Tiananmen Square Massacre – China – June 4, 1989
Thousands were killed and thousands of others wounded. Tiananmen Square, meaning “Gate of Heavenly Peace”
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Rwanda Genocide – April 6, 1994
A long-standing hatred of Tutsis by the Hutus exploded in extreme violence, killing more than
Srebrenica Genocide – Bosnia-Herzegovina – July 15, 1995
Srebrenica was placed under UN protection but the number of soldiers guarding the city was
Nanking Massacre – December 13, 1937
In violation of international agreements that Japan had signed Japanese soldiers assaulted China. Nanking, the
Fort Hood – 2009
Despite the 9/11 catastrophe, the USA’s much-hyped intelligence community yet again failed to head off
Virginia Tech Massacre – 2007
The massacre at the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was
Beslan School Hostage Massacre – 1994
September 1 was the first, day of school in the sleepy North Ossetian town of
Massacre at Kanungu – 2000
As the millennium loomed, Christianity in Africa blossomed to equal or surpass the number of
Columbine High School Shooting – 1999
The Columbine massacre was one of the deadliest school shootings in US history, its circumstances
Heaven’s Gate Cult Suicide – 1997
In March 1997 in a house in California police found 39 bodies lying neatly in
Dunblane – 1996
There were 29 small children in the gymnasium of Dunblane Primary School when Thomas Hamilton
Genocide in Srebrenica – 1995
The euphoria of independence didn’t last long in most Balkan countries. As the former Yugoslavia
The Solar Temple Killings – 1994
Later, when the authorities pieced it together, it became obvious that the three mass killings
Waco Siege – 1993
In 1990, when he took control of the Branch Davidians religious cult, David Koresh believed
National Bosses Day at Luby’s – 1991
Luby’s Cafeteria was a popular restaurant on US Highway 190 at Killeen, Texas, right next
Batticaloa – 1990
The uneasy relationship between Tamils and Sinhala has persisted for centuries, with cyclical exchanges of
Hungerford – 1987
In America, it is called a ‘spree killing’. In the UK, nothing like it had
Sabra and Shatila – 1982
The history of the Middle East’s only democracy is soaked in the blood of Arabs
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