A massacre is an event of killing defenseless human beings or animals. It is generally used to describe a targeted mass killing of civilians by an armed group. It can also be used figuratively to refe
The Chios massacre committed by Ottoman forces against Greek civilians during the Greek War for Independence
Photograph of an Israeli airstrike on buildings in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the same day the terror group Hamas committed a number of massacres inside Israel, in the beginning stage of the Gaza genocide
The Fort Mims massacre committed by Red Stick forces during the Creek War
Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a certain amount of people, usually at least 3 or 4, and typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximit
Massacre
…groups. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage". Other terms with overlapping scope include war crime, pogrom, mass killing, mass murder, and extrajudicial killing. Massacre derives from late 16th century Middle French word macacre meaning "slaughterhouse" or "butchery". Further origins…
The funeral for sextuple axe murder victims in Huittinen, Finland in 1943, committed by Toivo Koljonen
This Airbus A320, registration D-AIPX, was destroyed while operating Germanwings Flight 9525, having been intentionally crashed into the Alps by its co-pilot, killing all 150 people on board.