List of massacres in Chile

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Chile (numbers may be approximate):

Political or historical massacres

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Name Date Location Deaths Injuries Notes
Wulaia massacre 6 November 1859 Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island 8 0 Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans
Meat riots 22–24 October 1905 Santiago de Chile 250 Unknown
Plaza Colón massacre 6 February 1906 Antofagasta 48[1] - 300[2] Unknown an undetermined number of workers who were on a general strike were killed by Order Guard and Sailors of the armored frigate Blanco Encalada while they were gathered in Plaza Colón.[3]
Santa María School massacre 21 December 1907 Iquique 2000 Unknown
Forrahue massacre 21 October 1912 Forrahue, near Osorno 15[4] Unknown Killing of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police
Marusia massacre March 1925 Antofagasta 500 Unknown
Ranquil massacre June–July 1934 Alto Biobío 477 Unknown
Seguro Obrero massacre 5 September 1938 Santiago de Chile 60 2 The police, allegedly on presidential orders, massacred Chilean fascists who were members of the National Socialist Movement of Chile following a failed coup
Massacre of Puerto Montt 9 March 1969 Llanquihue 10 70
Laja massacre 18 September 1973 Laja and San Rosendo 19 Unknown [5]
Operation Colombo 1975 Chile 119 Unknown
Cerro Gallo massacre 1975 Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad 21[6] 0 The military squads fired on prisoners who, once dead, were passed off as guerrillas who would have tried to enter Chile from Argentina by crossing the Andes mountain range[7]
Attack on Carol Urzúa 30 August 1983 Las Condes 3 0 At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement[8][9]
Caso Degollados 28–30 March 1985 Chile 3 0
Santiago Penitentiary riot 18 October 1985 Santiago de Chile 8 25 Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners.[10][11]
Operation Albania 15–16 June 1987 Santiago 12 0
Apoquindo massacre 21 October 1993 Las Condes 8 12
2010 Santiago prison fire 8 December 2010 Santiago 81 19

Spree killers

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Date Location Deaths Injuries Notes
7 June 1957 Valdivia 6 2 Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
20 August 1960 San Carlos 6–7 0 Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.
15 July 1963 Río Bueno 8 (including the perpetrator) 0 Familicide. Perpetrator committed suicide.[12]
17 December 1999 Valparaíso 3 1 (the perpetrator) Valparaíso school shootings: Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide,[13] but eventually recovered and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Committed suicide in 2011.[14]
8 August 2019 Puente Alto 5 3 Part of an organized crime dispute.[15][16][17] Both perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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