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
Deaths850–1,000

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 and around 1,000 people were murdered, including women and children.