	2017 Sehwan suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Sehwan	2017
91	Colombo Central Bank bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Colombo	1996
91	King David Hotel bombing	Zionist terrorism	Mandatory Palestine	Jerusalem	1946
90	December 2019 Mogadishu bombing	Islamic extremism	Somalia	Mogadishu	2019
90	2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks	Islamic extremism	Egypt	Sharm el-Sheikh	2005
89	Russian airplane bombings	Chechen separatism	Russia	Moscow	2004
88	TWA Flight 841	Palestinian nationalism	Ionian Sea		1974
88	22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
87	2016 Nice truck attack	Islamic extremism	France	Nice	2016
86	2018 Mubi suicide bombings	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Mubi	2018
86	AMIA Bombing	Islamic extremism/anti-semitism	Argentina	Buenos Aires	1994
85	April 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
85	Buratha Mosque bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2006
85	Bologna massacre	Neo-fascism	Italy	Bologna	1980
84	2017 Nasiriyah attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Nasiriyah	2017
83	2002 Grozny truck bombing	Chechen separatism	Russia	Grozny	2002
83	Imam Ali Mosque bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Najaf	2003
81	2008 Assam bombings	Assamese separatism	India	Assam	2008
80+	July 2016 Kabul bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2016
80	Jaipur bombings	Islamic extremism	India	Jaipur	2008
78	Bombing of Cubana de Aviación Flight 455	Right-wing terrorism	Cuba	Atlantic Ocean	1976
77	2011 Norway attacks	Neo-fascism	Norway	Oslo and Utøya	2011
77	2017 Gao bombing	Islamic extremism	Mali	Gao	2017
76	February 12, 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
76	2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada	Maoism	India	Dantewada, Chhattisgarh	2010
75	2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Baghlan	2008
75	2016 Lahore suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lahore	2016
74	July 2010 Kampala attacks	Islamic extremism	Uganda	Kampala	2010
74	2005 Khanaqin bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Khanaqin	2005
74	21 April 2004 Basra bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Basra	2004
74	2004 Kufa shelling	Unknown	Iraq	Kufa	2004
73	Haska Meyna mosque bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Haska Meyna District	2019
73+	September 2010 Quetta bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Quetta	2010
73	20 June 2009 Taza bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Taza	2009
73	Hafte Tir bombing	Unknown	Iran	Tehran	1981
72+	March 2010 Lahore bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Lahore	2010
70+	July 2010 Baghdad attacks	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
70	February 2016 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2016
70	2008 Wah bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Wah	2008
70	2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing	Unclear	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
69+	17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
69+	2017 Borno State attack	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Borno State	2010
69	April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2018
69	June 2009 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2009
68	6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2008
68	2007 Samjhauta Express bombings	Disputed	India		2007
68	2004 Baqubah bombing	Unclear	Iraq	Baqubah	2004
67	Westgate shopping mall shooting	Islamic extremism	Kenya	Nairobi	2013
67	In Amenas hostage crisis	Islamic extremism	Algeria	In Amenas	2013
67	19 December 2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Karbala	2004
67	1929 Hebron massacre	Palestinian nationalism	Mandatory Palestine	Hebron	1929
66	2010 Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Darra Adam Khel	2010
66	Kebithigollewa massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Kebithigollewa	2006
66	Cyprus Airways Flight 284	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea		1967
65	2019 Nganzai funeral attack	Islamic extremism	Nigeria	Nganzai	2019
64	February 2016 Homs bombings	Islamic extremism	Syria	Homs	2016
64	April 2016 Kabul attack	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2016
64	1996 Dehiwala train bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Dehiwala	1996
63	Luxor massacre	Islamic extremism	Egypt	Luxor	1997
63	12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2007
63	DAS Building bombing	Narcoterrorism	Colombia	Bogotá	1989
63	Iraqi Airways Flight 163	Islamic extremism	Saudi Arabia	Arar	1986
63	April 1983 US Embassy bombing	Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Beirut	1983
62	Kent and Dollar Farm massacres	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Vavuniya	1984
62	1999 Vladikavkaz bombing	Chechen separatism	Russia	Vladikavkaz	1999
62	1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Sadr City	2006
62	29 October 2005 Delhi bombings	Islamic extremism	India	Delhi	2005
62	24 June 2004 Mosul bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Mosul	2004
60	2005 Amman bombings	Islamic extremism	Jordan	Amman	2005
60	EgyptAir Flight 648	Palestinian nationalism	Greece	Athens	1985
60	Second Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism	Lebanon	Tyre	1983
60	January 2017 Azaz bombing	Islamic extremism	Syria	Azaz	2017
59	2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer	Islamic extremism	Somalia	Bulo Marer	2018
59	January 2017 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2017
59	2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing	Chechen separatism	Russia	Znamenskoye	2003
58	2010 Baghdad church attack	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
58	6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
58	April 2010 Kohat bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Kohat	2010
58	2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2008
58	1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing	Palestinian nationalism	Mandatory Palestine	Jerusalem	1948
57	August 2016 Gaziantep bombing	Islamic extremism	Turkey	Gaziantep	2016
57	Nishtar Park bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Karachi	2006
57	2003 Istanbul Bombings	Islamic extremism	Turkey	Istanbul	2003
56	2008 Ahmedabad bombings	Islamic extremism	India	Ahmedabad	2008
56	7 July 2005 London bombings	Islamic extremism	United Kingdom	London	2005
55	Lionair Flight 602	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Jaffna	1998
54	1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism	Iraq	Baghdad	2010
54	Gonagala massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism	Sri Lanka	Gonagala	1999
54	December 2009 Lahore attacks	Unclear	Pakistan	Lahore	2009
54	Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Islamabad	2008
53+	25 August 2010 Iraq bombings	Islamic extremism/Baathism	Iraq	Kut	2010
52	2011 Monterrey casino attack	Narcoterrorism	Mexico	Monterrey	2011
52	2003 Mumbai bombings	Islamic extremism	India	Mumbai	2003
52	Reyhanlı bombings	Disputed	Turkey	Reyhanlı	2013
51	17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing	Unknown	Iraq	Baghdad	2008
51	Christchurch mosque shootings	Far-right extremism	New Zealand	Christchurch	2019
50+	Dera Ghazi Khan bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Dera Ghazi Khan	2011
50+	December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Mohmand Agency	2010
50	Orlando nightclub shooting	Islamic extremism	United States	Orlando	2016
50	February 2018 Mogadishu attack	Islamic extremism	Somalia	Mogadishu	2018
50	December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing	Islamic extremism	Afghanistan	Kabul	2017
50	5 April 2010 Peshawar bombings	Islamic extremism	Pakistan	Peshawar	2010
50	July 2010 Lahore bombings	Unknown	Pakistan	Lahore	2010

