List of battles and other violent events by death toll

This page lists mortalities from battles and individual military operations or acts of violence, sorted by death toll. For wars and events more extensive in scope, see List of wars and disasters by death toll. For natural disasters, see List of natural disasters by death toll.

Battles and sieges

Many of the entries in this section are currently for total casualties rather than deaths. Until this notice is removed, check the individual links to see what the figure represents.

Bombing campaigns

This section lists bombing campaigns in which at least 1,000 individuals may have been killed.

World War II

42,600: Allied airforce bombing of Hamburg during the period 24 July 1943 and 31 July 1943
22,700–25,000: Allied airforce bombing of Dresden during the period 7 October 1944 to 7 April 1945
Minimum 20,000: Allied airforce bombing of Berlin in 363 separate raids that took place during the period 7 June 1940 until 25 March 1944
Minimum 20,000: German Luftwaffe bombing of London during the Blitz; 7 September 1940 to 10 May 1941
Around 18,000: Royal Air Force bombing of Pforzheim on 23 February 1945
Post-World War II
40,000–150,000: U.S. bombing campaign of Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 15 August 1973
1,400: Operation Linebacker II 'Christmas bombing', 1972
428 to 5,700: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, 1999
Individual air raids

This section lists individual air campaigns in which at least 500 individuals may have been killed.

World War II

100,000: Bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 by the USAAF
70,000–80,000: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the USAAF,
35,000–40,000: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the USAAF,
17,000: Bombing of Pforzheim by Allies
7,500–8,500: RAF fighter-bomber attacks on and,
2,300–17,000: Operation Punishment: Bombing of Belgrade by Nazi Germany
2,000–5,000: Bombing of Le Havre by Allied forces
1,500–4,000: Bombing of Caen by Allied forces
2,500: Bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy
1,200: Allied bombing of Belgrade
800–900: Bombing of Rotterdam by Germany, May 14, 1940.
Other
153–800 – Bombing of Guernica, 26 April 1937
War-related ship disasters

This section lists the ships which were sunk as well as their fatalities in relations to war, whether against enemy, friendly, or neutral ships.

Prior to World War I

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
1,300–1,900	Sultana		Transport steamboat	U.S. POWs formerly held by the Confederate army	Mississippi River, near Memphis	April 27, 1865
900		Great Britain	2nd-rate	Crew	English Channel	October 3, 1744
882–949	Soleil Royal	France	1st-rate	Crew	English Channel	June 3, 1692
838		United Kingdom	1st-rate	Crew	North Sea	December 24, 1811
800+	Kronan		1st-rate	Crew	Baltic Sea	June 1, 1676
800+		Great Britain	1st-rate	Crew	Spithead	August 29, 1782
800		Great Britain	2nd-rate	Crew	Isles of Scilly	October 22, 1707
699	HMS Ramilles	Great Britain	3rd-rate	Crew	Bolt Head	February 15, 1760
673		Great Britain	1st-rate	Crew	Livorno	March 17, 1800
566	General Lyon		Transport	Discharged U.S. soldiers, Confederate POWs	Cape Hatteras	March 31, 1865
600		United Kingdom	3rd-rate	Crew	Wadden Sea	December 28, 1811
555		United Kingdom	3rd-rate	Crew	North Sea	December 24, 1811
380	Mary Rose	England	Carrack	Soldiers, crew	The Solent	July 19, 1545
372	Arniston	United Kingdom	East Indiaman	Soldiers, crew and their families	Cape Agulhas	May 30, 1815

World War I

The loss of two British cruisers to a German naval squadron at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 was followed by the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December where most of the German force was destroyed.
The Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 was the largest naval battle during World War I and resulted in the loss of three British battlecruisers and three armored cruisers.

