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Category: Atrocity, from Wikidata’s class “mass murder”

Ma'ale Akrabim massacre

17 March 1954 · Israel/Palestine

Part of: Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency Wikidata

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: mass murder (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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The Ma'ale Akrabim massacre, known in English as the Scorpions' Pass Massacre, was an attack on an Israeli passenger bus, carried out on 17 March 1954, in the middle of the day. Eleven passengers were shot dead by the attackers who ambushed and boarded the bus. One passenger died 32 years later of his injuries, in a state of paralysis and partial consciousness. Four passengers survived, two of whom had been injured by the gunmen.

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Ma'ale Akrabim massacre. (2026, May 31). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ma'ale_Akrabim_massacre&oldid=1357137570

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“Ma'ale Akrabim massacre.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 May 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ma'ale_Akrabim_massacre&oldid=1357137570.

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