[mark_2000]

Mass suicides through out history in chronological order.

1. Heaven’s Gate Cult Suicide March 26 1997

2. Order of the Solar Temple October 5 1994

Another mass-death incident related to the OTS took place during the night between the 15 and 16 December 1995.

On 23 December 1995, 16 bodies were discovered in a star-formation in the Vercors mountains of France. It was found later that two of them shot the others and then committed suicide by firearm and immolation.

On the morning of 23 March 1997, five members of the OTS took their own lives in Saint-Casimir, Quebec. A small house erupted in flames, leaving behind five charred bodies for the police to pull from the rubble.

3. I have tentatively included the Waco Siege. April 19 1993

A particular controversy ensued over the origin of the fire; an internal Justice Department investigation concluded in 2000 that sect members themselves had started the fire. Hey they would say that.

Anyway it was more a mass murder than suicide for most of the victims.

4. Peoples Temple Jonestown November 18 1978.

5. Mass Suicides of over 7000 people in Berlin late April 1945. Hitler April 30 1945.

6. Mass Suicide in Demmin Germany May 1 1945.

7. Mass suicide Bali September 14 1906.

8. Souliet Women Greece 1803

9. Chittor’s People India 1303.

10. Teutonic Women France 103 BC.

[MrEzzzkiel]

Nice comp!

[you_know]

Sorry mr.mark_2000, correction: "puputan" means fighting to death not let's kill ourselves together. The photo likely showed aftermath of battle, the dead bodies were collected in one spot. That'all, thank you. Sorry for my bad english.

[mark_2000]

Thanks for that comment, just going by an account given by Historian Robert Pringle.

A Puputan is a Balinese ritual mass-suicide ceremony, an alternative to surrender. In a series of Puputan suicides between 1894 and 1908, thousands died in the face of colonial forces.

According to Robert Pringle’s A Short History of Bali, they led to 1,100 deaths (p. 106). The most notorious of these took place as the invading Dutch approached Denpasar 1906, the capital of the pre-colonial state of Badung.

Pringle quotes a contemporary account of the carnage that this created (p. 104)

As they drew closer, they observed a strange, silent procession emerging from the main gate of the puri. It was led by the Radja himself, seated in his state palanquin carried by four bearers, dressed in white cremation garments but splendidly bejeweled and armed with a magnificent kris. The Radja was followed by the officials of his court, the armed guards, the priests, his wives, his children and his retainers, likewise dressed in white, flowers in their hair….One hundred paces from the startled Dutch, the Rajda halted his bearers, stepped from his palanquin, gave the signal, and the ghastly ceremony began. A priest plunger his dagger into the Radja’s breast, and others in the company began turning their daggers upon themselves or upon one another. The Dutch troops, startled into action by a stray gunshot and reacting to attack by lance and spear, directed rifle and even artillery fire into the surging crowd. Some of the women mockingly threw jewels and gold coins to the soldiers, and as more and more people kept emerging from the palace gate, the mounds of corpses rose higher and higher. Soon to the scene of the carnage was added the spectacle of looting as the soldiers stripped the valuables from the corpses and then set themselves to sacking the palace ruins.

So the Dutch contributed to the carnage.

[Susan]

There is a webpage for anyone interested in the Waco siege think it's called Waco Holocaust museum. Look it up. I was on it a few weeks back, awful.

[you_know]

Mr.mark_2000, I just did a little research. It seems that there are 2 definitions of puputan. No one of us is wrong. I quote a sentence and translate with google.translate = "Puputan means war to death, and must apply to all existing citizens of all castes as a form of resistance, including sacrificing the soul and body to the death." It's been a pleasure sharing knowledge with you. Thanks again bye-bye.

[Ninjavandal]

Interesting indeed.

[moonbastard]

Originally Posted by mark_2000 ↗

Mass suicides through out history in chronological order.

1. Heaven’s Gate Cult Suicide March 26 1997

2. Order of the Solar Temple October 5 1994

Another mass-death incident related to the OTS took place during the night between the 15 and 16 December 1995.

On 23 December 1995, 16 bodies were discovered in a star-formation in the Vercors mountains of France. It was found later that two of them shot the others and then committed suicide by firearm and immolation.

On the morning of 23 March 1997, five members of the OTS took their own lives in Saint-Casimir, Quebec. A small house erupted in flames, leaving behind five charred bodies for the police to pull from the rubble.

3. I have tentatively included the Waco Siege. April 19 1993

A particular controversy ensued over the origin of the fire; an internal Justice Department investigation concluded in 2000 that sect members themselves had started the fire. Hey they would say that.

Anyway it was more a mass murder than suicide for most of the victims.

4. Peoples Temple Jonestown November 18 1978.

5. Mass Suicides of over 7000 people in Berlin late April 1945. Hitler April 30 1945.

6. Mass Suicide in Demmin Germany May 1 1945.

7. Mass suicide Bali September 14 1906.

8. Souliet Women Greece 1803

9. Chittor’s People India 1303.

10. Teutonic Women France 103 BC.

Hydrogen cyanide can cause convulsions strong enough to break bones? can anyone confirm?

[houseoftechno]

Nice compilation. I classify Waco as a police action, not a mass suicide though.

[Mr_Shlaapu]

What about Masada?