List of massacres in São Tomé and Príncipe

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in São Tomé and Príncipe (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Batepá massacre February 3, 1953 Batepá, Mé-Zóchi District, São Tomé Province 1000+ Portuguese colonial authorities slaughtered thousands of Creole civilians. The Portuguese government justified it by portraying it as a crackdown on communists.