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Susa Massacre, also known as Massacre of Yolaç Village, was a massacre directed on residents of Susa (Yolaç) village in Silvan that were praying in a mosque by PKK on June 26th 1992. 10 civillians were killed as a result of shooting by a firing squad.

Massacre
At around 22.30, Silvan's Yolaç village was raided by a large group of PKK militants. Upon taking over the control of village's surroundings, militants headed towards the Yolaç Village Mosque. PKK militants, after forcefully bringing civilians outside while they were praying in mosque, laid civilians down and shot them.

According to a witness, victims of the massacre used to pray every night at the mosque. During the night of the massacre, one of the victims stated he saw mosque getting surrounded. Militants who were surrounding the mosque said that they were soldiers and they were coming from Bismil. Upon this statement, villagers in mosque continued to pray. But then, PKK militants entered the mosque and bringed the villagers out. 10 people including Imam of the mosque, Haluk Fidancı, were killed at the location of the massacre while 4 injured civilian were taken care of in Diyarbakır Faculty of Medicine and Silvan State Hospital.