Estimate of death toll	Name	Country	Ship type	Principal casualties	Where sunk	Date
1,926	Principe Umberto		Troopship	Crew, troops	Adriatic Sea	June 8, 1916
1,450	HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy	United Kingdom	Armored cruisers	Crew	North Sea, near the Netherlands	September 22, 1914
1,255	HMS Queen Mary	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
1,198	RMS Lusitania	United Kingdom	Ocean liner	Crew, civilians	Celtic Sea	May 7, 1915
1,015	HMS Invincible	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
1,013	HMS Indefatigable	United Kingdom	Battlecruiser	Crew	North sea	May 31, 1916
903	HMS Defence	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
919	HMS Good Hope	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	Off of Coronel, Chile	November 1, 1914
843	HMS Vanguard	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Scapa Flow, Scotland	July 19, 1917
839	SMS Pommern		Pre-dreadnought battleship	Crew	North Sea	June 1, 1916
782	SMS Blücher		Armored cruiser	Crew	Dogger Bank	January 24, 1915
860	SMS Scharnhorst		Armored cruiser	Crew	Falkland Islands	December 8, 1914
737	HMS Hampshire	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew, including Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener	Orkney	May 28, 1916
735	HMS Monmouth	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	Off of Coronel, Chile	November 1, 1914
738	HMS Bulwark	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Sheerness	November 26, 1914
857	HMS Black Prince	United Kingdom	Armored cruiser	Crew	North Sea	May 31, 1916
684	Léon Gambetta		Armored cruiser	Crew	Cephalonia	April 29, 1915
646	SS Mendi	United Kingdom	Troopship	Troops	English Channel	Feb 21, 1917
650	Bouvet		Pre-dreadnought battleship	Crew	Dardanelles	March 18, 1915
501	RMS Leinster	United Kingdom	Mail ship	Military personnel	Irish Sea	October 10, 1918
598	SMS Gneisenau		Armored cruiser	Crew	Falkland Islands	December 8, 1914
570	HMS Goliath	United Kingdom	Battleship	Crew	Dardanelles	May 13, 1915
524	HMS Hawke	United Kingdom	Cruiser	Crew	North Sea	October 15, 1914

Post-World War I

World War II

Post-World War II

Non-state terrorist attacks

This section lists terrorist attacks in which at least 50 individuals were killed.

