List of massacres in Serbia

The following is a list of massacres in Serbia.

List NameDateLocationDeathsNotesSlaughter of the Knezes23–29 January 1804Valjevo() 80Mass killing of Serb nobles by renegade Janissary officers. Surdulica massacreNovember 1915–February 1916Surdulica2,000–3,000Mass executions of Serbian men by Bulgarian authorities.Novi Sad killings23–24 November 1923Novi Sad8Spree killing.Крвава руска драма, Politika (November 25, 1925)Un teniente mata a siete personas y a su hijo, y se suicida, La Libertad (December 1, 1923)Effroyable drame pres de Belgrade, Le Petit Journal (December 1, 1923)Jablanica killings19–20 July 1928Jablanica6Spree killing.Грозна освета одбеглог робијаша, Politika (July 25, 1928)Blutige Rache eines entflohenen Sträflings, Die neue Zeitung (July 24, 1928)Židije killings24 April 1930Židilje5Spree killing.5 killed in Serb village, The New York Times (April 27, 1930)Grauenhaftes Blutbad bei einer Tanzveranstaltung, Die Neue Zeitung (April 27, 1930) Крвава заветина у Жидиљу, Politika (April 26, 1930)Pančevo executions21–22 April 1941Pančevo36Execution of Serbian civilians by the Wehrmacht.Kruševac executions23 September 1941 – 12 June 1944Kruševac1,642Mass shootings of people by the German army.Mačva massacres24 September – 9 October 1941Mačva region 6,000Serbian civilians killed in reprisals during anti-Partisan operations led by German, Ustaše and Hungarian forces. Kraljevo massacre15–21 October 1941Kraljevo 2,000Mass execution of civilians by the German army.Kragujevac massacre20–21 October 1941Kragujevac2,778Mass execution of Serbian men and boys by the German army.Valjevo executions27 November 1941Valjevo 300Execution of at least 261 out of 365 Partisan POWs by Wehrmacht and Serbian collaborators. The Partisans were handed over to Germans by Mihailović's Chetniks with Pećanac Chetniks serving as intermediary.Novi Sad raid4–29 January 1942Bačka region3,000–4,000Mass killings of civilians by Hungarian forces.Bloody January of Banat3-9 January 1942Velika Kikinda, Petrovgrad, Mokrin, Dragutinovo, Banatsko Aranđelovo159Public exaction of hostages as reprisal for the killing of three Germans by the Partisans.Žabalj massacre6-9 January 1942ŽabaljHundredsMassacre of civilians by Hungarian forces at Žabalj.Gospođinci massacre6-7 January 1942Gospođinci100Massacre of civilians by Hungarian forces at Gospođinci.Čurug massacre6–9 January 1942Čurug900Massacre of civilians by Hungarian forces at Čurug.Đurđevo massacre6-7 January 1942Đurđevo300Massacre of civilians by Hungarian forces at Đurđevo.Titel massacre6-7 January 1942Titel60–80Massacre of civilians by Hungarian forces at Titel.Temerin massacre7-9 January 1942Temerin37Massacre of Jews by Hungarian forces at Temerin.Bečej raid27 January 1942Bečej215Massacre of civilians by Hungarian forces.Drugovac massacre29 April 1944Smederevo72Mass killing by the Yugoslav royalist Chetniks.Srijemska Kamenica massacreOctober 1944Sremska Kamenica196Executions of civilians by Yugoslav Partisans.Ružica Ćavar: O zločinima pokraj Maribora slušali smo od svojih starijih, Vjesnik, Zagreb, subota, 10. srpnja 1999.Purges in Serbia1944–1945Serbia region80,000–100,000Yugoslav Communist war crimeParaćin massacre3 September 1987Paraćin5 Spree killingBačka killingsMarch 1993Pačir, Subotica, Aleksandrovo, Bajmok9Spree killing.Vranje shooting3 June 1993 Vranje8Spree killing.Leskovac shootings26–27 July 2002Leskovac7Spree killing.Jabukovac killings27 July 2007Jabukovac9Spree killing.Velika Ivanča shooting9 April 2013Velika Ivanča14Spree killing.Kanjiža shootings17 May 2015Kanjiža7Spree killing.Žitište shooting2 July 2016Žitište5Spree killing.2019 Jabukovac massacre9 August 2019Jabukovac4Spree killing.Belgrade school shooting3 May 2023Belgrade10School shooting.Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings4 May 2023Mladenovac, Smederevo9Spree killing.

Crimes of World War I Crimes of World War II

See also List of massacres in Yugoslavia List of mass executions and massacres in Yugoslavia during World War II

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