List of massacres in Libya

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

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Sciara Sciatt massacre	October 23, 1911	Tripoli outskirts	Nearly 500 "Bersaglieri"	Italian soldiers were massacred with cruelty and sadism, 290 of them after surrender[1]
1911 Tripoli massacre	October 24-26, 1911	Tripoli	some 4,000[2]	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.[3]
1945 Tripoli pogrom	November 5–7, 1945	Tripoli	140+[4][5][6]	Muslim rioters killed Libyan Jews; 36 victims were children
1948 Tripoli pogrom	June 12, 1948	Tripoli	12[5]	Muslim rioters killed Libyan Jews
Abu Salim massacre	29 June 1996	Abu Salim prison, Tripoli	Up to 1200 [7]	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.
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.
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.
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.

References

1. Sciara Sciatt massacre
2. Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, Geoff Simons, page 7
3. Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, Geoff Simons, page 7
4. Selent, pp. 20-21
5. Shields, Jacqueline."Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries" in Jewish Virtual Library.
6. Stillman, 2003, p. 145.

External links

• Libya: 'Mass killing' sites in Tripoli