List of massacres in the Croatian War of Independence


The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Croatian War of Independence. Numbers may be approximate.
NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Tenja massacreJuly-December 1991Tenja29Members of the Serbian Volunteer Guard killed 29 Croat civilians and POWs in the village of Tenja.
Operation Stinger26-27 July 1991Banovina22Forces of the SAO Krajina, an unrecognized Croatian Serb region, killed 22 Croat civilians as well as captured policemen in Glina, Kozibrod and Struga, where the rebel Serb forces employed a human shield consisting of Croat civilians taken from their homes in Struga and the nearby village of Zamlača.
Struga and Kuljani killings26 July 1991Struga and Kuljani, near Dvor17Rebel Serb forces killed seventeen Croat civilians in Struga and Kuljani, near Dvor. This is reportedly believed to be the first mass-killings of civilians during the Croatian War of Independence.
Aljmaš massacreAugust 1991Aljmaš58JNA and Serb paramilitaries killed 58 Croat civilians.
Osijek killingsAugust 1991-December 1991Osijek11Serb civilians killed by Croat paramilitaries, led by Branimir Glavaš.
Dalj massacre1 August 1991-May 1992Dalj135SAO and TO forces target Croatian police and ZNG POWs, Croat and Hungarian civilians.
Lovinac massacre8 August 1991Lovinac5SAO Krajina paramilitary units massacred 5 elderly Croat civilians in Lovinac.
Kraljevčani and Pecki killings14 and 16 August 1991Kraljevčani and, near Petrinja9Serb paramilitaries killed five Croat civlians in Kraljevčani and then another four Croat civilians in nearby.
Pakrac killings19 August 1991-1992Pakrac municipality176Croats killed by JNA and Serb paramilitary groups during the occupation of Pakrac and surrounding areas.
Banija villages killings22 August 1991Blinjski Kut and neighbouring villages15ZNG forces killed 15 Serb civilians and POWs.
Četekovac massacre3 September 1991Četekovac, Balinci, Čoljug, near Podravska Slatina22Serb paramilitaries massacred 20 Croat civilians and 2 PoWs.
Sajmište killings5 September 1991,Vukovar120JNA and Serb paramilitaries killed 120 Croat civilians after seizing the Sajmište suburb, during the Battle of Vukovar.
Korana massacre13 September 1991Korana, near Karlovac13Croat forces massacre thirteen JNA POWs over the Korana bridge, near Karlovac.
Svinjarevci massacre22 September 1991Svinjarevci34Thirty-four Croat civilians killed by the JNA and Serb paramilitaries.
Tovarnik massacre22 September 1991Tovarnik68JNA forces massacred 68 Croat civilians after capturing the village of Tovarnik in September 1991.
Antin massacre29 September 1991Antin and Korođ27A civilian refugee column, fleeing a JNA attack, was deliberately shelled between the villages of Antin and Korođ.
Berak killingsOctober 1991Berak, Croatia56Fifty-six Croats killed by Serb forces throughout October 1991, during the Battle of Vukovar.
Baćin massacre21 October 1991-February 1992Baćin, near Hrvatska Dubica118SAO Krajina paramilitaries killed 118 civilians, apart from Croats two Serbs.
Tordinci massacre25 October 1991Tordinci22Twenty-two Croat civilians massacred by the 12th Proletarian Mechanised Brigade of the Yugoslav People's Army, supported by Serb Paramilitaries
Glinska Poljana massacre27 October 1991Glinska Poljana13Serb paramilitaries killed 13 Croat civilians.
Bogdanovci killings2 October-10 November 1991Bogdanovci, near VukovarDisputedCroatia alleged 87 Croats were killed in the predominantly Croat village of Bogdanovci, approximately 8 km south-east of Vukovar, during and after the attacks carried out on the village on 2 October and 10 November 1991 by the JNA and Serb forces. However, "Taking account of Serbia’s admission and the evidence put before it, the Court concludes that a number of Croats were killed by the JNA and Serb forces in Bogdanovci on both 2 October and 10 November 1991, although it is unable to determine the exact number."
