List of massacres in Finland

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Finland (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Åbo Bloodbath	November 10, 1599	Turku	14
Klaukkala axe murders	May 10, 1899	Nurmijärvi	7
Toijalan executions	1918
Kuovola Koria massacre	1918
Varkaus executions		Varkaus	Almost 200 Reds
Suinula massacre	January 31, 1918	Suinula	17	Thirty seriously wounded.
Vihti executions	February 1, 1918	Vihti	18
Nurmijärvi murders	February 1, 1918	Nurmijärvi	4^[1]
Pori lyceum massacre	February 6, 1918	Pori	11
Lottery of Huruslahti	February 21, 1918	Varkaus	90
Harmoinen sanatorium massacre	March 10, 1918	Kuhmoinen	13
Koliahde massacre	March 10, 1918	Noormarkku	16
Länkipohja massacre	March 16, 1918	Jämsä	80
Kuurila train murders	April 19, 1918	Hämeenlinna	23
Lappeenranta massacre	April 25, 1918	Lappeenranta	23
Viipuri County Prison massacre	April 27–28, 1918	Viipuri	30
Valkeakoski Women's Guard massacre	May 1, 1918	Valkeakoski	36
Tampere executions	April–May, 1918	Tampere	600
Viipuri cleansing	April–June, 1918	Viipuri	400	Massacre of ethnic Russians and foreigners
Nurmijärvi massacre	May 18–24, 1918	Nurmijärvi	21^[1]	Seven of the victims were murdered on the eighteenth, five on the nineteenth, two on the twentieth, five on the twenty-first and one on the twenty-fourth. One of the victims, Kalle Fredrik Aaltio (b. December 20, 1882), was decapitated on May 19, 1918. As were three other individuals on May 21 of that same year.
Västankvarn executions	May 2–26, 1918	Västankvarn	60+	See page for more information.
Karhiniemi axe murders	March 17, 1943	Huittinen	6
Soso railway stop murders	April 3, 1953	Muhos	4
Korppinen police murders	March 7, 1969	Pihtipudas	4
Raumanmeri school shooting	January 24, 1989	Rauma	2
Kotka murders	April 18–19, 1994	Kotka	3
Helsinki Shooting Club killings	February 21, 1999	Helsinki	3	1 injured
Myyrmanni bombing	October 11, 2002	Vantaa	7	166 injured
Jokela school shooting	November 7, 2007	Jokela	9	1 injured
Kauhajoki school shooting	September 23, 2008	Kauhajoki	11	1 injured
Sello mall shooting	December 31, 2009	Espoo	6
Hyvinkää shooting	May 26, 2012	Hyvinkää	2	8 injured

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References

1 2 "War victims in Finland, 1914-22". Retrieved April 24, 2016.

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