Liquiçá Church massacre

Liquiçá Church massacre
Part of the East Timor genocide
LocationLiquiçá, East Timor
Coordinates8°35′15″S 125°20′31″E / 8.5875°S 125.342°E / -8.5875; 125.342
DateApril 1999 (UTC+9)
TargetEast Timorese Catholics
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths~200
PerpetratorsPro-Indonesia militias
(mainly Besi Merah Putih)
MotiveAnti-Christian sentiment

The Liquiçá Church massacre was a mass-killing that occurred in April 1999, during East Timor's bid for independence. It was the first case to be heard by the Second Special Panel.

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