What the records say
- When
- Jul 1965
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 3,000
- Coordinates
- 4.85° N, 31.58° E
- Description
- massacres during the first Sudanese civil war
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1965 Juba and Wau massacres
Massacres during the first Sudanese civil war
The 1965 Juba and Wau massacres were killings of civilians by the Sudanese army in Juba and Wau, in what is now South Sudan, during the First Sudanese Civil War. The massacres occurred in July 1965, during the premiership of Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, whose government pursued military operations against southern towns. Reported casualty figures vary, but historian Deng D.
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