mass graves

France

WW2: Dig begins for German troops killed by French Resistance fighters

Local authorities said in July that a potential "mass grave" had been found near Meymac in the Correze department after a 98-year-old former Resistance fighter went public with claims of the killings.

17/08/2023

Europe Decoded

How mass graves like Pico Reja haunt present-day Spain

Historians estimate that about 114,000 people lie in mass graves scattered across Spain massacred by supporters of Franco during or after the civil war.

07/02/2023

Ukraine

Kherson: remains of six people discovered in mass grave

Euronews International Correspondent Anelise Borges spoke to two residents in the town of Pravdyne, after a common grave was discovered outside a destroyed house last week containing the remains of six people, allegedly killed by Russian troops.

30/11/2022

No Comment

Ukraine: near Izyum, the war dead buried in a forest

Ukraine said Friday it had identified about 450 graves at a site near Izyum after retaking the strategic eastern town from the Russians.

16/09/2022

Ukraine

Nearly all bodies at Izium mass graves show 'signs of violent deaths'

Investigators say some of the people buried in the mass graves were shot. Others died from artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. Many of the bodies have not been identified yet, according to the authorities.

16/09/2022

Spain

Spain's parliament backs law to entrench memory of Franco's victims

The new bill will make it a "state responsibility" to identify the thousands of missing victims of Spain's Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.

14/07/2022

Poland

Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in mass grave in northern Poland

The human ashes were unearthed near the former Nazi concentration camp of Soldau.

14/07/2022

France

French army accuses Russian mercenaries of staging burials in Mali

Satellite images purport to show soldiers covering bodies with sand near the Gossi military base.

22/04/2022

Canada

Pope apologises for 'deplorable' abuse of Canadian indigenous people

More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s.

01/04/2022

Green News

Bodies of COVID victims could be polluting water, scientists say

During decomposition the human body leaches heavy metals into the soil, potentially contaminating water supplies.

17/02/2022

Culture news

Mass grave in Peru uncovers remains of those who lived before Columbus

Chan Chan was a citadel of the Chimu culture which prospered between the years 900 and 1450 before falling to the Incas.

12/11/2021

Spain

Spain discovers two mass graves of Civil War victims in Belchite

Archaeologists and historians estimate that as many as 150 people could have been buried in the mass graves after their execution.

25/10/2021

Canada

Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II statues defaced during Canada Day protest

It follows the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former schools for indigenous children.

03/07/2021

Denmark

Bodies of culled mink resurface at a mass grave in western Denmark

The bodies of dead and buried mink in western Denmark have naturally resurfaced at a mass grave due to putrefaction gases.

25/11/2020

Iraq

Mass grave of Kurd remains shown to relatives in Iraq's Anfal anniversary

A mass grave discovered in a desert was shown to Iraq's president Barham Salih. Remains were shown to relatives. The president said that Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein's crimes.

14/04/2019

Belarus

Mass grave found in Belarus

Building workers in Belarus have uncovered the remains of almost 800 bodies in a mass grave at a site of a former Jewish ghetto

28/02/2019

Iraq

Iraq mass grave includes remains of children

Police in northern Iraq say a mass grave contains remains of people executed by Islamic State militants including children

31/12/2018