List of massacres in Albania

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Albania (numbers may be approximate):

Ottoman Period[edit]

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars 1912–1913 throughout Albania up to 100,000 Muslims killed or died[1][2] Serbian, Greek and Montenegrin armies massacred Albanian civilians and many also died from hunger and sicknesses

WWI[edit]

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Hormova massacre April 29, 1914 Hormovë 217 Albanian men and boys were massacred by the Greek army in 1914.[3][4][5][6]
Massacre at Panariti July 10, 1914 Panarit 375 Albanians were massacred by Greek forces during WWI.[7][8][9]
Korça massacres May 1914 Korçë hundreds Multiple massacres occurred in the district of Korçë against Albanians by Greek soldiers.[10]

WWII[edit]

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Borovë massacre July 9, 1943 Borovë 107 Nazi German forces killed civilians as a reprisal for a partisan attack[11]

Communist Period[edit]

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Elimination of opposition in 1947 1947 Tirana 16 Killing of 16 Non-communists in Opposition[12]
1951 executions February 26, 1951 Tirana 22 Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trial[13]
Libofshë massacre June 1992 Libofshë 5 Brothers Ditbardh and Josef Cuko kill five members of the same family with metal bars during a robbery in the town of Libofshë. The brothers were executed for the massacre, with their hanged bodies being displayed in public.[14]

Modern Period[edit]

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Peshkëpi incident April 10, 1994 Peshkëpi, Dropull 2 3 wounded
Massacre of 28 February 1997 February 28, 1997 Vlorë 9
Massacre of Levan March 28, 1997 Levan 24
Massacre of Cërrik May 23, 1997 Cërrik, Elbasan 6 22 wounded
Ura Vajgurore massacre June 17, 1997 Ura Vajgurore 5 6 wounded
Durrës shootout August 7, 2009 Durrës 5
Albanian opposition demonstrations January 21, 2011 Tirana 4 150+ wounded
Resulaj shooting August 10, 2018 Resulaj, Selenicë, Vlorë County 8 Ritvan Zykaj shoots and kills 8 of his relatives using a Kalashnikov
Dan Hutra femicides March 1, 2023 Tirana surroundings 3 3 wounded

References[edit]

  1. ^ McCarthy, Justin. "1912–1913 Balkan Wars Death and Forced Exile of Ottoman Muslims" (PDF). tc-america.org. not including an estimated 100,000 dead in Albania
  2. ^ Trix, Frances (2017). Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul: Identity and Trauma Among Balkan Immigrants. Bloomsbury. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-78453-609-1. not including an estimated 100,000 dead in Albania
  3. ^ "1915 | Mid'hat bey Frashëri: The Epirus Question - the Martyrdom of a People". www.albanianhistory.net.
  4. ^ Destani, Bejtullah D. (2003). Ethnic Minorities in the Balkan States, 1860-1971: 1914-1923. Archive Editions. ISBN 978-1-84097-035-7. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  5. ^ Swire, Joseph (1937). King Zog's Albania. Liveright. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
  7. ^ Çemerica, Haxhi; Buzali, Ilir (1984). Riza Kodheli (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ^ Tomori, Kosta Papa (2012). Barbaritë greke në Shqipëri: kujtime historike, 1913-1914 (in Albanian). Naimi. ISBN 978-9928-109-38-5. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
  10. ^ Elsie, Robert. "1914 Christo Dako: Terrible Greek Atrocities in the District of Kortcha". albanianhistory.net.
  11. ^ Mayer, Herman Frank (2008). Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg (in German). Links Christoph Verlag. pp. 159–167. ISBN 978-3-86153-447-1.
  12. ^ "10 tetor 1947, dita kur u vra opozitarizmi". kujto.al. October 10, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  13. ^ "Shqipëri: 26 shkurt 1951 regjimi komunist ekzekuton 22 intelektualë shqiptarë". Radiovaticana.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  14. ^ "Dënimi i fundit me vdekje për masakrën e Libofshës/ Kush ishin dy vëllezërit që u varën në mes të Fierit! Ngjarja që tronditi Shqipërinë në vitin 1992". Gazeta Panorama. 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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