Abu Salim Prison massacre
| Abu Salim Prison massacre | |
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People at a Benghazi rally looking at the photos of victims of Abu Salim prison massacre (February 2011) | |
| Location | Abu Salim prison, Tripoli, Libya |
| Date | June 29, 1996 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapons | Guns, Grenades, Machine guns |
| Deaths | 1,270 |
| Injured | 120 (went missing) |
| Perpetrators | Gaddafi regime |
The Abu Salim Prison massacre took place in Abu Salim prison, Libya, on 29 June 1996, where an estimated 1,270 Libyan prisoners were killed. The massacre is considered to be one of the deadliest massacres carried out by the Gaddafi regime.