List of massacres in Spain

List of massacres in Spain

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

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
1977 Massacre of Atocha 24 January 1977 Madrid 4[citation needed] 4 injured[citation needed]
1936 Massacre of Badajoz 15 August 1936 Badajoz Between 1,341[1] and 4,000[2]
Málaga-Almería road massacre 8 February 1937 Málaga-Almería road ~5000[3]
1066 Granada massacre 30 December 1066 Granada 4000[citation needed]
Paracuellos massacre November–December 1936 Paracuellos del Jarama, Torrejón de Ardoz 2000-12,000[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Espinosa, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. Editorial Crítica. 2002. Barcelona. p. 432
  2. ^ Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolutions & revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London. p.121 and p.270
  3. ^ Muerte en la carretera de la costa (Spanish) (Archived at WebCite)

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