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List of massacres in Albania

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

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Ottoman Period

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars 1912–1913throughout Albaniaup 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

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Hormova massacre April 29, 1914 Hormovë 217Albanian men and boys were massacred by the Greek army in 1914. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Massacre at Panariti July 10, 1914 Panarit 375Albanians were massacred by Greek forces during WWI. [7] [8] [9]
Korça massacresMay 1914 Korçë hundredsMultiple massacres occurred in the district of Korçë against Albanians by Greek soldiers. [10]

WWII

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Borovë massacre July 9, 1943 Borovë 107Nazi German forces killed civilians as a reprisal for a partisan attack [11]
February 4, 1944 massacreFebruary 4, 1944Tirana86Police units under Interior Minister Xhafer Deva, collaborating with the Gestapo, killed 86 suspected anti-fascist residents [12]

Communist Period

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Communist purges in Albania in 1944 November 1944 Tirana over 150 political and religious executionsKilling of intellectuals and Catholic clergy after the liberation of Albania
Elimination of opposition in 19471947 Tirana 16Killing of 16 non-communists in opposition [13]
Qafë-Valmir massacreAugust 17, 1949Qafë e Valmirit, Mirditë 14The communist regime executed 14 men from the area in revenge for the murder of Bardhok Biba [14]
1951 executions February 26, 1951 Tirana 22Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trial [15]
April 2 massacre April 2, 1991Shkodër4Killing of four Democratic Party protesters by shots fired from the Albanian Party of Labour (APL) headquarters during post-election demonstrations. [16]
Libofshë massacreJune 1992 Libofshë 5Brothers 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

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Massacre of 28 February 1997 February 28, 1997 Vlorë 9
Massacre of Levan March 28, 1997 Levan 24Violent 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 622 wounded
Ura Vajgurore massacre June 17, 1997 Ura Vajgurore 5Five 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 4Republican 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 massacreJuly 28, 2013Kalasë Beach, Ujë i Ftohtë, Vlora3Delin Hajdaraj executes three vacationers with automatic gunfire. [19] [20] [21]
Çoles massacreApril 7, 2015Çoles neighborhood, Vlorë 3Three young men – Albi Limaj, Haki Rakipi and Ardi Velaj – were killed after a trivial fight in a casino. [22] [23]
Lushnja massacreOctober 11, 2017Lushnja2The armed attack resulted in the death of two people and injuries to two others. [24] [25]
Resulaj shooting August 10, 2018Resulaj, Selenicë, Vlorë County 8Ritvan Zykaj shoots and kills 8 of his relatives using a Kalashnikov
Dan Hutra femicidesMarch 1, 2023Tirana surroundings341-year-old Dan Hutra killed three women and injured others in a series of attacks in the surroundings of Tirana. [26] [27]
Shkoder massacreOctober 30, 2024Dobraç, Shkodër 4Four people killed by a criminal group [28] [29]

References

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  2. United States Department of State (1943). Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 115. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "1915 | Mid'hat bey Frashëri: The Epirus Question - the Martyrdom of a People". www.albanianhistory.net.
  4. 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.
  5. Swire, Joseph (1937). King Zog's Albania. Liveright. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
  7. Çemerica, Haxhi; Buzali, Ilir (1984). Riza Kodheli (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. 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.
  9. "Greek barbarities in Albania". Oculus News. 9 April 2016.
  10. Elsie, Robert. "1914 Christo Dako: Terrible Greek Atrocities in the District of Kortcha". albanianhistory.net.
  11. 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.
  12. "M*sakra me 84 të vrarë brenda pak orësh, çfarë ndodhi më 4 shkurt 1944 në Tiranë! Faktet e reja, u arrestuan 300 antifashistë – Panorama ONLINE – lajm i fundit, lajmet e fundit, lajme". Panorama (in Albanian). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  13. "10 tetor 1947, dita kur u vra opozitarizmi". kujto.al (in Albanian). October 10, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  14. "Basha remembers the Valmir Pass Massacre: 14 prominent sons of Mirdita were hanged and shot. This province was never defeated by communist barbarity". www.balkanweb.com (in Albanian). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  15. "Shqipëri: 26 shkurt 1951 regjimi komunist ekzekuton 22 intelektualë shqiptarë" (in Albanian). Radiovaticana.org. Retrieved 2010-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. "Today marks 34 years since the April 2 massacre, Basha: Freedom gained through sacrifices". Gazeta Express . 2 April 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  17. "Dënimi i fundit me vdekje për masakrën e Libofshës/ Kush ishin dy vëllezërit që u varën në mes të Fierit! Ngjarja që tronditi Shqipërinë në vitin 1992". Gazeta Panorama (in Albanian). 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  18. "Nga 21 Janar 2011 pasdite - deri më sot, të gjitha deklaratat publike të Sali Berishës për vrasjet e protestuesve - Gazeta Dita". gazetadita.al (in Albanian). 20 November 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  19. "Massacre at the Vlore beach". Top Channel . July 29, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  20. "VIDEO – Armored vehicles and heavy weapons, an operation like in action movies. How the perpetrator of the Vlora massacre was arrested". www.balkanweb.com. January 20, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  21. "Bixhoz, playstation dhe drogë – Kush ishin të dënuarit në "qelitë e luksit"". www.lapsi.al (in Albanian). February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
  22. "U dënua për 'Masakrën e Çoles', si u arrestua 27-vjeçari i dënuar me 35 vite burg! Nga sherri banal, te seria e atentateve, çfarë ndodhi në Vlorë". Panorama (in Albanian). July 8, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  23. "The businessman who was executed in Selenica, his relative involved in the "Çola Massacre" is revealed!". pamfleti.net. November 1, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  24. "Artan Hoxha publikon në REPOLITIX videon ekskluzive të masakrës së Lushnjes". Shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). September 19, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  25. "Shënjestër ishte nipi i Aldo Bares, por i shpëtoi atentatit! Si ndodhi masakra e Lushnjës  6 vite më parë e kryer nga Laert Haxhiu dhe Orges Bilbili". Panorama (in Albanian). May 23, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.{{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 91 (help)
  26. "The murder of 3 women, a protest in front of the Ministry of Justice: Valentine's flowers, March 8, are turning us into death flowers". voxnews . 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  27. "Sot tentoi të arratisej nga burgu! Kush është vrasësi serial Dan Hutra, autori i masakrës së trefishtë në Tiranë (Profil)". ditar.al (in Albanian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  28. "Massacre in Shkodra! The number of victims rises to 3, Arlind Bushati dies. He was in the car with Hamza Lici when they were shot with a Kalashnikov rifle". www.balkanweb.com. October 30, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  29. Dema, Sokol (November 20, 2024). "Atentati me 4 të vrarë në Shkodër, arrestohen 4 policë! Nuk shoqëruan për identifikim personin e tretë në makinë, akuzohen për 'shpërdorim detyre' (EMRAT)". Shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved February 21, 2026.
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