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

Name Date Location Deaths Description
Ahatovići massacre 1992 - 06 Ahatovići 47-50
Ahmići massacre 1993 - 04 Ahmići 116 Croats kill 116 Bosniak civilians.[1]
Barimo Massacre 1992 - 08 Barimo 26
Bijeljina massacre 1992 - 04 Bijeljina 48 48 Bosniaks killed by Arkan's Tigers, under the command of the JNA[2]
Čemerno massacre 1992 - 06 - 10 Čemerno, Ilijaš (near Sarajevo) 29-32 Croats killed 29-32 Serb civilians in Čemerno[3]
Čelebić Massacre 1941 - 07 Čelebić 104 Croat Ustaše massacred 403 Serbs in Čelebić.[4]
Doljani Massacre 1993 - 4 - 17 Doljani and Sovići n/a Croatian forces kill a number of Bosniaks in the villages of Doljani and Sovići.[5]
Drakan Massacre 1941 - 03 - 03 Drakan 42 Chetniks burned forty-two Bosniak villagers to death.[6]
Duša massacre 1993 - 01 - 15 Duša near Gornji Vakuf 10 Croatian Defence Council (HVO) artillery bombardment kills 10 Bosniak civilians[7]
Foča massacres (World War II) 1941 - 12 - 05
& 1942 - 08 		Foča 2,000+ Chetniks received the town of Foča from the Italians and proceeded to massacre around five hundred Bosniaks. Additional massacres against the Muslims in the area of Foča were carried out in August 1942.[6]
Foča massacres (Bosnian War) 1992 - 04 - 07
to 1994 - 01 		Foča 2,704
Goražde Massacre 1941 - 11 - 29 Goražde 100+ Several hundred Bosniaks killed by the Chetniks and their bodies left hanging in the town or thrown into the Drina river.[6]
Grabovica massacre 1993 - 9 - 8 Grabovica 13 13 Croat civilians killed by the Bosnian Army.[8]
Glogova massacre 1992 - 05 - 08 Glogova 65
Javor Massacre 1941 Javor 100+ Hundreds of Serbs massacred in Javor, near Srebrenica and Ozren.[9]
Korita Massacre 1941 Korita 176 Serbs were massacred and their bodies were thrown into a pit called the Koritska Jama[10]
Križančevo Selo Killings 1993 - 12 - 22 Križančevo Selo 74 Bosnian Army kills 74 Croats in Križančevo Selo.[11]
Mokronoge Massacre 1993 - 8 - 10 Mokronoge, near Tomislavgrad 9 Croats kill 9 Bosniak civilians in the village of Mokronoge.[12][13]
Prebilovci massacre 1941 - 08 - 04 to 06 Prebilovci 650 Croatian Ustashe killed at least 650 Serbs in Prebilovci.[14]
Prijedor massacre 1992 Prijedor 5,200
Prozor Massacre 1942 - 10 - 14 to 15 Prozor 543 Chetniks kill Catholic and Bosniak civilians under the suspicion that they harbored and aided the Yugoslav Partisans.[15]
Sijekovac killings 1992 - 03 Sijekovac, near Bosanski Brod 20[16]-47[17]-59[18] Bosniak and Croat military units clashed with Bosnian-Serb soldiers and civilians. Republika Srpska reported 47 killed, but 59 bodies were later found, including 18 children.[18] Helsinki Watch reported that 20 were killed in March 1992, while other bodies were killed later in the war.
Sjeverin massacre 1992 - 10 - 22 Višegrad 16
Srebrenica massacre (World War II) 1941 - 01 Srebrenica 1,000 Chetniks killed around a thousand Bosniak civilians in the town and in nearby villages.[6]
Srebrenica massacre (Bosnian War) 1995 - 07 Srebrenica 8,373 The Preliminary List of People Missing or Killed in Srebrenica compiled by the Bosnian Federal Commission of Missing Persons contains 8,373 names.[19] While the overwhelming majority of them were men, some 500 were under 18,[20] and victims include several dozen women and girls.[21][22] As of July 2011, 6598 victims have been identified through DNA analysis of body parts recovered from mass graves[23] and 5,138 victims have been buried at the Memorial Centre of Potočari.[24][25]
Srebrenica Children Massacre 1993 - 04 Srebrenica 62
Stupni Do massacre 1993 - 10 - 23 Stupni Do 37 Croatian Defence Council (HVO) kills 37 Bosniak civilians.[26]
Štrpci massacre 1993 - 02 - 27 Priboj 19
Tuzla Massacre 1995 - 05 - 25 Tuzla 71 240 injured
Višegrad massacre (World War II) 1941 - 01 Višegrad 1,000+ Chetniks kill the civilians of the town with deaths reportedly in the thousands.[6]
Višegrad massacres (Bosnian War) 1992 Višegrad 3,000
Zvornik massacre 1992-1995 Zvornik 700-900
Žepa Massacre 1941 (late) Žepa 300 [6]

