Aleppo Artillery School massacre
| Aleppo Artillery School massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamist uprising in Syria | |
Syrian newspaper reports on incident | |
| Location | Aleppo, Syria |
| Date | 16 June 1979 |
| Target | Syrian Army cadets |
Attack type | Execution |
| Weapons | Guns, grenades |
| Deaths | 83 |
| Perpetrators | Fighting Vanguard |
The Aleppo Artillery School massacre was a sectarian massacre of Syrian Army cadets on 16 June 1979. It was carried out by a handful of members of the Muslim Brotherhood's Fighting Vanguard led by Adnan Uqla and Ibrahim al-Youssef, without the permission of the leader of the Fighting Vanguard, Hisham Jumbaz. The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria later tried to cover up their involvement in the massacre by condemning it, but the Syrian government decided to conduct a large-scale crackdown against it to prevent any reoccurrence.