This is a list of massacres that happened in Kosovo throughout history.
Ottoman period
Event Date Location Deaths Perpetrator Victims Description 1878 attacks 1878Kosovo vilayet Albanian refugees SerbsIncoming Albanian refugees to Kosovo who were expelled by the Serb army from the Sanjak of Niș were involved in revenge attacks and hostile actions to the local Serb population. 1898–1899 attacks 1898-1899Old Serbia Albanians Serbs 1901 massacres of Serbs 1901 Pristina and Ibarski Kolašin Albanians Serbs Takeover of Pristina ~23 October 1912 Pristina 5,000 Serbian army Albanians First Balkan War Takeover of Ferizaj 24 October 1912 Ferizaj 1,200 Serbian army Albanians First Balkan War Takeover of Prizren 1912 Prizren 5,000 Serbian and Montenegrin armies Albanians First Balkan War Leshkobare massacre 1912 Lloshkobare 8 Serbian army Albanians First Balkan WarTorching of Bobaj1912BobajSerbian armyAlbaniansAll inhabitants of Bobaj were killed.Extermination of Opoja and Restelica1912–1913Opoja and RestelicathousandsSerbian armyAlbaniansSerbian troops were ordered to exterminate the population of the villages of Opoja, Gora, Bellobrad, Brrut, Rrenc, Bresanë, Zym and Qafëleshi.Razing of Peja1912–1913PejaSerbian army and ChetniksAlbaniansNashec massacreMarch 1913Village of Nashec, near Prizren28Serbian armyAlbanians28 Albanians were killed and massacred by the Serbian army.Massacre of the Bytyçi tribe1913Highlands of Gjakova51Serbian armyAlbaniansFirst Balkan WarMassacre of the Rugova tribe1913RugovaMontenegrin armyAlbaniansEvery man of the Rugova tribe was reportedly killed.Vucitrn killings1913VushtrriSerbian armyAlbanians
World War I
Event Date Location Deaths Perpetrator Victims DescriptionAstrazubi massacre1914Malisheva227Serbian armyAlbanians90% of the houses in Astrazubi were destroyed.Peja massacres1914PejaSerbian armyAlbanians25 civilians were killed each day.Lubishtë massacres1914Lubishtë104Serbian armyAlbaniansJulekar massacre1914Viti24Serbian armyAlbaniansAttack on Bytyçi1915Highlands of GjakovaSerbian armyAlbaniansThe Ushki family almost completely killed, with only one survivor.Bombardment of Vechali1915Prizren–Tetovo65Serbian armyAlbaniansThe Serbian army shelled the village of Vecali.
Interwar period
Event Date Location Deaths Perpetrator Victims Description Rugova massacre 16 February 1919 Rugova 842 Army of Kingdom of Yugoslavia Albanian civilians Mitrovica killings1919–1921Mitrovica1,330Army of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansPeja killings1919–1921Peja1,563Army of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansPrizren killings1919–1921Prizren4,600Army of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansFerizaj killings1919–1921Ferizaj1,694Army of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansKeqekolla massacreJanuary 1921KeqekollaArmy of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansPrapashtica massacreJanuary 1921PrapashticëArmy of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansDushkaja massacre1921Dushkaja63Army of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civiliansDubnica massacre10 February 1924Dubnica25Army of Kingdom of YugoslaviaAlbanian civilians
World War II
Event Date Location Deaths Perpetrator Victims Description Massacres of Kosovo Serbs April–May 1941 Districts of Peja, Gjakova, Istog and Drenica 162 Albanian fascists Serbs Massacres accompanied by expulsions and burning down of villages. Istok killings 1941–1943 Istog 275 Albanian fascists Serbs Goraždevac killings 1941 Goraždevac near Peja 47 Albanian fascists Serbs Ibarski Kolašin massacres 30 September–10 October 1941 Ibarski Kolašin 150 Albanian fascists Serbs 22 villages also burnt down. Ibarski Kolašin killings 1942–1943 Ibarski Kolašin 130 Albanian fascists Serbs June 1942 Pristina killings Late June 1942 Pristina area 100 Albanian fascists Serbs Vareška Reka massacre June 1943 15 Albanian fascists Serbs Trepča mine executions 3–7 June 1943 Trepça mines, Mitrovica 64 Albanian fascists Serbs Mass shooting of Serbs by Albanians, Albanian gendarmerie and prison guards at the Trepča mine prison, most of whom were workers that had fallen ill, and among whom several were peasants from the Mitrovica vicinity. Uroševac massacre 11–12 September 1943 Ferizaj area 60 Albanian fascists Serbs 48 were killed in the town itself, while 12 others were taken out of town and killed after being tortured. The unit responsible was commanded by Amdija Jašarević. Nekodim, Baroš Selo, Duganjevo and Plešina murders 12–13 September 1943 Nekodim, Baroš Selo, Duganjevo and Plešina Unknown Albanian fascists Serbs Žerovnica killings 10 October 1943 Žerovnica 6 Albanian fascists Serbs Brestovik mass killing 13 October 1943 Brestovik 19 Albanian fascists Serbs 19 Serbs in the Serb village of Brestovik near Peja were killed by Albanian quislings on 13 October 1943. Before the Italian capitulation (September 1943), 12 villagers had also been killed. Rakoš massacre October 1943 Rakoš 65 Albanian fascists Serbs Serbs shot by Albanians in Rakoš, a village half-way between Kosovska Mitrovica and Peć. Peja massacres Late 1943 Peja 230 Albanian fascists Serbs Rakoš mass killings 3 December 1943 Rakoš 30 Albanian fascists Serbs Siga massacre 4 December 1943 Siga 36 Albanian fascists Serbs 36 Serbs from the village of Siga were massacred by the Kosovo Regiment Peja mass killings 4–7 December 1943 Peja 300 Albanian fascists Serbs Between 4 and 7 December 1943, 400 soldiers of Kosovo Regiment commanded by Xhafer Deva surrounded Peć and committed mass murder of local Serbs and Montenegrins, killing at least 300 people. Tople Vode massacre 1944 Kaçanik 13 Bulgarian forces Serbs 13 Serbs from the village of Vrbeštica shot by Bulgarian forces. Štrpce massacre 30 June 1944 Štrpce 50 Bulgarian military Serbs Serbs shot after the death of a Bulgarian soldier.
Kosovo War