The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Chile (numbers may be approximate):
Political or historical massacres NameDateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotesWulaia massacre6 November 1859Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island80Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred YaghansMeat riots22–24 October 1905Santiago de Chile250UnknownPlaza Colón massacre6 February 1906Antofagasta48 - 300Unknownan 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.Santa María School massacre21 December 1907Iquique2000UnknownForrahue massacre21 October 1912Forrahue, near Osorno15UnknownKilling of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police Marusia massacreMarch 1925Antofagasta500UnknownRanquil massacreJune–July 1934 Alto Biobío477UnknownSeguro Obrero massacre5 September 1938Santiago de Chile602The police, allegedly on presidential orders, massacred Chilean fascists who were members of the National Socialist Movement of Chile following a failed coupMassacre of Puerto Montt9 March 1969Llanquihue1070Laja massacre18 September 1973Laja and San Rosendo19UnknownOperation Colombo1975Chile119UnknownCerro Gallo massacre1975Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad210The 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 rangeAttack on Carol Urzúa30 August 1983Las Condes30At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movementCaso Degollados28–30 March 1985Chile30Santiago Penitentiary riot18 October 1985Santiago de Chile825Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners.Operation Albania15–16 June 1987Santiago120Apoquindo massacre21 October 1993Las Condes8122010 Santiago prison fire8 December 2010Santiago8119
Spree killers DateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotes7 June 1957Valdivia62Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.20 August 1960San Carlos6–70Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.15 July 1963Río Bueno8 (including the perpetrator)0Familicide. Perpetrator committed suicide.– – – 17 December 1999Valparaíso31 (the perpetrator)Valparaíso school shootings: Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide, but eventually recovered and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Committed suicide in 2011.16 March 2019Iquique3 (including the perpetrator)0Iquique military school shooting: Perpetrator who murdered 2 people and then committed suicide in 2019.8 August 2019Puente Alto53Part of an organized crime dispute. Both perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment.22 December 2024Santiago332024 Santiago shooting: Carlos Muñoz Vega, who opened fire and attacked 3 people and injured 3 others, before being captured, and according to their investigation, Carlos suffered from schizophrenia.27 March 2026Calama15 (including the perpetrator)2026 Calama school stabbing: The student Hernán Meneses Leal, who attacked, leaving one dead and four wounded.
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