List of massacres in Albania
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Ottoman Period
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
WWI
| 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
| 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] |
| February 4, 1944 massacre | February 4, 1944 | Tirana | 86 | Police units under Interior Minister Xhafer Deva, collaborating with the Gestapo, killed 86 suspected anti-fascist residents[12] |
Communist Period
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist purges in Albania in 1944 | November 1944 | Tirana | over 150 political and religious executions | Killing of intellectuals and Catholic clergy after the liberation of Albania |
| Elimination of opposition in 1947 | 1947 | Tirana | 16 | Killing of 16 non-communists in opposition[13] |
| Qafë-Valmir massacre | August 17, 1949 | Qafë e Valmirit, Mirditë | 14 | The communist regime executed 14 men from the area in revenge for the murder of Bardhok Biba[14] |
| 1951 executions | February 26, 1951 | Tirana | 22 | Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trial[15] |
| April 2 massacre | April 2, 1991 | Shkodër | 4 | Killing of four Democratic Party protesters by shots fired from the Albanian Party of Labour (APL) headquarters during post-election demonstrations.[16] |
| 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.[17] |
Modern Period
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massacre of 28 February 1997 | February 28, 1997 | Vlorë | 9 | |
| Massacre of Levan | March 28, 1997 | Levan | 24 | Violent clash where 24 people we killed; 18 Albanians and 6 Roma. The clash took place between Gang of Pusi i Mezinit and the Roma residents of the village of Levan, in Fier. It was part of the 1997 Albanian civil unrest. |
| Massacre of Cërrik | May 23, 1997 | Cërrik, Elbasan | 6 | 22 wounded |
| Ura Vajgurore massacre | June 17, 1997 | Ura Vajgurore | 5 | Five people were killed and six wounded; all police officers. It was part of the Albanian civil unrest. |
| Durrës shootout | August 7, 2009 | Durrës | 5 | |
| 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations | January 21, 2011 | Tirana | 4 | Republican Guard opens fire on protesters, killing three on the spot and wounding another who died a week later in a coma.[18] |
| Ujë i Ftohtë massacre | July 28, 2013 | Kalasë Beach, Ujë i Ftohtë, Vlora | 3 | Delin Hajdaraj executes three vacationers with automatic gunfire.[19][20][21] |
| Çoles massacre | April 7, 2015 | Çoles neighborhood, Vlorë | 3 | Three young men – Albi Limaj, Haki Rakipi and Ardi Velaj – were killed after a trivial fight in a casino.[22][23] |
| Lushnja massacre | October 11, 2017 | Lushnja | 2 | The armed attack resulted in the death of two people and injuries to two others.[24][25] |
| 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 | 41-year-old Dan Hutra killed three women and injured others in a series of attacks in the surroundings of Tirana.[26][27] |
| Shkoder massacre | October 30, 2024 | Dobraç, Shkodër | 4 | Four people killed by a criminal group[28][29] |