Novo Selo Glinsko massacre3 and 16 October 1991Novo Selo Glinsko, near Glina32SAO Krajina forces massacred thirty-two Croat civilians in two separate incidents in October 1991, in the village of Novo Selo Glinsko, near Glina.
Lovas killings10–18 October 1991Lovas and Opatovac70Serb forces killed 70 Croats in the village of Lovas.
Pakračka Poljana massacreOctober 1991Pakračka Poljana, near Pakrac22Croat forces massacred at least 22 Serb civilians and POWs.
Široka Kula massacre13 October 1991Široka Kula, near Gospić41SAO Krajina police force massacre of Croat civilians in the village of Široka Kula.
Gospić massacre16–18 October 1991GospićAbout 100 Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces over a period of several days in October 1991.
Bapska killingsOctober-November 1991Bapska17SAO Krajina forces killed 17 Croats.
Lužac massacre2 November 1991Lužac, near Vukovar59Members of the Serbian Paramilitary group, Arkan's Tigers, and JNA forces killed 59 Croat civilians in Lužac, during the Battle of Vukovar
Murder of the Zec family7 November 1991Zagreb3Ethnic Serb family of three murdered by five Croatian militiamen; two family members survived. The murderers were apprehended, but released after a controversial court decision in 1992. The Croatian government agreed to compensate the surviving family members in a 2004 court settlement.
Saborsko massacre12 November 1991Saborsko29Serb paramilitaries kill 29 Croats in the village of Saborsko.
Kostrići massacre15 November 1991Kostrići16Serb paramilitary unit killed 16 Croats.
Majur massacres15 November 1991Majur, Graboštani and Stubalj38On the same day the Kostrići massacre occurred, the same Serb paramilitary unit massacred another 38 Croat civilians in the nearby villages of Majur, Graboštani and Stubalj.
Škabrnja massacre18 November 1991Škabrnja and Nadin67Serb paramilitaries killed 48 Croat civilians and five Croatian POWs in the village of Škabrnja, and 14 civilians in the village of Nadin.
Vukovar massacre20 November 1991Vukovar264A mostly Croatian group of 263 men and 1 woman, of whom 194 have been identified, were murdered by members of the Serb militias following the Yugoslav People's Army withdrawal from Ovčara after it brought those patients there from the Vukovar hospital.
Dabar massacre21 November 1991Dabar, near Vrhovine7SAO Krajina paramilitaries tortured and killed seven Croat civilians.
Požega killings10 December 1991Čečavac, Čečavački Vučjak, Jeminovac, Ruševac and Šnjegavić, near Požega41Croat forces killed at least 41 Serb civilians across several Serb villages near Požega.
Paulin Dvor massacre11 December 1991Paulin Dvor, near Osijek19Croatian Army soldiers massacred eighteen Serbs and one Hungarian in the village of Paulin Dvor.
Gornje Jame massacre11 December 1991Gornje Jame1616 civilians killed by Šiltovi Serbian paramilitary unit.
Voćin massacre13 December 1991Voćin4343 Croat civilians massacred by White Eagles paramilitaries during Operation Papuk-91.
Bokane massacre13 December 1991Bokane, Krašković, Miokovićevo and Zvečevo20On the same day of the Voćin massacre, the same White Eagles paramilitaries killed another 20 Croat civlians during their retreat through neighbouring villages south of Voćin.
Joševica massacre16 December 1991Joševica21Serb paramilitaries killed 21 Croatian civilians killed reportedly in retaliation for Serb losses sustained in Operation Whirlwind.
Lađevac killings21 December 1991-June 1993Donji Lađevac and Gornji Lađevac20Series of abuses and killings of Croat civilians, who remained in the Donji and Gornji Lađevac villages, by SAO Krajina paramilitaries.
Bruška massacre21 December 1991Bruška10Ten Croatian civilians killed by Republic of Serbian Krajina forces.
Erdut killings10 November 1991 – 3 June 1992Erdut37A series of killings of 37 Croat and Hungarian civilians by local SAO forces and Serb Volunteer Guard paramilitaries.
