Lasithi massacres

Lasithi massacres
Part of the Cretan Revolt of 1897
Area where massacres took place.
LocationCrete, Ottoman Empire
Date1897
TargetCretan Muslims
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths850[1]–1,000[2]

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[1] and around 1,000 people were murdered, including women and children.[2][3]

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  2. ^ a b Barchard, David. "THE FEARLESS AND SELF-RELIANT SERVANT" (PDF): 27 28 29 30 31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ McCarthy, Justin (1995). Death and Exile: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims. Darwin Press. ISBN 9780878500949.

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