The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Albania (numbers may be approximate):
Ottoman Period NameDateLocationDeathsNotesMassacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars1912–1913throughout Albaniaup to 100,000 Albanians killed or diedSerbian, Greek and Montenegrin armies massacred Albanian civilians and many also died from hunger and sicknesses
WWI NameDateLocationDeathsNotesHormova massacre29 April 1914Hormovë217Albanian men and boys were massacred by the Greek army in 1914.Massacre at Panariti10 July 1914Panarit375Albanians were massacred by Greek forces during WWI.Korça massacresMay 1914KorçëhundredsMultiple massacres occurred in the district of Korçë against Albanians by Greek soldiers.
WWII NameDateLocationDeathsNotesBorovë massacre 9 July 1943Borovë107Nazi German forces killed civilians as a reprisal for a partisan attack4 February 1944 Tirana massacre4 February 1944Tirana86Police units under Interior Minister Xhafer Deva, collaborating with the Gestapo, killed 86 suspected anti-fascist residents
Communist Period NameDateLocationDeathsNotesCommunist purges in Albania in 1944November 1944Tiranaover 150 political and religious executionsKilling of intellectuals and Catholic clergy after the liberation of AlbaniaElimination of opposition in 19471947Tirana16Killing of 16 non-communists in oppositionQafë-Valmir massacre17 August 1949Qafë e Valmirit, Mirditë14The communist regime executed 14 men from the area in revenge for the murder of Bardhok Biba1951 executions26 February 1951Tirana22Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trialApril 2 massacre2 April 1991Shkodër4Killing of four Democratic Party protesters by shots fired from the Albanian Party of Labour (APL) headquarters during post-election demonstrations.Libofshë massacre29 April 1992Libofshë5Five members of the Pupa family were bludgeoned to death during a robbery. The brothers Ditbardh and Josif Çuko were executed for the massacre, with their hanged bodies being displayed in public.
Modern Period NameDateLocationDeathsNotesMassacre of 28 February 199728 February 1997Vlorë9Massacre of Levan28 March 1997Levan24Violent 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 Cërrik23 May 1997Cërrik, Elbasan622 woundedUra Vajgurore massacre17 June 1997Ura Vajgurore5Five people were killed and six wounded; all police officers. It was part of the Albanian civil unrest.Durrës shootout7 August 2009Durrës52011 Albanian opposition demonstrations21 January 2011Tirana4Republican Guard opens fire on protesters, killing three on the spot and wounding another who died a week later in a coma.Ujë i Ftohtë massacre28 July 2013Kalasë Beach, Ujë i Ftohtë, Vlora3Delin Hajdaraj executes three vacationers with automatic gunfire.Çoles massacre7 April 2015Çoles neighborhood, Vlorë3 Three young men – Albi Limaj, Haki Rakipi and Ardi Velaj – were killed after a trivial fight in a casino.Lushnja massacre11 October 2017Lushnja2The armed attack resulted in the death of two people and injuries to two others.Resulaj shooting10 August 2018Resulaj, Selenicë, Vlorë County8Ritvan Zykaj shoots and kills 8 of his relatives using a KalashnikovDan Hutra femicides1 March 2023Tirana surroundings341-year-old Dan Hutra killed three women and injured others in a series of attacks in the surroundings of Tirana.Shkoder massacre30 October 2024Dobraç, Shkodër4Four people killed by a criminal group
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