Estimated death toll	Name	Political ideology	Country	Location	Year
2,996+	September 11 attacks	Islamic extremism		New York City, Arlington County, Virginia, and Stonycreek Township	2001
1,566	Camp Speicher massacre	Islamic extremism		Camp Speicher, Tikrit	2014
796	2007 Yazidi communities bombings	Islamic extremism		Kahtaniya and Adnaniyah	2007
587	14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings	Islamic extremism		Mogadishu	2017
449	May 2013 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism		Across Iraq	2013
385	Beslan school hostage crisis	Islamic extremism/Chechen separatism		Beslan	2004
341	2016 Karrada bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2016
329	Air India Flight 182	Sikh extremism		Irish Atlantic airspace	1985
321–345	Makombo massacre	Christian extremism		Haut-Uele District	2009
307	1983 Beirut barracks bombing	State-sponsored Islamic extremism		Beirut	1983
305	2017 Sinai attack	Islamic extremism		Bir al-Abed	2017
300+	2014 Gamboru Ngala attack	Islamic extremism		Gamboru Ngala	2014
300	2016 Mosul massacre	Islamic extremism		Mosul	2016
300	Hamam al-Alil massacre	Islamic extremism		Hamam al-Alil	2016
300	Atiak massacre	Christian terrorism		Atiak	1995
293	Russian apartment bombings	Disputed		Moscow, Volgodonsk, Buynaksk	1999
277	2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings	Islamic extremism		Colombo, Dehiwala, Negombo and Batticaloa	2019
270	Pan Am Flight 103	Disputed		Lockerbie, Scotland	1988
257	1993 Bombay bombings	Islamic extremism		Mumbai	1993
252	2001 Angola train attack	Separatism			2001
245+	Massacre of Trujillo	Right-wing terrorism		Trujillo, Valle del Cauca	1990
244	1979 Grand Mosque seizure	Islamic extremism		Mecca	1979
238	MV Dara	Unknown; possibly Omani separatists	Southwest Asia	Persian Gulf	1961
258–270	Kobani massacre	Islamic extremism		Kobani	2015
224	Metrojet Flight 9268	Islamic extremism		Sinai Peninsula	2015
224	1998 United States embassy bombings	Islamic extremism		Nairobi, Dar es Salaam	1998
215	23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings	Islamic extremism		Sadr City	2006
209	2006 Mumbai train bombings	Islamic extremism		Mumbai	2006
202	2002 Bali bombings	Islamic extremism		Bali	2002
200–800	Rais massacre	Islamic extremism		village of Rais, near Sidi Moussa and south of Algiers	1997
200–400	Bentalha massacre	Islamic extremism		village of Bentalha about 15 km south of Algiers	1997
198	18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2007
193	2004 Madrid train bombings	Islamic extremism		Madrid	2004
185	20 January 2012 Nigeria attacks	Islamic extremism		Mubi, Yola, Gombi, Maiduguri and Kano	2012
184+	Jableh and Tartous bombings	Islamic extremism		Jableh and Tartous	2016
180	2007 Karachi bombing	Islamic extremism		Karachi	2007
178+	2004 Ashura bombings in Iraq	Islamic extremism		Kerbala and Baghdad	2004
175	2008 Mumbai attacks	Islamic extremism		Mumbai	2008
170	Moscow theater hostage crisis	Chechen separatism		Moscow	2002
168	Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis	Chechen separatism		Kizlyar,, and Sovetskoye	1996
168	Oklahoma City bombing	Militia movement		Oklahoma City	1995
166+	Palliyagodella massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Palliyagodella	1992
165+	2000 Walisongo school massacre	Christian terrorism		Poso	2000
160	March 2019 attacks against Fulani herders	Reprisal against Islamic extremism		Ogossagou and Welingara	2019
156	2014 Peshawar school attack	Islamic extremism		Peshawar	2014
155	October 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2009
154	13 July 2018 Pakistan bombings	Islamic extremism		Mastung, Bannu	2018
152	2015 Garissa University College attack	Islamic extremism		Garissa	2015
152	2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre	Islamic extremism		Tal Afar	2007
150+	May 2017 Kabul attack	Unknown		Kabul	2017
150–2,000	2015 Baga massacre	Islamic extremism		Baga	2015
150	St Nedelya Church assault	Communism		Sofia	1925
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment	Maoism		West Midnapore	2010
147	Kattankudy mosque massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Kattankudy	1990
146	Anuradhapura massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Anuradhapura	1996
145	July 2015 Kukawa massacre	Islamic extremism		Kukawa	2015
145	September 2015 Maiduguri bombing	Islamic extremism		Maiduguri	2015
142	2015 Sana'a mosque bombings	Islamic extremism		Sana'a	2015
141	2019 Kaduna State massacre	Islamic extremism		Kaduna State	2019
141	Brak El-Shati airbase raid	Islamic extremism		Wadi al Shatii District	2017
140–256	2017 Camp Shaheen attack	Islamic extremism		Mazar-e-Sharif	2017
140	Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	Chechen separatism		Budyonnovsk	1995
137	November 2015 Paris attacks	Islamic extremism		Paris	2015
135	February 3, 2007 Baghdad market bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2007
134	February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings	Islamic extremism		Sayyidah Zaynab	2016
133+	January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks	Islamic extremism			2011
132	January 2016 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism		Baghdad Miqdadiyah	2016
130	2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing	Islamic extremism		Khan Bani Saad	2015
