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The following is a list ofmassacres that have occurred inAlbania (numbers may be approximate):
| 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 |
| 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 ofKorçë against Albanians by Greek soldiers.[10] |
| 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] |
| 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[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 | BrothersDitbardh and Josef Cuko kill five members of the same family with metal bars during a robbery in the town ofLibofshë. The brothers were executed for the massacre, with their hanged bodies being displayed in public.[14] |
| 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 betweenGang 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 theAlbanian 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.[15] |
| Resulaj shooting | August 10, 2018 | Resulaj,Selenicë,Vlorë County | 8 | Ritvan Zykaj shoots and kills 8 of his relatives using aKalashnikov |
| 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.[16][17] |
not including an estimated 100,000 dead in Albania
