Badajoz massacre
| Badajoz massacre | |
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View of the old centre of the city of Badajoz, next to the river Guadiana, where the massacre took place after the Battle of Badajoz. | |
| Location | Badajoz, Spain |
| Date | August 1936 |
| Target | Republican soldiers and civilians |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 3,000-4,000 |
| Perpetrator | Nationalist troops |
The Badajoz massacre occurred in the days after the Battle of Badajoz during the Spanish Civil War. Between 500 and 4,000 civilian and military supporters of the Second Spanish Republic were murdered by the Nationalist forces after the seizure of the town of Badajoz on August 14, 1936.