List of massacres of Bosniaks

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This is a list of massacres of ethnic Bosniaks.

List

{{Incomplete list|date=September 2024}}

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!Name

!Date

!Location

!Perpetrators

!Victims (highest estimate)

Šahovići massacre

|9-10 November 1924

|Šahovići

|Orthodox Christian mob

|900

Artovac massacre

|28

June 1941

|Avtovac

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|47{{sfn|Čekić|1996|pp=21-22}}

Drvar massacre

|27 July 1941

|Drvar

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks, {{Flagicon|Yugoslav Partisans}} Yugoslav Partisans

|200{{Cite web|url=https://saff.ba/dan-ustanka-u-bosni-i-hercegovini-smrt-turcima/|title=Dan ustanka u Bosni i Hercegovini: "Smrt turcima" |website=SAFF Portal |date=14 August 2019}}

Višegrad massacres (1941)

|July–August 1941

|Višegrad

|Serb villagers

|500{{Cite book |last=Noel Malcolm |url=https://archive.org/details/bosniashorthisto00malc |title=Bosnia: A Short History |date=1994 |publisher=New York University Press |pages=176, 188 |isbn=978-0-8147-5520-4}}

Berkovići massacre

|26-28 August 1941

|Berkovići

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|300{{sfn|Hoare|2006|p=214}}{{Cite journal |last=Dizdar |first=Zdravko |date=1996-10-04 |title=Brojidbeni pokazatelji odnosa vojničkih postrojbi na teritoriju Nezavisne Države Hrvatske 1941.-1945. godine |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/213912?lang=en |journal=Časopis za suvremenu povijest |language=hr |volume=28 |issue=1–2 |pages=161–196 |issn=0590-9597}}

Zaklopača massacre

|August 1941

|Srebrenica

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|81{{Cite web |date=2013-09-06 |title=Bosnian Institute News: Prelude to the Srebrenica genocide |url=http://www.bosnia.org.uk/news/news_body.cfm?newsid=2771 |access-date=2024-09-07 |archive-date=2013-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906121145/http://www.bosnia.org.uk/news/news_body.cfm?newsid=2771}}

Plana masssacre

|3 September 1941

|Plana

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|425{{Cite web |date=2016-11-19 |title=Bacanje živih Bošnjaka u jamu Čavkaricu kod Bileće - Svjedočenje Hadžere Bijedić o zločinu četnika |url=https://bosnae.info/index.php/bacanje-zivih-bosnjaka-u-jamu-cavkaricu-kod-bilece-svjedocenje-hadzere-bijedic-o-zlocinu-cetnika |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=BOSNAE |language=Bosnian}}

Kulen Vakuf massacre

|6-8 September 1941

|Kulen Vakuf

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks, {{Flagicon|Yugoslav Partisans}} Yugoslav Partisans

|{{Circa|3,000}} (captured soldiers and civilians){{sfn|Hoare|2006|pp=106-108}}

Rogatica massacre

|October 1941-January 1942

|Rogatica

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|2,000{{Cite journal |last1=Stamatović |first1=Aleksandar |last2=Vučetić |first2=Filip |date=2024-08-01 |title=ZLOČINI PLAVSKO-GUSINJSKIH MUSLIMANA PREMA SRPSKOM STANOVNIŠTVU U DRUGOM SVJETSKOM RATU |journal=Istorija 20. Veka |volume=42 |issue=2/2024 |pages=339–362 |doi=10.29362/ist20veka.2024.2.sta.339-362 |issn=2560-3647|doi-access=free }}

Prača massacre

|Mid November 1941

|Prača

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|63

Koraj massacre

|28 November 1941

|Koraj, near Brčko

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|100+

Čajniče massacre

|December 1941

|Čajniče

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|418{{sfn|Mojzes|2011|pp=98-99}}

Divin massacre

|December 1941

|Divin

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|423{{sfn|Mojzes|2011|pp=98-99}}

Sopotnik massacre

|December 1941

|Sopotnik, near Zvornik

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|86{{Cite web |date=2010-11-23 |title=Prelude to the Srebrenica Genocide: Mass murder and ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks in the Srebrenica region during the first three months of the Bosnian War (April-June 1992) |url=https://bosniak.org/2010/11/23/prelude-to-the-srebrenica-genocide-mass-murder-and-ethnic-cleansing-of-bosniaks-in-the-srebrenica-region-during-the-first-three-months-of-the-bosnian-war-april-june-1992/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Congress of Bosniaks of North America }}

Foča massacre (1941)

|5 December 1941–January 1942

|Foča

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks, aided by {{Flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Royal Italian Army

|2,000{{sfn|Hoare|2006|pp=145-146}}{{sfn|Tomasevich|1975|p=258}}

Goražde massacre

|30 December 1941 – 26 January 1942

|Goražde

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|2,050{{sfn|Mojzes|2011|pp=98-99}}Radovinović, Radovan; Bertić, Ivan, eds. (1984). Atlas svijeta: Novi pogled na Zemlju (in Croatian) (3rd ed.). Zagreb: Sveučilišna naklada Liber.