References

  1. ^ Aida Cerkez-Robinson (15 April 2010). "Croatian president honors war victims in Bosnia". Associated Press foreign report. London: The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Prosecutor v. Momčilo Krajišnik Judgement" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. At least 48 civilians, most of whom were non-Serbs, had been killed by Serb paramilitaries during the Serb take-over of Bijeljina.
  3. ^ "Bošnjaci i Hrvati osumnjičeni za zločine počinjene nad Srbima u Bosni i Hercegovini (37)". Glas javnosti. 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  4. ^ Simonović, Budo (2012). Ognjena Marija Livanjska. Vesti. pp. 1–582. ISBN 978-86-7548-008-2.
  5. ^ Sense Tribunal: ICTY - THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE HERCEG BOSNA PROJECT” ON TRIAL [1]
  6. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference Hoare was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Tribunal (MKSJ), Bezdušan napad na selo Dušu, HAG/DEN HAAG, 19.06.2006
  8. ^ ICTY - Sefer Halilović judgment - Findings on the crimes charged Paragraph 3 and 4 - [2]
  9. ^ Paris 1953, p. 104
  10. ^ Paris 1953, p. 82
  11. ^ "Predsjednik RH u Ahmićima - Josipović s Puljićem i Cerićem odao počast žrtvama rata u BiH" (in Croatian). Novi list. April 15, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  12. ^ Horvat, Domagoj (7 March 1995). "The Secret of Mitigated Crimes". Feral Tribune.
  13. ^ Lawson, Edward (1996). "Human rights violations by Bosnian Croat Forces". Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-56032-362-0.
  14. ^ Prof. Dr. Vojinovic, Nikola. Srpske Jame u Prebilovcima. Genocid hrvatskih kleroustasa nad Srbima u Hercegovini (1991).
  15. ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford University Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0-8047-0857-6.
  16. ^ War crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina: a Helsinki Watch Report (Volume 1). Human Rights Watch. 1992. p. 45. ISBN 9781564320834.
  17. ^ "Posavljaci Josipoviću - Ne idite u Bosansku Posavinu, Dodik će vas prevariti". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  18. ^ a b Nezavisne novine (2004-08-11). "EXHUMATIONS - Most victims suspected to be civilians from Vukovar". SFOR Main News Summary. NATO. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  19. ^ Potocari Memorial Center PRELIMINARY LIST of Missing Persons from Srebrenica '95 [3]
  20. ^ By: Danijel Toljaga and Hasan Nuhanovic: Incomplete List of Killed Children During Srebrenica Genocide Srebrenica Bilten 41, page #7 published by Women of Srebrenica
  21. ^ "Mothers of Srebrenica Appeal Heard Today", BalkanInsight.com, 28 January 2010, Retrieved 29 May 2011
  22. ^ Federal Commission for Missing Persons; "Preliminary List of Missing and Killed in Srebrenica"; 2005 [4]
  23. ^ "613 Srebrenica Victims to be Buried at a Memorial Ceremony in Potočari" page on ICMP website [5], accessed 8 June 2012
  24. ^ DNA Results of the International Commission on Missing Persons Reveal the Identity of 6,186 Srebrenica Victims
  25. ^ "So far, 6557 Srebrenica Genocide Victims DNA Identified". Sense Tribunal. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  26. ^ ICTY - Ivica Rajic sentencing judgement - II. FACTS - Paragraph 49
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