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massacre

[mas-uh-ker] / ˈmæs ə kər /




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The enduring devastation of the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico City is examined here from the perspective of a woman in the present.

From Los Angeles Times

The man in the tub is the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist and physician who had incited a series of judicial massacres.

From The Wall Street Journal

Until 2020, Hong Kong held the largest vigil that mourned the massacre.

From BBC

This included enforcing a no-fly zone, which helped prevent another massacre of the Kurds by Saddam and seeded the creation of the autonomous Kurdistan region, a success story.

From The Wall Street Journal

The massacre almost 30 years ago, which ushered in some of the strictest gun laws in the world, feels like a bygone age for many Australians.

From BBC