130	Rafiganj train disaster	Maoism		Rafiganj	2002
127	Peshawar church attack	Islamic extremism		Peshawar	2013
127	December 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2009
127	2005 Al Hillah bombing	Unknown		Al Hillah	2005
127	Aluth Oya massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Aluth Oya	1987
126	2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing	Unknown		Aleppo	2017
125	November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing	Islamic extremism		Hillah	2016
125	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961	Unknown	Indian Ocean		1996
120+	5 January 2006 Iraq bombings	Islamic extremism		Karbala, Ramadi	2006
120	October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Eastern Province	1995
120	2007 Al Hillah bombings	Islamic extremism		Al Hillah	2007
120	2012 Sana'a bombing	Islamic extremism		Sana'a	2012
120	Palace of Justice siege	19th of April Movement		Bogotá	1985
119	Bojayá massacre	Right-wing terrorism		Choco	2002
117	28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing	Islamic extremism		Peshawar	2009
117	2004 Irbil bombings	Islamic extremism		Irbil	2004
116	2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing	Islamic extremism			2004
115	2006 São Paulo violence outbreak	Primeiro Comando da Capital		São Paulo	2006
114+	10 May 2010 Iraq attacks	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
114	March 2017 Damascus bombings	Islamic extremism		Damascus	2017
113+	2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
113	Colombo Central Bus Station bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Colombo	1987
112	September 14, 2005 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2005
112	Avianca Flight 203	Narcoterrorism			1989
112	Gulf Air Flight 771	Palestinian nationalism		Dubai	1983
110	10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing	Islamic extremism		Orakzai	2008
109	2015 Ankara bombings	Islamic extremism		Ankara	2015
105	2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing	Islamic extremism		Lakki Marwat	2010
104	Mohmand Agency attack	Islamic extremism		Mohmand Agency	2010
103	2018 Kabul ambulance bombing	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2018
102+	December 2016 Aden suicide bombings	Islamic extremism		Aden	2016
102	First Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism		Tyre	1982
101	May 2016 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2016
101	19 August 2009 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2009
100+	March 2017 Kabul attack	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2017
100+	2011 Damaturu attacks	Islamic extremism			2011
100	2011 Mogadishu bombing	Islamic extremism		Mogadishu	2011
100	2008 Kandahar bombing	Islamic extremism		Kandahar	2008
100	Musayyib fuel tanker bombing	Islamic extremism		Musayyib	2005
100	Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking	Communism		Tanjung Kupang	1977
100	Bolgrad palace bombing	Bessarabian separatism		Bolgrad	1921
99+	Kha Maung Seik massacre	Rohingya nationalism/Islamic extremism		Maungdaw District	2017
98	May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore	Islamic extremism		Lahore	2010
98	1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2008
96+	June 2017 Pakistan bombings	Islamic extremism		Quetta, Parachinar, Karachi	2017
92–103	2006 Digampathana bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Digampathana	2006
92	17 August 2019 Kabul bombing	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2019
92	2017 Sehwan suicide bombing	Islamic extremism		Sehwan	2017
91	Colombo Central Bank bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Colombo	1996
91	King David Hotel bombing	Zionist terrorism		Jerusalem	1946
90	December 2019 Mogadishu bombing	Islamic extremism		Mogadishu	2019
90	2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks	Islamic extremism		Sharm el-Sheikh	2005
89	Russian airplane bombings	Chechen separatism		Moscow	2004
88	TWA Flight 841	Palestinian nationalism	Ionian Sea		1974
88	22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2007
87	2016 Nice truck attack	Islamic extremism		Nice	2016
86	2018 Mubi suicide bombings	Islamic extremism		Mubi	2018
86	AMIA Bombing	Islamic extremism/anti-semitism		Buenos Aires	1994
85	April 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
85	Buratha Mosque bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2006
85	Bologna massacre	Neo-fascism		Bologna	1980
84	2017 Nasiriyah attacks	Islamic extremism		Nasiriyah	2017
83	2002 Grozny truck bombing	Chechen separatism		Grozny	2002
83	Imam Ali Mosque bombing	Islamic extremism		Najaf	2003
81	2008 Assam bombings	Assamese separatism		Assam	2008
80+	July 2016 Kabul bombing	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2016
80	Jaipur bombings	Islamic extremism		Jaipur	2008
78	Bombing of Cubana de Aviación Flight 455	Right-wing terrorism		Atlantic Ocean	1976
77	2011 Norway attacks	Neo-fascism		Oslo and Utøya	2011
77	2017 Gao bombing	Islamic extremism		Gao	2017
76	February 12, 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2007
76	2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada	Maoism		Dantewada, Chhattisgarh	2010
75	2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghlan	2008
75	2016 Lahore suicide bombing	Islamic extremism		Lahore	2016
