A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. The United Nations has defined a criminal...
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The Sooriyakanda mass grave is the mass burial ground of murdered school children from Embilipitiya Maha Vidyalaya (Embilipitiya High School) in Sri Lanka...
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Mass graves in Iraq are characterized as unmarked sites containing at least six bodies. Some can be identified by mounds of earth piled above the ground...
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Mass graves in Maribor were created in Maribor, Slovenia, during and after the Second World War. The three known mass graves in Maribor itself and six...
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war, mass graves have been widely used in the Gaza Strip by Palestinians, with the courtyards of many hospitals converted. In April 2024, mass graves were...
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Kranjska Gora (redirect from Savsko Naselje Mass Grave)
every year. A mass grave from the end of the Second World War is found in the eastern part of the town. The Savsko Naselje Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče...
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Velike Lašče (redirect from Jamnik Woods Mass Grave)
Velike Lašče is the site of two known mass graves associated with the Second World War. The Jamnik Woods Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Jamnikov gozd) is...
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21278°N 37.25694°E / 49.21278; 37.25694 On 15 September 2022, several mass graves, including one site containing at least 440 bodies, were found in woods...
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Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (redirect from Tuam mass grave)
it would introduce legislation to facilitate a full excavation of the mass grave and site, and for forensic DNA testing to be carried out on the remains...
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The Batajnica mass graves are mass graves that were found in 2001 near Batajnica, a suburb of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The graves contained the...
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In Chechnya, mass graves containing hundreds of corpses have been uncovered since the beginning of the Chechen wars in 1994. As of June 2008, there were...
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Kobarid (redirect from Cemetery Mass Grave (Kobarid))
Communist state. Kobarid was the site of a mass grave from the Second World War. The Cemetery Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče na pokopališču) was in the...
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Contemporary mass graves in Iran were mostly created during the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners. Many of these mass grave sites have been...
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Coahuila mass graves was the mass murder of 38 people near the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, on 3 June 2011. The three clandestine mass graves where...
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War. These clandestine mass graves are also known as "concealed mass graves" (Slovene: prikrita grobišča) or "silenced mass graves" (zamolčana grobišča)...
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Postojna (redirect from Pine Shaft Mass Grave)
Trieste as Postumia. At Postojna there is a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Pine Shaft Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Brezno v borovcih)...
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Komenda (redirect from Svešek Alder Mass Grave)
Commenda. Komenda is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Svešek Alder Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Sveščeva...
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The Nasser Hospital mass graves were discovered on 20 April 2024 by Palestinian families returning to Nasser Hospital after the withdrawal of Israeli...
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The Quba mass grave is a mass grave site claimed to be from 1918 located in the town of Quba in northeastern Azerbaijan, however there is no evidence or...
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Trbovlje (redirect from Abandoned Cemetery Mass Grave)
population opposing the Germans by the summer of 1944. The Abandoned Cemetery Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče na opuščenem pokopališču) site, associated with World...
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Mass graves in Škofja Loka were created in Škofja Loka, Slovenia during and after the Second World War. The Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia...
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Rogaška Slatina (redirect from Sovinec Ravine Mass Grave)
is the site of two known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Sovinec Ravine Mass Grave (Slovene: Sovinčev graben)...
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Kremlin Wall Necropolis (section Mass graves of 1917)
pro-Bolsheviks who died during the Moscow Bolshevik Uprising were buried in mass graves. The improvised burial site gradually transformed into the centerpiece...
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The Mališevo mass grave is a grave found in 2005 in the town of Malisheva, Kosovo. The grave contained the bodies of 12 Serb civilians and 1 ethnic Bulgarian...
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Laško (redirect from Funeral Chapel Mass Grave)
is the site of two known mass graves from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Funeral Chapel Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče pri pokopališki...
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Kamnik (redirect from Cuzak Meadow Mass Grave)
ongoing. Kamnik is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Cuzak Meadow Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Cuzakov travnik)...
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In July 2010, a mass grave was discovered next to the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, containing the corpses of 80 military officers executed...
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Sevnica (redirect from Vrtača Mass Grave)
Florian Street Mass Grave (Grobišče ob Florjanski ulici) is located on the north edge of a large field next to a small woods. The Hraste Mass Grave (Grobišče...
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Vipava, Vipava (redirect from Cemetery Mass Grave (Vipava))
The Princova Baronovka Mass Grave (Grobišče Princova baronovka) lies in the southern part of the town. The Bevk Street Mass Grave (Grobišče na Bevkovi ulici)...
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Barbara Pit massacre (redirect from Barbara Pit Mass Grave)
sealed with concrete barriers and discussion about it was forbidden. The mass grave site, one of the largest in Slovenia, was first publicly discussed in...
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