Hlaingthaya massacre | |
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Part of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and subsequent 2021–2023 Myanmar protests | |
Location | Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon |
Coordinates | 16°52′40″N 96°04′33″E / 16.87778°N 96.07583°E |
Date | 14 March 2021 |
Deaths | 65+ civilians[1] |
Perpetrators | |
Charges | None |
The Hlaingthaya massacre was a mass killing of civilians on 14 March 2021, in Hlaingthaya Township (also spelt Hlaing Tharyar and Hlinethaya), Yangon, Myanmar. During the massacre, Myanmar Army troops and Myanmar Police Force officers killed at least sixty-five individuals.[2] The massacre became one of the deadliest domestic incidents to occur in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, and marked a serious escalation in the military's violence against civilians resisting the coup.[3][4][2] The violent crackdown also precipitated a mass exodus of factory workers, residents, and businesses from Hlaingthaya, a major factory hub in the country.[5][6]