Žepa massacre

|late 1941

|Žepa

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|{{Circa|300}}{{sfn|Hoare|2006|p=146}}

Čelebić massacre

|January 1942

|Čelebić

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|54{{sfn|Hoare|2006|p=146}}

Srebrenica massacre (1942)

|January 1942

|Srebrenica and surrounding areas

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|{{Circa|1,000}}{{sfn|Hoare|2006|p=147}}

Višegrad massacre (1942)

|January 1942

|Višegrad

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|1,000+{{sfn|Hoare|2006|p=146}}

Drakan massacre

|3 March 1942

|Drakan

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|42{{sfn|Hoare|2006|p=147}}

Resnik massacre

|5 March 1942

|Resnik

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|51

Foča massacre (1942)

|August 1942

|Foča

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|{{Circa|3,000}}{{sfn|Tomasevich|1975|p=258}}

Ustikolina massacre

|August 1942

|Ustikolina

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|2,500

Bijelo Polje massacres

|January 1943

|Bijelo Polje

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|{{Circa|1,000}}

Massacres in Pljevlja, Priboj, Čajniče and Foča

|January–February 1943

|Pljevlja, Priboj, Čajniče, Foča districts and surrounding villages

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|{{Circa|9,200}}{{sfn|Tomasevich|1975|pp=258-259}}{{sfn|Hoare|2013|p=104}}

Bukovica massacre

|4-7 February 1943

|Bukovica, Pljevlja

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|576+

Kasidoli massacre

|February 5, 1943

|Kasidoli, Priboj

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|227{{Cite journal |last=Živković |first=Milutin |date=October 2023 |title=ALBANCI LESKOVAČKOG OKRUGA U NEMAČKOJ POLICIJI PORETKA (1943–1944) |journal=Leskovački zbornik |volume=63 |pages=317–334 |doi=10.46793/lz-lxiii.317z |issn=0459-1070|doi-access=free }}

Goražde massacre (1943)

|March 1943

|Goražde

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|500{{sfn|Hoare|2013|pp=104-105}}

Višegrad massacre (1943)

|5 October 1943

|Višegrad

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|2,000+{{cite web |author=Marko Attila Hoare |title=The Great Serbian threat, ZAVNOBiH and Muslim Bosniak entry into the People's Liberation Movement |url=https://publications.anubih.ba/bitstream/handle/123456789/52/Zbornik%20ZAVNOBiH%20sve%2015-04-2019-4-115-130.pdf?sequence=7&isAllowed=y |website=anubih.ba |publisher=Posebna izdanja ANUBiH |access-date=21 December 2020 |pages=124, 125 |language=en |archive-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201071114/https://publications.anubih.ba/bitstream/handle/123456789/52/Zbornik%20ZAVNOBiH%20sve%2015-04-2019-4-115-130.pdf?sequence=7&isAllowed=y |url-status=live }}

Goažde massacre (1944)

|May 1944

|Goražde

|{{Flagicon|Chetniks}} Chetniks

|{{Circa|50}}Dizdar, Zdravko; Sobolevski, Mihael (1999). Prešućivani četnički zločini u Hrvatskoj i u Bosni i Hercegovini 1941–1945 (in Serbo-Croatian). Hrvatski institut za povijest

Bosnian genocide

|1992-1995

|Bosnia and Herzegovina

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}}Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg|size=23px}} Yugoslav People's Army (JNA),{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Scorpions.svg|size=23px}} Scorpions paramilitary group

|{{Circa|34,000}}Peterson, Roger D. (2011). Western Intervention in the Balkans: The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict. Cambridge University Press. p. 121. {{ISBN|978-1-139-50330-3}}.

Sanski Most ethnic cleansing

|1992-1995

|Sanski Most

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|842{{Cite book |last=Tokača |first=Mirsad |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/860782806 |title=Bosanska knjiga mrtvih: ljudski gubici u Bosni i Hercegovini 1991-1995 = Bosnian book of the dead: human losses in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1991-1995 |date=2012 |publisher=Istraživački dokumentacioni centar; Fond za humanitarno pravo |isbn=978-9958-9544-5-0 |edition=Prvo izdanje |location=Sarajevo : Beograd |oclc=860782806}}

Doboj ethnic cleansing (1992)

|April–October 1992

|Doboj

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|322

Bijeljina massacre

|1-2 April 1992

|Bijeljina

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg|size=23px}} JNA

|78

Foča ethnic cleansing

|7 April 1992-January 1994

|Foča

|{{Flagicon|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}{{Flagicon|Republika Srpska (1992–1995)}} Serb forces

|2,707

Snagovo massacre

|29 April 1992

|Snagovo

|{{Flagicon|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}{{Flagicon|Republika Srpska (1992–1995)}} Serb forces

|36

Prijedor ethnic cleansing

|30 April 1992–1993

|Prijedor

{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|3,515{{cite web|publisher=Prometej.ba|author=Ivan Tučić|title=Pojedinačan popis broja ratnih žrtava u svim općinama BiH|url=http://www.prometej.ba/clanak/drustvo-i-znanost/pojedinacan-popis-broja-ratnih-zrtava-u-svim-opcinama-bih-997|date=February 2013|access-date=4 August 2014}}

