List of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The following is a list of massacre

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s that have occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

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Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Description
Ahatovići massacre	1992 - 06	Ahatovići Ahatovici Ahatovići massacre refers to a massacre committed by the Serbs of 47-50 Bosniaks from the village of Ahatovići, in the municipality of Novi Grad, Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.-Background:...	47-50
Ahmići massacre Ahmici massacre Ahmići massacre was the culmination of the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing committed by the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia's political and military leadership on Bosniak civilians during the Croat-Bosniak war in April 1993...	1993 - 04	Ahmići Ahmici Ahmići is a village in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Vitez in the Lašva river valley.In April 1993 during Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing, the Croatian Defence Council forces indiscriminately attacked the village and massacred around 120 civilians, which is...	116
Barimo Massacre Barimo Massacre Barimo Massacre, is the massacre of 26 Bosniaks in Barimo village in Visegrad Municipality in August 1992 by the Bosnian Serb Army. The victims were mostly women and children.The entire village was burnt down and destroyed, including religious buildings.The oldest victim was Hanka Halilović, born...	1992 - 08	Barimo Barimo Barimo is a village in the Višegrad Municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the site of the Barimo Massacre. According to the 1991 census, it had a population of 78 people.-References:...	26
Bijeljina massacre Bijeljina massacre The Bijeljina massacre refers to the killings of Bosniaks by the Serbian paramilitary group Arkan's Tigers during the Bosnian war. A number of Serbs who attempted to stop the massacre were also killed. At least 48 civilians were killed. Local courts have not filed a single war-crimes indictment...	1992 - 04	Bijeljina Bijeljina Bijeljina is a city and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is the second largest in the Republika Srpska entity after Banja Luka and fifth largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is situated on the flat rich plains of Semberija...	48
Čemerno massacre Čemerno massacre The Čemerno massacre was an alleged massacre of the Serbs in the village of Čemerno, in the Ilijaš Municipality, near Sarajevo, on June 10, 1992, during the Bosnian War.Immediately after the incident, one of the survivors was recorded by British television...	1992 - 06 - 10	Čemerno Čemerno Čemerno is a mountain in western Serbia, near the town of Ivanjica. Its highest peak Smrdljuč has an altitude of 1579 meters above sea level.-External links:... , Ilijaš Ilijaš Ilijaš is a town and municipality located north east of the inner city of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-1971:According to 1971 population census there were 23.007 residents. Serbs - 10.941 * Muslims - 9.187... (near Sarajevo Sarajevo Sarajevo \|Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.... )	29-32
Čelebić massacre	1941 - 01	Čelebić Čelebić Čelebić is a village in the municipality of Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...	54	Chetniks massacred fifty-four Muslims in Čelebić and burned down the village.
Drakan massacre	1941 - 03 - 03	Drakan Drakan Drakan is an action-adventure video game series developed by Surreal Software and set in a high fantasy world simply referred as Drakan by gamers...	42	Chetniks burned forty-two Muslim villagers to death.
Duša massacre Duša massacre The Duša massacre was a massacre on Bosniak women and children committed by Croats in the village of Duša near Gornji Vakuf. It was committed on January 15, 1993. Around ten civilians were killed in an artillery attack. This massacre is also referred to as Forgotten massacre as there is still no...	1993 - 01 - 15	Duša Duša Duša is a village in the municipality of Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:... near Gornji Vakuf Gornji Vakuf Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje is a town and municipality in Central Bosnia , located between Bugojno, Prozor, Kupres, Novi Travnik and Konjic. It is under the administration of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...	10
Foča massacres (World War II)	1941 - 12 - 05 & 1942 - 08	Foča Foca Foča is a town and municipality in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river, in the Foča Region of the Republika Srpska entity.-Early history:...	2,000+	Chetniks received the town of Foča from the Italians and proceeded to massacre around five hundred Muslims. Additional massacres against the Muslims in the area of Foča were carried out in August 1942.
Foča massacres Foca massacres The Foča massacres, also known as the Foča genocide, were a series of killings committed by Serb military, police and paramilitary forces on Bosniak civilians in the Foča region of Bosnia and Herzegovina from April 7, 1992 to January 1994... (Bosnian War)	1992 - 04 - 07 to 1994 - 01	Foča Foca Foča is a town and municipality in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river, in the Foča Region of the Republika Srpska entity.-Early history:...	2,704
