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Elsian massacres Rzëcniô | |
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Part of the First Great War | |
![]() The aftermath of a massacre in the village of Hrudblan (Grùdbiąg), Tyrnica, 1911 | |
Location | Pelemia Senia Tyrnica |
Date | 1909–1914 |
Target | Elsians, other West Ludic groups |
Attack type | Massacre, ethnic cleansing, genocide (debated) |
Deaths | 250,000–400,000 |
Perpetrators | Tyrnican Armed Forces Pelemian Armed Forces Koravian Armed Forces Committee of National Resurgence Individual groups and perpetrators |
Motive | Anti-Elsian sentiment, Tyrnican nationalism, Senian nationalism |
The Elsian massacres (Elsian: Rzëcniô, lit. 'the Slaughter'; Tyrnican: Elsisch-Massaker; Senian: ', ') were the systemic killing and dispossession of predominantly Elsians during the First Great War. Organized primarily through local groups allied with the Tyrnican, Pelemian, and Koravian Armed Forces, as well as the Senian nationalist Committee of National Resurgence, Elsian communities along the Els river valley were targeted for a variety of causes, ranging from fears of engaging with enemy forces to [WIP]