Vlasenica

|May–September 1992

|Vlasenica

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg|size=23px}} JNA

|279{{Cite web |title=Dossier: The JNA in the Wars in Croatia and BiH - Humanitarian Law Center |url=http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?p=35208&lang=de |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=www.hlc-rdc.org}}

Glogova massacre

|9 May 1992

|Glogova

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg|size=23px}} JNA

|64

Suha massacre

|10 May 1992

|Suha

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|38{{cite web | url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-30202343.html | title=Bosnia: 38 bodies exhumed from mass grave | date=13 May 2005 }}

Zaklopača massacre

|16 May 1992

|Zaklopača and Milići

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg|size=23px}} JNA

|83

Nova Kasaba massacre

|17 May 1992

|Nova Kasaba

|{{Flagicon|Republika Srpska (1992–1995)}} Serb forces including White Eagles

|29{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=Nova Kasaba - Glas Žrtava |url=https://www.glaszrtava.org/nova-kasaba/ |access-date=2024-09-07}}

Zvornik massacre

|April–July 1992

|Zvornik

|{{Flagicon|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}{{Flagicon|Republika Srpska (1992–1995)}} Serb forces

|700 (includes some Romani civilians)

Višegrad massacres

|April–August 1992

|Višegrad

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army (1991-1992).svg|size=23px}} JNA

|3,000

Bosanska Jagodina massacre

|26 May 1992

|Crnčići

|Yellow Wasps, {{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|17

Zijemlje massacre

|June 1992

|Zijemlje

|{{Flagicon|Republika Srpska (1992–1995)}} Serb forces

|100{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/02/09/nine-bosnian-serb-ex-fighters-face-trial-for-mass-killing/|title=Nine Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters Face Trial for Mass Killing |website=Balkan Insight}}

Bijeli Potok massacre

|1 June 1992

|Bijeli Potok

|Yellow Wasps, {{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|675

Ahatovići massacre

|14 June 1992

|Ahatovići (Novi Grad Sarajevo)

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|47

Pionirska Street fire

|14 June 1992

|Višegrad

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, White Eagles

|59; victims were women and children locked in a house and burned alive

Paklenik massacre

|15 June 1992

|Rogatica

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|50

Bikavac fire

|27 June 1992

|Bikavac

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|60; victims were mostly women and children, burned alive in their homes by Serb troops

Biljani massacre

|10 July 1992

|Biljani

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Serbia (1992–2004).svg}} Serb forces

|150{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2012/08/30/mladic-trial-tragic-events-in-biljani/|title=Mladic Trial: Tragic Events in Biljani |website=Balkan Insight}}

Barimo massacre

|2 August 1992

|Barimo

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|26; village burnt down, Islamic religious buildings destroyed

Mičivode massacre

|20 September 1992

|Mičivode

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|42

Novoseoci massacre

|22 September 1992

|Novoseoci

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|45; local mosque destroyed, many women raped

Sjeverin massacre

|22 October 1992

|Sjeverin

|White Eagles

|16

Grabovica massacre

|November 1992

|Grabovica, Kotor Varoš

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|150{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/11/03/victims-of-bosnia-school-killings-to-be-buried-on-30th-anniversary/|title=Victims of Bosnia School Killings to Be Buried on 30th Anniversary |website=Balkan Insight}}

Duša killings

|7 January 1993

|Duša

|{{Flagicon image|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

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} 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

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} HVO, {{Flag icon|Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia}} Croatian Army (HV)

|18; Bosniak homes and mosques burned down

Zenica massacre

|19 April 1993

|Zenica

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} HVO

|16

Kiseljak massacre

|12-16 June 1993

|Kiseljak

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} HVO

|78

Vrbanja massacre

|17-28 July 1993

|Vrbanja (Bugojno)

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} HVO

|45

Mokronoge massacre

|10 August 1993

|Mokronoge, near Tomislavgrad

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} HVO

|9

Stupni Do massacre

|23 October 1993

|Stupni Do

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Defence Council.svg}} HVO

|37; several Muslim women raped, children and men beaten, robbed of every possession, some burned alive

Markale massacres

|5 February 1994

|Sarajevo

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|68

Tuzla massacre

|25 May 1995

|Tuzla

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS

|71

Srebrenica massacre

|11-31 July 1995

|Srebrenica

|{{Flagicon image|Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|size=23px}} VRS, {{Flagicon image|Patch of the Scorpions.svg|size=23px}} Scorpions

|8,372; only massacre in Europe recognized as genocide since the Second World War

Trnova massacre

|20 September 1995

|Trnova, Sanski Most

|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Serb Volunteer Guard.svg}} Serb Volunteer Guard

|11{{cite web | url=https://arhiva.sensecentar.org/vijesti.php?aid=12458 | title=Streljali Su Me Arkanovci |website=sensecentar.org}}

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