List of massacres in Croatia
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The following is a list of massacre
s that have occurred in Croatia
(numbers may be approximate).
Note that it does not include all massacres that occurred on territory once covered by all historical states called Croatia. See also: list of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Massacre
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s that have occurred in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
(numbers may be approximate).
Note that it does not include all massacres that occurred on territory once covered by all historical states called Croatia. See also: list of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baćin massacre Bacin massacre The Baćin massacre was a war crime committed by rebel Croatian Serbs' forces on October 21, 1991 on a location near village of Baćin, near Hrvatska Dubica, in central Croatia, during the Croatian War of Independence.... |
October 21, 1991 | Baćin, near Hrvatska Dubica Hrvatska Dubica Hrvatska Dubica is a village and a municipality in central Croatia in the Sisak-Moslavina county. It is located on the northern bank of the river Una, east of Hrvatska Kostajnica and southwest of Jasenovac and Novska. The municipality of Hrvatska Dubica has a population of 2,341 , 90.13% which are... |
110 | |
| Bruška massacre Bruška massacre The Bruška massacre took place on 21 December 1991 in Bruška, a small village near the Croatian town of Benkovac when Serbian paramilitaries executed 10 civilians in the hamlet of Marinovići... |
December 21, 1991 | Bruška Bruška Bruška is a village located in inland Dalmatia, Croatia, northeast of Benkovac. The population is 167 .... |
10 | |
| Dalj massacre Dalj massacre Dalj killings and Dalj massacre refer to the events beginning on 1 August 1991 which resulted in the murder of 11 Croatian civilians and 28 Croatian policemen in the village of Dalj, eastern Slavonia at the hand of Serbian paramilitaries, during the Croatian War of Independence.-August killings:At... |
August 1, 1991 | Dalj Dalj Dalj is a village on the Danube in eastern Croatia, near the confluence of the Drava and Danube, on the border with Serbia. It is connected with the D519 highway and administratively located in the municipality of Erdut, Osijek-Baranja County.-References:... |
112-135 | |
| Gata massacre | October 1, 1942 | Gata Gata, Croatia Gata is a village located at the foot of the mountain Mosor, 16 miles east of the town of Split, and 1.3 miles inland from the coast of the Adriatic sea.It is administratively located within the city of Omiš, in the Split-Dalmatia County.... |
100+ | Chetniks kill civilians for their pro-Yugoslav Partisan sympathies and for the destruction of the Split-Omiš road. |
| Glina massacre Glina massacre The Glina massacre was the August 1941 killing of hundreds of Serbs by members of the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement in the town of Glina in Croatia. It was one of the largest single acts of mass murder to occur in Yugoslavia during the Second World War.... |
August 1941 | Glina Glina, Croatia Glina is a small town in central Croatia, located southwest of Petrinja and Sisak in the Sisak-Moslavina county. It lies on the eponymous river of Glina.-History:... |
500+ | |
| Gospić massacre Gospic massacre The Gospić massacre took place between 16–18 October 1991 in the town of Gospić, a city in the district of Lika in Croatia. The massacre came three days after the massacre in the village of Široka Kula... |
October 16-18, 1991 | Gospić Gospic Gospić is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj county. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field.... |
23-100 | |
| Gudovac massacre | April 27-28, 1941 | Gudovac Gudovac Gudovac is a village in Croatia.In 2010, the remains of approximately 30 people believed to date from World War II were discovered in a pit near the settlement.-References:... , near Bjelovar Bjelovar Bjelovar is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. During the 2001 census, there were 41,869 inhabitants, 90.51% which are Croats.... |
196 | The Ustaše committed their first mass atrocity and kill 196 Serbs. |
| Lovas massacre Lovas massacre Lovas massacre were the killings of Croat detainees in the villages of Lovas and neighbouring Opatovac in eastern Slavonia, Croatia. The civilians were killed by Croatian Serb paramilitary forces during the Croatian War of Independence in the period from October 10, 1991 to the end of that... |
October 10, 1991 to end of 1991 | Lovas and Opatovac | 75 | |
| Metković massacre | June 25, 1941 | Metković Metkovic Metković is a city in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Herzegovina.-Demographics:... |
280 | 280 Serbs killed by the Ustaše after decree on the defense of the people and state is issued by the Independent State of Croatia on April 17, 1941. |
| Škabrnja massacre Škabrnja massacre Škabrnja massacre was a war crime committed by Serb Army forces during the Croatian War of Independence. On November 18, 1991, Serb paramilitaries, supported by the JNA, captured the village of Škabrnja and killed 25 Prisoners of war and 61 civilians over the next several days.-Before the... |
November 18, 1991 | Škabrnja Škabrnja Škabrnja is a village in northern Dalmatia, Croatia, located halfway between Zadar and Benkovac in the lowland region of Ravni Kotari. Its municipality is called Škabrnje, and it includes Škabrnja with a population of 1,424 as well as the smaller village of Prkos, population 348; 1,772 in total... |
86 | |
| Vukovar massacre Vukovar massacre The Vukovar massacre, also known as Vukovar hospital massacre or simply Ovčara, was a war crime that took place between November 20 and November 21, 1991 near the city of Vukovar, a mixed Croat/Serb community in northeastern Croatia... |
November 20-21, 1991 | Vukovar Vukovar Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia, and the biggest river port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka river and the Danube. Vukovar is the center of the Vukovar-Syrmia County... |
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