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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Albania (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars | 1912–1913 | throughout Albania | up to 100,000 Albanians killed or died[1][2] | Serbian, Greek and Montenegrin armies massacred Albanian civilians and many also died from hunger and sicknesses |
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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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] |
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] |
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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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] |
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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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[15] | March 1, 2023 | Tirana surroundings | 3 | 3 wounded |
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