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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Lithuania (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
First Mass Execution of the Jews of Gargždai	June 24, 1941	Gargždai	201	The mass execution of Jewish men from Gargždai was the first of more than 250 mass execution of Jews committed by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators during the Holocaust in Lithuania
Rainiai massacre	June 24–25, 1941	Rainiai, near Telšiai	73
Kaunas pogrom	June 25–29, 1941	Kaunas	5,000
Kaunas massacre	October 29, 1941	Kaunas	9,200
Koniuchy massacre	January 29, 1944	Koniuchy (now Kaniūkai)	34
Ponary (Paneriai) massacre	July 1941 - August 1944	Paneriai, Vilnius	100,000
Pirčiupiai massacre	3 June 1944	Dzūkija	119
Glinciszki massacre	20 June 1944	Glitiškės	27
Dubingiai massacre	23 June 1944	Dubingiai	20-27
Draučiai shooting	February 15, 1998	Draučiai	10 (including shooter)	While the government initially suspected political motives, it turned out that it was most likely the result of mental illness.

References

"The First Mass Execution of the Jews of Gargždai". Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. 2010.
"Execution of Jews in Gargždai". The Map of Holocaust by Bullets. Yahad-In Unum. 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

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