Santa María School massacre

When

22 Dec 1907

Kind

Massacre

Coordinates

20.22° S, 70.15° W

Description

2020 incident in Chile

1907 massacre of mine workers in Chile

The Santa María School massacre was a massacre of striking workers, mostly saltpeter works (nitrate) miners, along with their wives and children, committed by the Chilean Army in Iquique, Chile, on December 21, 1907. The number of victims is undetermined but is estimated to be over 2,000.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Santa María School massacre: In Chile, soldiers fire at striking mineworkers gathered in the Santa María School in Iquique; over 2,000 are killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Massaker von Iquique werden mehrere hundert bis 3.600 streikende Arbeiter der chilenischen Salpeterindustrie und deren Familienangehörige von Militär…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Iquique (Chile) el Gobierno nacional manda matar a todos los obreros del salitre reunidos en el patio de escuela «Santa María de Iquique» (Matanza de la…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page