List of massacres of Bosniaks

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This is a list of massacres of ethnic Bosniaks.

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NameDateLocationPerpetratorsVictims (highest estimate)
Šahovići massacre 9-10 November 1924ŠahovićiOrthodox Christian mob900
Genocide of Bosniaks in World War II1941-45 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc. 100,000 [1]
Artovac massacre28

June 1941

Avtovac Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks47 [2]
Drvar massacre27 July 1941 Drvar Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks, Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Yugoslav Partisans 200 [3]
Višegrad massacres (1941)July–August 1941 Višegrad Serb villagers500 [4]
Berkovići massacre26-28 August 1941 Berkovići Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks300 [5] [6]
Zaklopača massacreAugust 1941 Srebrenica Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks81 [7]
Plana masssacre3 September 1941 Plana Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks425 [8]
Kulen Vakuf massacre 6-8 September 1941 Kulen Vakuf Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks, Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Yugoslav Partisansc.3,000 (captured soldiers and civilians) [9]
Rogatica massacreOctober 1941-January 1942 Rogatica Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks2,000 [10]
Prača massacreMid November 1941 Prača Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks63 [10]
Koraj massacre 28 November 1941Koraj, near Brčko Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks100+
Čajniče massacreDecember 1941 Čajniče Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks418 [11]
Divin massacreDecember 1941 Divin Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks423 [11]
Sopotnik massacreDecember 1941Sopotnik, near Zvornik Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks86 [12]
Foča massacre (1941)5 December 1941–January 1942 Foča Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks, aided by Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Royal Italian Army 2,000 [13] [14]
Goražde massacre30 December 1941 – 26 January 1942 Goražde Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks2,050 [11] [15]
Žepa massacrelate 1941 Žepa Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc.300 [16]
Čelebić massacreJanuary 1942 Čelebić Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks54 [16]
Srebrenica massacre (1942)January 1942Srebrenica and surrounding areas Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc.1,000 [17]
Višegrad massacre (1942)January 1942Višegrad Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks1,000+ [16]
Drakan massacre3 March 1942Drakan Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks42 [17]
Resnik massacre5 March 1942 Resnik Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks51 [10]
Foča massacre (1942)August 1942Foča Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc.3,000 [4] [14]
Ustikolina massacreAugust 1942 Ustikolina Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks2,500 [6]
Bijelo Polje massacresJanuary 1943 Bijelo Polje Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc.1,000
Massacres in Pljevlja, Priboj, Čajniče and FočaJanuary–February 1943 Pljevlja, Priboj, Čajniče, Foča districts and surrounding villages Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc.9,200 [18] [19]
Bukovica massacre 4-7 February 1943 Bukovica, Pljevlja Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks576+
Kasidoli massacreFebruary 5, 1943Kasidoli, Priboj Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks227 [20]
Goražde massacre (1943)March 1943Goražde Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks500 [21]
Višegrad massacre (1943)5 October 1943Višegrad Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniks2,000+ [22]
Goažde massacre (1944)May 1944Goražde Flag of the Chetniks.svg Chetniksc.50 [23]
Bosnian genocide 1992-1995Bosnia and HerzegovinaPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg Yugoslav People's Army (JNA),Patch of the Scorpions.svg Scorpions paramilitary group c.34,000 [24]
Sanski Most ethnic cleansing1992-1995 Sanski Most Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS842 [25]
Doboj ethnic cleansing (1992) April–October 1992 Doboj Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS322
Bijeljina massacre 1-2 April 1992 Bijeljina Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg JNA78
Foča ethnic cleansing 7 April 1992-January 1994Foča Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Serb forces2,707
Snagovo massacre 29 April 1992 Snagovo Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Serb forces36
VlasenicaMay–September 1992 Vlasenica Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg JNA279 [26]
Glogova massacre 9 May 1992 Glogova Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg JNA64
Suha massacre10 May 1992 Suha Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS38 [27]
Zaklopača massacre 16 May 1992Zaklopača and MilićiPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg JNA83
Nova Kasaba massacre17 May 1992 Nova Kasaba Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Serb forces including White Eagles 29 [28]
Zvornik massacre April–July 1992 Zvornik Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Serb forces700 (includes some Romani civilians)
Višegrad massacres April–August 1992VišegradPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg JNA3,000
Bosanska Jagodina massacre 26 May 1992Crnčići Yellow Wasps, Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS17
Zijemlje massacreJune 1992 Zijemlje Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg Serb forces100 [29]
Bijeli Potok massacre 1 June 1992Bijeli PotokYellow Wasps, Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS675
Ahatovići massacre 14 June 1992 Ahatovići (Novi Grad Sarajevo) Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS47
Pionirska Street fire 14 June 1992VišegradPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, White Eagles59; victims were women and children locked in a house and burned alive
Paklenik massacre 15 June 1992RogaticaPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS50
Bikavac fire 27 June 1992BikavacPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS60; victims were mostly women and children, burned alive in their homes by Serb troops
Biljani massacre10 July 1992BiljaniFlag of Serbia (1992-2004).svg Serb forces150 [30]
Barimo massacre 2 August 1992 Barimo Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS26; village burnt down, Islamic religious buildings destroyed
Mičivode massacre 20 September 1992 Mičivode Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS42
Novoseoci massacre 22 September 1992 Novoseoci Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS45; local mosque destroyed, many women raped
Sjeverin massacre 22 October 1992SjeverinWhite Eagles16
Grabovica massacreNovember 1992 Grabovica, Kotor Varoš Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS150 [31]
Duša killings 7 January 1993 Duša Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg Croatian Defence Council (HVO) 7; Bosniak homes burnt down following HVO takeover of the village
Ahmići massacre 16 April 1993 Ahmići Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO120; nearly all Bosniak homes burned down, several Islamic religious buildings destroyed, 2 mosques mined deliberately and 1 destroyed with explosives laid at the base of its minaret
Sovići and Doljani killings 17 April 1993Sovići and DoljaniFlag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO, Flag of Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg Croatian Army (HV) 18; Bosniak homes and mosques burned down
Zenica massacre 19 April 1993 Zenica Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO16
Kiseljak massacre 12-16 June 1993 Kiseljak Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO78
Vrbanja massacre 17-28 July 1993 Vrbanja (Bugojno) Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO45
Mokronoge massacre 10 August 1993Mokronoge, near Tomislavgrad Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO9
Stupni Do massacre 23 October 1993 Stupni Do Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg HVO37; several Muslim women raped, children and men beaten, robbed of every possession, some burned alive
Markale massacres 5 February 1994 Sarajevo Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS68
Tuzla massacre 25 May 1995 Tuzla Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS71
Srebrenica massacre 11-31 July 1995SrebrenicaPatch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg VRS, Patch of the Scorpions.svg Scorpions8,372; only massacre in Europe recognized as genocide since the Second World War
Trnova massacre20 September 1995 Trnova, Sanski Most Flag of the Serb Volunteer Guard.svg Serb Volunteer Guard 11 [32]

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