This is a list of massacres of ethnic Bosniaks.
Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Victims (highest estimate) |
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Šahovići massacre | 9-10 November 1924 | Šahovići | Orthodox Christian mob | 900 |
Genocide of Bosniaks in World War II | 1941-45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak | Chetniks | c. 100,000 [1] |
Artovac massacre | 28 June 1941 | Avtovac | Chetniks | 47 [2] |
Drvar massacre | 27 July 1941 | Drvar | Chetniks, Yugoslav Partisans | 200 [3] |
Višegrad massacres (1941) | July–August 1941 | Višegrad | Serb villagers | 500 [4] |
Berkovići massacre | 26-28 August 1941 | Berkovići | Chetniks | 300 [5] [6] |
Zaklopača massacre | August 1941 | Srebrenica | Chetniks | 81 [7] |
Plana masssacre | 3 September 1941 | Plana | Chetniks | 425 [8] |
Kulen Vakuf massacre | 6-8 September 1941 | Kulen Vakuf | Chetniks, Yugoslav Partisans | c. 3,000 (captured soldiers and civilians) [9] |
Rogatica massacre | October 1941-January 1942 | Rogatica | Chetniks | 2,000 [10] |
Prača massacre | Mid November 1941 | Prača | Chetniks | 63 [10] |
Koraj massacre | 28 November 1941 | Koraj, near Brčko | Chetniks | 100+ |
Čajniče massacre | December 1941 | Čajniče | Chetniks | 418 [11] |
Divin massacre | December 1941 | Divin | Chetniks | 423 [11] |
Sopotnik massacre | December 1941 | Sopotnik, near Zvornik | Chetniks | 86 [12] |
Foča massacre (1941) | 5 December 1941–January 1942 | Foča | Chetniks, aided by Royal Italian Army | 2,000 [13] [14] |
Goražde massacre | 30 December 1941 – 26 January 1942 | Goražde | Chetniks | 2,050 [11] [15] |
Žepa massacre | late 1941 | Žepa | Chetniks | c. 300 [16] |
Čelebić massacre | January 1942 | Čelebić | Chetniks | 54 [16] |
Srebrenica massacre (1942) | January 1942 | Srebrenica and surrounding areas | Chetniks | c. 1,000 [17] |
Višegrad massacre (1942) | January 1942 | Višegrad | Chetniks | 1,000+ [16] |
Drakan massacre | 3 March 1942 | Drakan | Chetniks | 42 [17] |
Resnik massacre | 5 March 1942 | Resnik | Chetniks | 51 [10] |
Foča massacre (1942) | August 1942 | Foča | Chetniks | c. 3,000 [4] [14] |
Ustikolina massacre | August 1942 | Ustikolina | Chetniks | 2,500 [6] |
Bijelo Polje massacres | January 1943 | Bijelo Polje | Chetniks | c. 1,000 |
Massacres in Pljevlja, Priboj, Čajniče and Foča | January–February 1943 | Pljevlja, Priboj, Čajniče, Foča districts and surrounding villages | Chetniks | c. 9,200 [18] [19] |
Bukovica massacre | 4-7 February 1943 | Bukovica, Pljevlja | Chetniks | 576+ |
Kasidoli massacre | February 5, 1943 | Kasidoli, Priboj | Chetniks | 227 [20] |
Goražde massacre (1943) | March 1943 | Goražde | Chetniks | 500 [21] |
Višegrad massacre (1943) | 5 October 1943 | Višegrad | Chetniks | 2,000+ [22] |
Goažde massacre (1944) | May 1944 | Goražde | Chetniks | c. 50 [23] |
Bosnian genocide | 1992-1995 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), Scorpions paramilitary group | c. 34,000 [24] |
Sanski Most ethnic cleansing | 1992-1995 | Sanski Most | VRS | 842 [25] |
Doboj ethnic cleansing (1992) | April–October 1992 | Doboj | VRS | 322 |
Bijeljina massacre | 1-2 April 1992 | Bijeljina | VRS, JNA | 78 |
Foča ethnic cleansing | 7 April 1992-January 1994 | Foča | Serb forces | 2,707 |
Snagovo massacre | 29 April 1992 | Snagovo | Serb forces | 36 |
Vlasenica | May–September 1992 | Vlasenica | VRS, JNA | 279 [26] |
Glogova massacre | 9 May 1992 | Glogova | VRS, JNA | 64 |
Suha massacre | 10 May 1992 | Suha | VRS | 38 [27] |
Zaklopača massacre | 16 May 1992 | Zaklopača and Milići | VRS, JNA | 83 |
Nova Kasaba massacre | 17 May 1992 | Nova Kasaba | Serb forces including White Eagles | 29 [28] |
Zvornik massacre | April–July 1992 | Zvornik | Serb forces | 700 (includes some Romani civilians) |
Višegrad massacres | April–August 1992 | Višegrad | VRS, JNA | 3,000 |
Bosanska Jagodina massacre | 26 May 1992 | Crnčići | Yellow Wasps, VRS | 17 |
Zijemlje massacre | June 1992 | Zijemlje | Serb forces | 100 [29] |
Bijeli Potok massacre | 1 June 1992 | Bijeli Potok | Yellow Wasps, VRS | 675 |
Ahatovići massacre | 14 June 1992 | Ahatovići (Novi Grad Sarajevo) | VRS | 47 |
Pionirska Street fire | 14 June 1992 | Višegrad | VRS, White Eagles | 59; victims were women and children locked in a house and burned alive |
Paklenik massacre | 15 June 1992 | Rogatica | VRS | 50 |
Bikavac fire | 27 June 1992 | Bikavac | VRS | 60; victims were mostly women and children, burned alive in their homes by Serb troops |
Biljani massacre | 10 July 1992 | Biljani | Serb forces | 150 [30] |
Barimo massacre | 2 August 1992 | Barimo | VRS | 26; village burnt down, Islamic religious buildings destroyed |
Mičivode massacre | 20 September 1992 | Mičivode | VRS | 42 |
Novoseoci massacre | 22 September 1992 | Novoseoci | VRS | 45; local mosque destroyed, many women raped |
Sjeverin massacre | 22 October 1992 | Sjeverin | White Eagles | 16 |
Grabovica massacre | November 1992 | Grabovica, Kotor Varoš | VRS | 150 [31] |
Duša killings | 7 January 1993 | Duša | Croatian Defence Council (HVO) | 7; Bosniak homes burnt down following HVO takeover of the village |
Ahmići massacre | 16 April 1993 | Ahmići | HVO | 120; 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 1993 | Sovići and Doljani | HVO, Croatian Army (HV) | 18; Bosniak homes and mosques burned down |
Zenica massacre | 19 April 1993 | Zenica | HVO | 16 |
Kiseljak massacre | 12-16 June 1993 | Kiseljak | HVO | 78 |
Vrbanja massacre | 17-28 July 1993 | Vrbanja (Bugojno) | HVO | 45 |
Mokronoge massacre | 10 August 1993 | Mokronoge, near Tomislavgrad | HVO | 9 |
Stupni Do massacre | 23 October 1993 | Stupni Do | HVO | 37; several Muslim women raped, children and men beaten, robbed of every possession, some burned alive |
Markale massacres | 5 February 1994 | Sarajevo | VRS | 68 |
Tuzla massacre | 25 May 1995 | Tuzla | VRS | 71 |
Srebrenica massacre | 11-31 July 1995 | Srebrenica | VRS, Scorpions | 8,372; only massacre in Europe recognized as genocide since the Second World War |
Trnova massacre | 20 September 1995 | Trnova, Sanski Most | Serb Volunteer Guard | 11 [32] |
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