74	July 2010 Kampala attacks	Islamic extremism		Kampala	2010
74	2005 Khanaqin bombings	Islamic extremism		Khanaqin	2005
74	21 April 2004 Basra bombings	Islamic extremism		Basra	2004
74	2004 Kufa shelling	Unknown		Kufa	2004
73	Haska Meyna mosque bombing	Islamic extremism		Haska Meyna District	2019
73+	September 2010 Quetta bombing	Islamic extremism		Quetta	2010
73	20 June 2009 Taza bombing	Islamic extremism		Taza	2009
73	Hafte Tir bombing	Unknown		Tehran	1981
72+	March 2010 Lahore bombings	Islamic extremism		Lahore	2010
70+	July 2010 Baghdad attacks	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
70	February 2016 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2016
70	2008 Wah bombing	Islamic extremism		Wah	2008
70	2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing	Unclear		Baghdad	2007
69+	17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
69+	2017 Borno State attack	Islamic extremism		Borno State	2010
69	April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2018
69	June 2009 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2009
68	6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2008
68	2007 Samjhauta Express bombings	Disputed			2007
68	2004 Baqubah bombing	Unclear		Baqubah	2004
67	Westgate shopping mall shooting	Islamic extremism		Nairobi	2013
67	In Amenas hostage crisis	Islamic extremism		In Amenas	2013
67	19 December 2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings	Islamic extremism		Karbala	2004
67	1929 Hebron massacre	Palestinian nationalism		Hebron	1929
66	2010 Darra Adam Khel mosque bombing	Islamic extremism		Darra Adam Khel	2010
66	Kebithigollewa massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Kebithigollewa	2006
66	Cyprus Airways Flight 284	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea		1967
65	2019 Nganzai funeral attack	Islamic extremism		Nganzai	2019
64	February 2016 Homs bombings	Islamic extremism		Homs	2016
64	April 2016 Kabul attack	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2016
64	1996 Dehiwala train bombing	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Dehiwala	1996
63	Luxor massacre	Islamic extremism		Luxor	1997
63	12 February 2007 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2007
63	DAS Building bombing	Narcoterrorism		Bogotá	1989
63	Iraqi Airways Flight 163	Islamic extremism		Arar	1986
63	April 1983 US Embassy bombing	Islamic extremism		Beirut	1983
62	Kent and Dollar Farm massacres	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Vavuniya	1984
62	1999 Vladikavkaz bombing	Chechen separatism		Vladikavkaz	1999
62	1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing	Islamic extremism		Sadr City	2006
62	29 October 2005 Delhi bombings	Islamic extremism		Delhi	2005
62	24 June 2004 Mosul bombings	Islamic extremism		Mosul	2004
60	2005 Amman bombings	Islamic extremism		Amman	2005
60	EgyptAir Flight 648	Palestinian nationalism		Athens	1985
60	Second Tyre truck bombing attack	Islamic extremism		Tyre	1983
60	January 2017 Azaz bombing	Islamic extremism		Azaz	2017
59	2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer	Islamic extremism		Bulo Marer	2018
59	January 2017 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2017
59	2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing	Chechen separatism		Znamenskoye	2003
58	2010 Baghdad church attack	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
58	6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
58	April 2010 Kohat bombings	Islamic extremism		Kohat	2010
58	2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2008
58	1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing	Palestinian nationalism		Jerusalem	1948
57	August 2016 Gaziantep bombing	Islamic extremism		Gaziantep	2016
57	Nishtar Park bombing	Islamic extremism		Karachi	2006
57	2003 Istanbul Bombings	Islamic extremism		Istanbul	2003
56	2008 Ahmedabad bombings	Islamic extremism		Ahmedabad	2008
56	7 July 2005 London bombings	Islamic extremism		London	2005
55	Lionair Flight 602	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Jaffna	1998
54	1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing	Islamic extremism		Baghdad	2010
54	Gonagala massacre	Tamil nationalism/separatism		Gonagala	1999
54	December 2009 Lahore attacks	Unclear		Lahore	2009
54	Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing	Islamic extremism		Islamabad	2008
53+	25 August 2010 Iraq bombings	Islamic extremism/Baathism		Kut	2010
52	2011 Monterrey casino attack	Narcoterrorism		Monterrey	2011
52	2003 Mumbai bombings	Islamic extremism		Mumbai	2003
52	Reyhanlı bombings	Disputed		Reyhanlı	2013
51	17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing	Unknown		Baghdad	2008
50+	Dera Ghazi Khan bombings	Islamic extremism		Dera Ghazi Khan	2011
50+	December 2010 Mohmand Agency bombings	Islamic extremism		Mohmand Agency	2010
50	2016 Orlando nightclub shooting	Islamic extremism		Orlando	2016
51	Christchurch mosque shootings	Far-right extremism		Christchurch	2019
50	February 2018 Mogadishu attack	Islamic extremism		Mogadishu	2018
50	December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing	Islamic extremism		Kabul	2017
50	5 April 2010 Peshawar bombings	Islamic extremism		Peshawar	2010
50	July 2010 Lahore bombings	Unknown		Lahore	2010

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