List of massacres in Albania

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Albania (numbers may be approximate):

Ottoman Period

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars	1912–1913	throughout Albania	up to 100,000 Albanians killed or died [1] [2]	Serbian, Greek and Montenegrin armies massacred Albanian civilians and many also died from hunger and sicknesses

WWI

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Hormova massacre	April 29, 1914	Hormovë	217	Albanian men and boys were massacred by the Greek army in 1914. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Massacre at Panariti	July 10, 1914	Panarit	375	Albanians were massacred by Greek forces during WWI. [7] [8] [9]
Korça massacres	May 1914	Korçë	hundreds	Multiple massacres occurred in the district of Korçë against Albanians by Greek soldiers. [10]

WWII

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Borovë massacre	July 9, 1943	Borovë	107	Nazi German forces killed civilians as a reprisal for a partisan attack [11]

Communist Period

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Communist purges in Albania in 1944	November 1944	Tirana	over 150 political and religious executions	Killing of intellectuals and Catholic clergy after the liberation of Albania
Elimination of opposition in 1947	1947	Tirana	16	Killing of 16 Non-communists in Opposition [12]
1951 executions	February 26, 1951	Tirana	22	Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trial [13]
Libofshë massacre	June 1992	Libofshë	5	Brothers Ditbardh and Josef Cuko kill five members of the same family with metal bars during a robbery in the town of Libofshë. The brothers were executed for the massacre, with their hanged bodies being displayed in public. [14]

Modern Period

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Massacre of 28 February 1997	February 28, 1997	Vlorë	9
Massacre of Levan	March 28, 1997	Levan	24
Massacre of Cërrik	May 23, 1997	Cërrik, Elbasan	6	22 wounded
Ura Vajgurore massacre	June 17, 1997	Ura Vajgurore	5	6 wounded
Durrës shootout	August 7, 2009	Durrës	5
Albanian opposition demonstrations	January 21, 2011	Tirana	4	150+ wounded
Resulaj shooting	August 10, 2018	Resulaj, Selenicë, Vlorë County	8	Ritvan Zykaj shoots and kills 8 of his relatives using a Kalashnikov
Dan Hutra femicides [15]	March 1, 2023	Tirana surroundings	3	3 wounded

References

1. Trix, Frances (2017). Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul: Identity and Trauma Among Balkan Immigrants. Bloomsbury. p. 16. ISBN   978-1-78453-609-1. not including an estimated 100,000 dead in Albania
2. United States Department of State (1943). Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 115. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. "1915 | Mid'hat bey Frashëri: The Epirus Question - the Martyrdom of a People". www.albanianhistory.net.
4. Destani, Bejtullah D. (2003). Ethnic Minorities in the Balkan States, 1860-1971: 1914-1923. Archive Editions. ISBN   978-1-84097-035-7 . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
5. Swire, Joseph (1937). King Zog's Albania. Liveright. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
6. "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
7. Çemerica, Haxhi; Buzali, Ilir (1984). Riza Kodheli (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". Retrieved 10 August 2023.
8. Tomori, Kosta Papa (2012). Barbaritë greke në Shqipëri: kujtime historike, 1913-1914 (in Albanian). Naimi. ISBN   978-9928-109-38-5 . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
9. "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
10. Elsie, Robert. "1914 Christo Dako: Terrible Greek Atrocities in the District of Kortcha". albanianhistory.net.
11. Mayer, Herman Frank (2008). Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg (in German). Links Christoph Verlag. pp. 159–167. ISBN   978-3-86153-447-1.
12. "10 tetor 1947, dita kur u vra opozitarizmi". kujto.al. October 10, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
13. "Shqipëri: 26 shkurt 1951 regjimi komunist ekzekuton 22 intelektualë shqiptarë". Radiovaticana.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
14. "Dënimi i fundit me vdekje për masakrën e Libofshës/ Kush ishin dy vëllezërit që u varën në mes të Fierit! Ngjarja që tronditi Shqipërinë në vitin 1992". Gazeta Panorama . 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
15. "The murder of 3 women, a protest in front of the Ministry of Justice: Valentine's flowers, March 8, are turning us into death flowers". voxnews . 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.