Goražde massacre	1941 - 11 - 29	Goražde Goražde Goražde , is a city and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river. It is located between Foča, Sokolac and Višegrad, and is administratively part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the center of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton.-Location:Goražde is situated on the...	65	Several hundred Muslims murdered by the Chetniks and their bodies left hanging in the town or thrown into the Drina river.
Glogova massacre Glogova Massacre The Glogova massacre was the massacre of 65 Bosniak civilians by Serb forces, consisting of the Bratunac Territorial Defence and the police in Bratunac...	1992 - 05 - 08	Glogova Glogova Glogova is a commune in Gorj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cămuieşti, Cleşneşti, Glogova, Iormăneşti and Olteanu....	65
Prebilovci massacre Prebilovci massacre The Prebilovci Massacre was one of many atrocities perpetrated by the Croatian Ustasha regime in the Independent State of Croatia during the World War II persecution of Serbs...	1941 - 08 - 04 to 06	Prebilovci Prebilovci Prebilovci , a village in Herzegovina, near the city of Čapljina . Prebilovci was first mentioned in the 15th century. The village has a population of roughly around 50 inhabitants....	650
Prijedor massacre Prijedor massacre The Prijedor massacre, also known as the Prijedor ethnic cleansing or the Prijedor genocide, refers to numerous war crimes committed during the Bosnian war by the Serb political and military leadership mostly on Bosniak civilians in the Prijedor region of Bosnia-Herzegovina...	1992	Prijedor Prijedor Prijedor is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina region....	14,000
Prozor massacre	1942 - 10 - 14 to 15	Prozor	543	Chetniks kill Catholic and Muslim civilians under the suspicion that they harbored and aided the Yugoslav Partisans.
Sjeverin massacre Sjeverin massacre The Sjeverin massacre was the massacre on 22 October 1992 of 16 Bosniak citizens of Serbia from the village of Sjeverin abducted from a Serbian bus in the village of Mioče, on Bosnian territory. The abductees were taken to the Vilina Vlas hotel in Višegrad where they were tortured before being...	1992 - 10 - 22	Višegrad Višegrad Višegrad is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is on the river Drina, located on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia.-History:...	16
Srebrenica massacre (World War II)	1941 - 01	Srebrenica Srebrenica Srebrenica is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War, the town was the site of the July 1995 massacre,...	1,000	Chetniks killed around a thousand Muslim civilians in the town and in nearby villages.
Srebrenica massacre Srebrenica massacre The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, refers to the July 1995 killing, during the Bosnian War, of more than 8,000 Bosniaks , mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by units of the Army of Republika Srpska under the command of... (Bosnian War)	1995 - 07	Srebrenica Srebrenica Srebrenica is a town and municipality in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska. Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War, the town was the site of the July 1995 massacre,...	8,000
Štrpci massacre Štrpci massacre The Štrpci massacre was the massacre of 19 non-Serb citizens of Serbia and Montenegro taken from the Belgrade-Bar train at Štrpci station, near Priboj in Serbia but outside Serbian territory, on 27 February 1993.-Background:...	1993 - 02 - 27	Priboj Priboj Priboj is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of Serbia at 43.59° North, 19.54° East. In 2011, the town has a total population of 14,015, while population of the municipality is 27,127.- History :...	19
Tuzla Massacre Tuzla massacre The Tuzla Massacre was a massacre of civilians committed on May 25, 1995 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-The massacre:Between May 25 and May 28, 1995 a number of artillery projectiles were fired at Tuzla from Army of Republika Srpska positions near the village of Panjik on Mount Ozren some...	1995 - 05 - 25	Tuzla Tuzla Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...	71	240 injured
Višegrad massacre (World War II)	1941 - 01	Višegrad Višegrad Višegrad is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is on the river Drina, located on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia.-History:...	1,000+	Chetniks kill the civilians of the town with deaths reportedly in the thousands.
Višegrad massacres (Bosnian War)	1992	Višegrad Višegrad Višegrad is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is on the river Drina, located on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia.-History:...	3,000
Zvornik massacre Zvornik massacre The Zvornik massacre refers to the killing of 700-900 Bosniaks as well as ethnic cleansing of 40,000 in Zvornik. Serbian paramilitary groups - "Arkanovci", Territorial Defence units , White Eagles, Yellow Wasps and others - carried out the acts in Zvornik from 1992 until 1995, during the Bosnian war...	1992-1995	Zvornik Zvornik Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town Mali Zvornik lies directly across the river in Serbia, and not far north is Loznica.-History:Zvornik is first mentioned in 1410, although it was...	4,127
Žepa massacre	1941 (late)	Žepa Žepa Žepa is a town in the east of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the municipality of Rogatica. Žepa is located northeast of Rogatica itself, southwest of Srebrenica and northwest of Višegrad...	300

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