What the records say
- When
- 1897
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 850
- Coordinates
- 35.31° N, 24.89° E
- Description
- series of massacres committed against ethnic Turkish and Cretan Muslim civilians in 1897
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lasithi massacres
Series of massacres in 1897
The Lasithi massacres were a series of massacres committed against ethnic Turkish and Cretan Muslim civilians in 1897. They occurred in the Lasithi region of eastern Crete. Between 850 and around 1,000 people were murdered, including women and children.
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