Petrinja killingsSeptember 1991–June 1992PetrinjaAfter the fall of Petrinja to Serb forces in September 1991, as many as 250 Croat civilians and POWs were killed during the occupation.
Sisak killingsJuly 1991-June 1992Sisak24-107Illegal detainment, torture and killings of at least 24 Serbian civilians from Sisak by members of the Croatian Army and police forces. Other reports claim that up to 107 Serbian civilians were murdered or disappeared during this time period
Sotin massacre26 December 1991Sotin32-64Thirty-two Croat civilians massacred by Croatian Serb militia and Territorial Defense. A further thirty-two civilians are declared missing and are presumed to have been killed by Serb forces later into the occupation.
Banski Kovačevac massacre20 March 1992Banski Kovačevac, near Karlovac15Croat civilians killed by Serb paramilitaries.
Grabovac massacre4 May 1992Grabovac5Serbia's Red Berets special forces abducted and killed three men and two women. They were initially buried in Tikveš, before the bodies were moved to conceal the killings.
Slavonski Brod shelling15 July 1992Slavonski Brod1212 Bosniak refugees killed after their accommodation at a stadium in Slavonski Brod was shelled by the Army of the Republika Srpska.
Medviđa massacre9 February 1993:hr:Medviđa|Medviđa, near Benkovac18Eighteen Croat civilians killed by Serb forces, allegedly in retaliation for the Croatian Army offensive- Operation Maslenica
Solin rocket attack14 June 1993Biograd na Moru5 killed, 7 woundedRepublic of Serbian Krajina forces fired M-87 Orkan cluster rockets at the Solin beach in Biograd na Moru, killing 5 and wounding 7 civilians
Operation Medak Pocket9-17 September 1993near Gospić36 Serb civilians killed by Croat forces during and after Operation Medak Pocket.
Medari massacre1 May 1995Medari, near Okučani22HV forces killed 22 Serb civilians during Operation Flash.
Zagreb rocket attacks2-3 May 1995Zagreb7 killed, 214 woundedRepublic of Serbian Krajina forces used multiple rocket launchers, fitted with cluster munitions, to strike civilian-populated areas of Zagreb on the 2 and 3 May 1995, in retaliation for the Croatian Army offensive- Operation Flash. Part of the ICTY conviction of Milan Martić and Momčilo Perišić
Golubić massacreAugust 1995Golubić18Serb civlians killed by Croat forces during and after Operation Storm.
Donji Lapac killingsAugust 1995Donji Lapac2020 Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces after Operation Storm. Part of the ICTY indictment of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač
Biskupija massacreAugust 1995Biskupija, near Knin15Fifteen Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm
Kijani killingsAugust–September 1995Kijani, Croatia1414 elderly Serb civilians executed by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.
Gospić bombing4 August 1995Gospić3 killed, 6 woundedRSK aircraft targeted Croat civlians during an attack on Gospić, in retaliation for the beginning of Operation Storm.
Uzdolje massacre6 August 1995Uzdolje, near Knin1010 Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.
Glina refugee column massacre7-8 August 1995Main road between Glina and Dvor16Serb civilians in a refugee column killed after being ambushed by HV and ARBiH forces during Operation Storm.
Dvor massacre8 August 1995Dvor9Nine elderly and disabled Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.
Komić killings12 August 1995Komić, Croatia9Nine elderly Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.
Grubori massacre25 August 1995Grubori, near Knin66 Serb civilians massacred by the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit in the aftermath of Operation Storm.
Kistanje massacre10-27 August 1995Kistanje, near Knin13Croat forces massacre thirteen mostly elderly Serb civilians in the aftermath of Operation Storm, throughout August 1995
Gošić massacre27 August 1995Gošić, Šibenik-Knin County8Croat soldiers massacred 8 elderly Serb civilians in the aftermath of Operation Storm.
Varivode massacre28 September 1995Varivode9Croat soldiers massacred nine elderly Serb civilians in the village of Varivode, although the war was over.