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Koraj massacre

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Koraj massacre
Part of World War II
LocationKoraj near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date28 November 1941 (Central European Time)
TargetBosnian Muslims
Attack type
Mass killing
Deathsmore than 100
PerpetratorsSerbian Chetniks

The Koraj massacre was the 28 November 1941 mass murder of over a hundred Bosnian Muslim peasants from the village Koraj [sr][1] near Brčko by Serbian Chetniks.[2] The massacre was in response to the 1941 anti-Communist Tuzla Rebellion.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Node: Koraj (1036892451) OpenStreetMap
  2. ^ Marko Attila Hoare (2007). The History of Bosnia: From the Middle Ages to the Present Day. ISBN 9780863569531. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. ^ Hoare, Marko Attila (2013). Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War: A History. ISBN 9780199327850. Retrieved 2016-11-28.