List of massacres in Azerbaijan

The following lists are of massacres that have occurred within the current boundaries of Azerbaijan.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The following is a list of massacres and pogroms, which took place in the course of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

Name	Year	Date	Location	Deaths	Targeted group	Notes
Sumgait pogrom	1988	February 27 – March 1	Sumgait	32	Armenians	Armenians killed by Azerbaijanis; 20 ambulances were destroyed, and reports detail widespread rape, mutilation, robberies and disemboweling of fetuses
Kirovabad pogrom	1988	November	Kirovabad	130 Armenians	Armenians	Azeri-led pogrom directed against Armenian inhabitants of Kirovabad
Baku Pogrom	1990	January 13	Baku	90	Armenians	Armenians killed by Azerbaijanis; many incidents of rape, robbery and torture; 700 injured.
Black January	1990	January 19–20	Baku, Azerbaijan	133–137	Peaceful protesters of the Azerbaijani national independence movement	Killed by Soviet troops; ambulance workers rushing to help the wounded and random passers-by, including women and children, among the dead
Operation Ring	1991	April 30 – May 15	Shahumyan Province	unknown	Armenians	number of casualties unknown, approximately 17,000 people displaced, gross human rights violations
Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli	1992	February 10–12	Malibeyli, Ashaghi Gushchular, Yukhari Gushchular villages of Shusha District	8 15–50	Azerbaijanis	Azerbaijanis killed by Armenian irregular armed units
Khojaly Massacre	1992	February 25–26	Khojaly, Azerbaijan	More than 200 613	Azerbaijanis	Azerbaijanis killed by Armenian troops.
Maraga Massacre	1992	April 10	Maraga	40–100	Armenians	Armenians killed ; corpses buried in a mass grave outside the village.
Bombardment of Tartar	2020	September 28 —November 10	Tartar District	17	Azerbaijanis	Azerbaijanis killed by alleged indiscriminate attacks of Armenian Armed Forces.
2020 Ganja missile attacks	2020	October 4–17	Ganja	32	Azerbaijanis	Azerbaijanis killed by alleged indiscriminate attacks of Armenian Armed Forces.
2020 Barda missile attacks	2020	October 27—November 7	Barda, Əyricə, and Qarayusifli	27	Azerbaijanis	Use of cluster munitions against civilians by Armenian Armed Forces and Artsakh Defence Army.