Mass unrest, riots and pogroms

This section lists events in which at least 100 individuals were killed from riots or mass unrest.

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Location(s)	Date
200,000–2,000,000	Partition of India and Pakistan	British India (modern-day  India,  Pakistan, and  Bangladesh)	Punjab and Bengal	1947
200,000–300,000	La Violencia	Colombia	Country-wide	1948–1960
85,000–87,000	1959 Tibetan uprising	Tibet (annexed by  China)	Lhasa	1959
60,000–80,000	Massacre of the Latins	Byzantium (modern-day  Turkey)	Constantinople	1182
10,000–40,000	1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising	El Salvador		1932
30,000	Adana massacre	Ottoman Empire (modern-day  Turkey)	Adana	1909
30,000	Nika riots	Byzantium	Constantinople	532
10,000–30,000	February 28 Incident	China (present-day  Taiwan)		1947
5,000–30,000	St. Bartholomew's Day massacre	France	Paris	1572
10,000–20,000	Romanian Peasants' Revolt	Romania		1907
6,667–20,000	La semaine sanglante	France	Paris	1871
13,000–15,500	August Uprising	Soviet Union (modern-day  Georgia)	Georgia	1924
14,028	Jeju Uprising	Southern Korea (present-day  South Korea)	Jeju island	1948
13,266	Iași pogrom	Romania	Iaşi	1941
300–10,454	Tiananmen Square protests of 1989	China	Beijing	1989
3,000–10,000	8888 Uprising	Myanmar		1987–1993
2,800–8,000	1984 anti-Sikh riots	India	New Delhi	1984
7,500	March 1st Movement	Japanese Korea (present-day  South Korea)	Keijo (present-day Seoul)	1919
4,179–4,354	Second Intifada	Israel Palestinian territories		2000–2005
4,000	1066 Granada massacre	Granada (modern-day  Spain)	Granada	1066
132–4,000	1905 Bloody Sunday	Russia	Saint Petersburg	1905
3,800	Pitchfork Uprising	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (modern-day  Russian Federation)		1920
2,781	Iranian Revolution[115]	Iran		1979
2,300	Santa María School massacre	Chile	Iquique	1907
2,204	First Intifada	Israel Palestinian territories		1987
2,000	Gwangju Uprising	South Korea	Gwangju	1980
100–2,000	Banana Massacre	Colombia	Ciénaga	1928
1,900	Lisbon massacre	Portugal	Lisbon	1506
1,652[116]	1994 South African transitional violence	South Africa		1994
1,526	Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) massacre	British India (modern-day  India)	Amritsar	1919
187-1,500	Andijan massacre	Uzbekistan	Andijan	2005
1,000–1,200	May 1998 riots of Indonesia	Indonesia	Jakarta, Medan, Surakarta	1998
1,104	Romanian Revolution of 1989	Romania	Bucharest and major cities	1989
1,000	Kronstadt rebellion	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (modern-day  Russian Federation)	Kronstadt	1921
1,000[117][118]	2008 Kenyan election protests	Kenya		2008
500–1,000[119][120]	2005 Togolese democracy protests	Togo		2005
893	2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes	Kyrgyzstan		2010
855+	Assam Movement	India		1979–1985
121–797	Euromaidan	Ukraine	Kiev	2014
175-780	Farhud	Iraq	Baghdad	1941
700	Kengir uprising	Soviet Union (modern-day  Kazakhstan)	Kazakhstan	1954
510[121]	Mangalmé riots	Chad	Guéra Prefecture	1965
100–600	Soweto uprising	South Africa	Soweto	1976
322–420	Lwów pogrom (1918)	Poland	Lwów	1918
400	Iranian pilgrim riot	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	1987
360+	Telangana movement (Hyderabad)	India	Hyderabad	1969
338	Tunisian Revolution	Tunisia		2010–2011
317[122]	2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests	Nicaragua	Country-wide	2018
300	Tulsa Race Massacre	United States	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1921
285	Gordon Riots	Great Britain		1780
249	1929 Palestine riots	Mandatory Palestine (modern-day  Israel and  Palestinian territories)		1929
105–242	Elaine riot	United States	Elaine, Arkansas	1919
215	Military Police of Espírito Santo strike	Brazil	Espírito Santo	2017
32–200+	Sumgait pogrom	Soviet Union (modern-day  Azerbaijan)	Sumgait, Azerbaijan	1988
196	13 May incident	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	1969
165	2017 Venezuelan protests	Venezuela	Nationwide	2017
155	Bucharest pogrom	Romania	Bucharest	1941
142	Durban riots	South Africa	Durban	1949
140+	2017 Brazil prison riots	Brazil		2017
139[123]	Muhammad cartoon riots	Nigeria Libya  Pakistan  Afghanistan		2006
119–120	New York City draft riots	United States	New York City	1863
111	Carandiru massacre	Brazil	São Paulo	1992
110	Baku pogrom	Soviet Union (modern-day  Azerbaijan)	Baku, Azerbaijan	1990
100	Georgian de-Stalinization riots	Soviet Union (modern-day  Georgia)	Georgia	1956
100	Napoleon's "whiff of grapeshot"	France	Paris	1795
100	Kiev Pogrom (1905)	Russia (modern-day  Ukraine)	Kiev	1905

