Carandiru massacre

When

2 Oct 1992

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

111

Coordinates

23.51° S, 46.62° W

Description

1992 massacre in the Carandiru penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil

1992 military police killing of prisoners in Brazil

The Carandiru massacre occurred on 2 October 1992, in Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, when São Paulo's military police stormed the penitentiary following a prison riot. The massacre, which left 111 prisoners dead, is considered by many people to be a major human rights violation.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A riot breaks out in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, resulting in the Carandiru massacre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в тюрьме Карандиру (Сан-Паулу, Бразилия) восстание привело к «резне Карандиру», в результате которой погибли 111 заключённых”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page