List of massacres of Bosnian Muslims

This is a list of massacres of Bosnian Muslims.

List

Name Date Location Perpetrators Victims (highest estimate)
Šahovići massacre 9-10 November 1924 Šahovići Orthodox Christian mob 900
Artovac massacre 28

June 1941

Avtovac Chetniks 47[1]
Drvar massacre 27 July 1941 Drvar Chetniks, Yugoslav Partisans 200[2]
Višegrad massacres (1941) July–August 1941 Višegrad Serb villagers 500[3]
Berkovići massacre 26-28 August 1941 Berkovići Chetniks 300[4][5]
Zaklopača massacre August 1941 Srebrenica Chetniks 81[6]
Plana masssacre 3 September 1941 Plana Chetniks 425[7]
Kulen Vakuf massacre 6-8 September 1941 Kulen Vakuf Chetniks, Yugoslav Partisans c. 3,000 (captured soldiers and civilians)[8]
Rogatica massacre October 1941-January 1942 Rogatica Chetniks 2,000[9]
Prača massacre Mid November 1941 Prača Chetniks 63[9]
Koraj massacre 28 November 1941 Koraj, near Brčko Chetniks 100+
Čajniče massacre December 1941 Čajniče Chetniks 418[10]
Divin massacre December 1941 Divin Chetniks 423[10]
Sopotnik massacre December 1941 Sopotnik, near Zvornik Chetniks 86[11]
Foča massacre (1941) 5 December 1941–January 1942 Foča Chetniks, aided by Royal Italian Army 2,000[12][13]
Goražde massacre 30 December 1941 – 26 January 1942 Goražde Chetniks 2,050[10][14]
Žepa massacre late 1941 Žepa Chetniks c. 300[15]
Čelebić massacre January 1942 Čelebić Chetniks 54[15]
Srebrenica massacre (1942) January 1942 Srebrenica and surrounding areas Chetniks c. 1,000[16]
Višegrad massacre (1942) January 1942 Višegrad Chetniks 1,000+[15]
Drakan massacre 3 March 1942 Drakan Chetniks 42[16]
Resnik massacre 5 March 1942 Resnik Chetniks 51[9]
Foča massacre (1942) August 1942 Foča Chetniks c. 3,000[3][13]
Ustikolina massacre August 1942 Ustikolina Chetniks 2,500[5]
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[17][18]
Bukovica massacre 4-7 February 1943 Bukovica, Pljevlja Chetniks 576+
Kasidoli massacre February 5, 1943 Kasidoli, Priboj Chetniks 227[19]
Goražde massacre (1943) March 1943 Goražde Chetniks 500[20]
Višegrad massacre (1943) 5 October 1943 Višegrad Chetniks 2,000+[21]
Goažde massacre (1944) May 1944 Goražde Chetniks c. 50[22]
Bosnian genocide 1992-1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), Scorpions paramilitary group c. 34,000[23]
Sanski Most ethnic cleansing 1992-1995 Sanski Most VRS 842[24]
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
Prijedor ethnic cleansing 30 April 1992–1993 Prijedor VRS 3,515[25]
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; Muslim homes burnt down following HVO takeover of the village
Ahmići massacre 16 April 1993 Ahmići HVO 120; nearly all Muslim 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; Muslim 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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