The following is a list of massacres in Serbia.
List
Name
Date
Location
Deaths
Notes
Slaughter of the Knezes
23–29 January 1804
Valjevo
(c. ) 80
Mass killing of Serb nobles by renegade Janissary officers .[ 1]
Surdulica massacre
November 1915–February 1916[ 2]
Surdulica
2,000–3,000
Mass executions of Serbian men by Bulgarian authorities.
Novi Sad killings
23–24 November 1923
Novi Sad
8
Spree killing .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Jablanica killings
19–20 July 1928
Jablanica
6
Spree killing.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Židije killings
24 April 1930
Židilje
5
Spree killing.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Pančevo executions
21–22 April 1941
Pančevo
36
Execution of Serbian civilians by the Wehrmacht .
Kruševac executions
23 September 1941 – 12 June 1944
Kruševac
1,642
Mass shootings of people by the German army.[ 15]
Mačva massacres
24 September – 9 October 1941
Mačva region
c. 6,000
Serbian civilians killed in reprisals during anti-Partisan operations led by German, Ustaše and Hungarian forces.[ 16]
Kraljevo massacre
15–21 October 1941
Kraljevo
c. 2,000
Mass execution of civilians by the German army.
Kragujevac massacre
20–21 October 1941
Kragujevac
2,778
Mass execution of Serbian men and boys by the German army.[ 18]
Valjevo executions
27 November 1941
Valjevo
c. 300
Execution of at least 261 out of 365 Partisan POWs by Wehrmacht and Serbian collaborators. The Partisans were handed over to Germans by Mihailović's Chetniks with Pećanac Chetniks serving as intermediary.[ 19]
Novi Sad raid
4–29 January 1942
Bačka region
3,000–4,000
Mass killings of Serbs and Jews by Hungarian forces .[ 20]
Žabalj massacre
6-9 January 1942
Žabalj
Hundreds
Massacre of Serbs and Jews by Hungarian forces at Žabalj.
Gospođinci massacre
6-7 January 1942
Gospođinci
100
Massacre of Serbs by Hungarian forces at Gospođinci.
Čurug massacre
6–9 January 1942
Čurug
900
Massacre of Serbs and Jews by Hungarian forces at Čurug.
Đurđevo massacre
6-7 January 1942
Đurđevo
300
Massacre of Serbs by Hungarian forces at Đurđevo.
Titel massacre
6-7 January 1942
Titel
60–80
Massacre of Serbs by Hungarian forces at Titel.
Temerin massacre
7-9 January 1942
Temerin
37
Massacre of Jews by Hungarian forces at Temerin.
Bečej raid
27 January 1942
Bečej
250
Massacre of Serbs and Jews by Hungarian forces.
Drugovac massacre
29 April 1944
Smederevo
72
Mass killing by the Yugoslav royalist Chetniks .
Srijemska Kamenica massacre
October 1944
Sremska Kamenica
196
Executions of civilians by Yugoslav Partisans .[ 23]
Purges in Serbia
1944–1945
Serbia region
80,000–100,000
Yugoslav Communist war crime
Paraćin massacre
3 September 1987
Paraćin
5
Spree killing
Bačka killings
March 1993
Pačir , Subotica , Aleksandrovo , Bajmok
9
Spree killing.[ 24]
Vranje shooting
3 June 1993
Vranje
8
Spree killing.
Leskovac shootings
26–27 July 2002
Leskovac
7
Spree killing.[ 25]
Jabukovac killings
27 July 2007
Jabukovac
9
Spree killing.[ 26]
Velika Ivanča shooting
9 April 2013
Velika Ivanča
13
Spree killing.[ 27]
Kanjiža shootings
17 May 2015
Kanjiža
7
Spree killing.[ 28]
Žitište shooting
2 July 2016
Žitište
5
Spree killing.[ 29]
2019 Jabukovac massacre
9 August 2019
Jabukovac
4
Spree killing.[ 30]
Belgrade school shooting
3 May 2023
Belgrade
10
School shooting .[ 31]
Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings
4 May 2023
Mladenovac , Smederevo
9
Spree killing.[ 32]
Crimes of World War I
Crimes of World War II
See also
References
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^ Крвава руска драма , Politika (November 25, 1925)
^ Un teniente mata a siete personas y a su hijo, y se suicida , La Libertad (December 1, 1923)
^ Effroyable drame pres de Belgrade , Le Petit Journal (December 1, 1923)
^ Грозна освета одбеглог робијаша , Politika (July 25, 1928)
^ Blutige Rache eines entflohenen Sträflings , Die neue Zeitung (July 24, 1928)
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^ 5 killed in Serb village , The New York Times (April 27, 1930)
^ Grauenhaftes Blutbad bei einer Tanzveranstaltung , Die Neue Zeitung (April 27, 1930)
^ Крвава заветина у Жидиљу , Politika (April 26, 1930)
^ "Spomenik Database: Kruševac" . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ Morača, Pero (1957). Prelomna godina Narodnooslobodilačkog rata: Narodnooslobodilački pokret krajem 1941 i početkom 1942, pohod proleterskih brigada u Zapadnu Bosnu, Bihaćka operacija, stvaranje NOVJ i I zasjedanje AVNOJ-a [The turning point of the National Liberation War: the National Liberation Movement at the end of 1941 and the beginning of 1942, the march of the proletarian brigades to Western Bosnia, the Bihać operation, the creation of the NOVJ and the first session of the AVNOJ ] (in Bosnian). Vojnoizdavački zavod JNA. p. 13.
^ Antić, Ana (2012). "Police Force Under Occupation: Serbian State Guard and Volunteers' Corps in the Holocaust". In Horowitz, Sara R. (ed.). Back to the Sources: Re-examining Perpetrators, Victims and Bystanders . Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. pp. 13– 36. ISBN 978-0-8101-2862-0 .
^ Radanović, Milan (2016). Kazna i zločin: Snage kolaboracije u Srbiji [Punishment and crime: The forces of collaboration in Serbia ] (in Serbian). Belgrade: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. pp. 58– 59. ISBN 9788688745154 .
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^ "Josip, monstruozni ubica taksista u Subotici: Nosio je sekiru i pištolj, ubio 9 ljudi bez milosti" . telegraf.rs . 9 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2023 .
^ "SEDAM UBISTAVA ZA 25 MINUTA Leskovčanin još pamte masakr od pre 18 godina kada je ljubomorni muž ČETIRI PORODICE ZAVIO U CRNO jer ga je ostavila supruga" . Blic.rs . 14 May 2020.
^ "Nine killed in Serbian shootings" . Taipei Times . 29 July 2007.
^ Bilefsky, Dan (9 April 2013). "Gunman Kills 13 People in Serbian Village" . The New York Times . Retrieved 8 May 2023 .
^ Charter, David (19 May 2015). "Father with grudge kills bride and family in wedding rampage" . The Times .
^ "Serbian man kills five, injures 22, in cafe shooting" . reuters.com . Retrieved 8 May 2023 .
^ "Four people murdered near Negotin" . B92 . 9 August 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2024 .
^ Sekularac, Ivana; Vasovic, Aleksandar; Vasovic, Aleksandar (3 May 2023). "Nine killed in planned attack at Serbian school by 13-year-old boy" . reuters.com . Retrieved 8 May 2023 .
^ "Suspect arrested after second mass shooting in Serbia" . bbc.com . 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023 .
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