Human sacrifice and mass suicide

This section lists notable individual episodes of mass suicide or human sacrifice. For tolls arising from the systematic practice of suicide or sacrifice, see Human sacrifice and ritual suicide.

Estimate of death toll	Type	Event	Perpetrator(s)	Location	Date
< 40,000 – 80,400	Mass suicide, murder	Battle of Okinawa	Japanese civilians	Okinawa, Japan	1945
8,000	Mass suicide	Battle of Saipan	Japanese civilians	Mariana Islands, South Pacific Mandate (modern-day  Northern Mariana Islands)	1944
3,000 – 80,400	Mass human sacrifice	Re-consecration of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan	Aztecs	Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, Aztec Empire (modern-day  Mexico)	1487
960	Mass suicide	Siege of Masada	Jewish zealots	Masada, Judea, Roman Empire (modern-day  Israel)	73 AD
913	Mass suicide, murder	Jonestown massacre	Peoples Temple	Jonestown, Guyana	1978
300 – 1,000	Mass suicide	Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God		Uganda	March 2000
217[124]	Murder-suicide	Crashing of EgyptAir Flight 990[124]	Airline pilot[124]	Atlantic Ocean[124]	October 31, 1999[124]
150	Murder-suicide	Crashing of Germanwings Flight 9525	Airline pilot	Prads-Haute-Bléone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	March 24, 2015
104	Murder-suicide	Crashing of SilkAir Flight 185	Airline pilot	Palembang, Indonesia	December 19, 1997
53	Mass suicide	Order of the Solar Temple		Switzerland and Canada	1994
44	Murder-suicide	Crashing of Royal Air Maroc Flight 630	Airline pilot	Morocco	August 21, 1994
39	Mass suicide	Heaven's Gate		Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States	1997
33	Murder-suicide	Crashing of LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470	Airline pilot	Bwabwata National Park, Namibia	November 29, 2013
24	Murder-suicide	Crashing of Japan Airlines Flight 350	Airline pilot	Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan	February 9, 1982
16	Mass suicide	Order of the Solar Temple		France	December 23, 1995

See also

Other lists organized by death toll

• List of accidents and disasters by death toll
• List of disasters in Australia by death toll
• List of disasters in Canada by death toll
• List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
• List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
• List of disasters in the United States by death toll
• List of murderers by number of victims
• List of natural disasters by death toll
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
• List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll

Other lists with similar topics

• List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
• List of events named massacres
• List of famines
• List of fires
• List of invasions
• List of non-state terrorist incidents
• List of riots
• List of tropical cyclones
• Lists of battles
• Lists of disasters
• Lists of earthquakes
• Lists of rail accidents
• Outline of war

Topics dealing with similar themes

• Democide
• Famine
• Genocide
• Genocides in history
• Infection
• List of battles by casualties
• Mass murder

Notes

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