List_of_massacres_in_Albania
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Albania (numbers may be approximate):
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| 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 |
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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] |
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| Borovë massacre | July 9, 1943 | Borovë | 107 | Nazi German forces killed civilians as a reprisal for a partisan attack[11] |
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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] |
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| 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 |
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- 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
- 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
- "1915 | Mid'hat bey Frashëri: The Epirus Question - the Martyrdom of a People". www.albanianhistory.net.
- 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.
- Swire, Joseph (1937). King Zog's Albania. Liveright. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
- Çemerica, Haxhi; Buzali, Ilir (1984). Riza Kodheli (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- 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.
- "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
- Elsie, Robert. "1914 Christo Dako: Terrible Greek Atrocities in the District of Kortcha". albanianhistory.net.
- 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.
- "10 tetor 1947, dita kur u vra opozitarizmi". kujto.al. October 10, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- "Shqipëri: 26 shkurt 1951 regjimi komunist ekzekuton 22 intelektualë shqiptarë". Radiovaticana.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2010-07-29.