List of massacres in Albania

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Albania (numbers may be approximate):

Ottoman Period

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

WWI

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 of Korçë against Albanians by Greek soldiers.[10]

WWII

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]
February 4, 1944 massacre February 4, 1944 Tirana 86 Police units under Interior Minister Xhafer Deva, collaborating with the Gestapo, killed 86 suspected anti-fascist residents[12]

Communist Period

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[13]
Qafë-Valmir massacre August 17, 1949 Qafë e Valmirit, Mirditë 14 The communist regime executed 14 men from the area in revenge for the murder of Bardhok Biba[14]
1951 executions February 26, 1951 Tirana 22 Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trial[15]
April 2 massacre April 2, 1991 Shkodër 4 Killing of four Democratic Party protesters by shots fired from the Albanian Party of Labour (APL) headquarters during post-election demonstrations.[16]
Libofshë massacre June 1992 Libofshë 5 Brothers Ditbardh and Josef Cuko kill five members of the same family with metal bars during a robbery in the town of Libofshë. The brothers were executed for the massacre, with their hanged bodies being displayed in public.[17]

Modern Period

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 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 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 the Albanian 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.[18]
Ujë i Ftohtë massacre July 28, 2013 Kalasë Beach, Ujë i Ftohtë, Vlora 3 Delin Hajdaraj executes three vacationers with automatic gunfire.[19][20][21]
Çoles massacre April 7, 2015 Çoles neighborhood, Vlorë 3 Three young men – Albi Limaj, Haki Rakipi and Ardi Velaj – were killed after a trivial fight in a casino.[22][23]
Lushnja massacre October 11, 2017 Lushnja 2 The armed attack resulted in the death of two people and injuries to two others.[24][25]
Resulaj shooting August 10, 2018 Resulaj, Selenicë, Vlorë County 8 Ritvan Zykaj shoots and kills 8 of his relatives using a Kalashnikov
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.[26][27]
Shkoder massacre October 30, 2024 Dobraç, Shkodër 4 Four people killed by a criminal group[28][29]

References

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  2. ^ United States Department of State (1943). Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 115. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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  14. ^ "Basha remembers the Valmir Pass Massacre: 14 prominent sons of Mirdita were hanged and shot. This province was never defeated by communist barbarity". www.balkanweb.com (in Albanian). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
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  25. ^ "Shënjestër ishte nipi i Aldo Bares, por i shpëtoi atentatit! Si ndodhi masakra e Lushnjës  6 vite më parë e kryer nga Laert Haxhiu dhe Orges Bilbili". Panorama (in Albanian). May 23, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 91 (help)
  26. ^ "The murder of 3 women, a protest in front of the Ministry of Justice: Valentine's flowers, March 8, are turning us into death flowers". voxnews. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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  28. ^ "Massacre in Shkodra! The number of victims rises to 3, Arlind Bushati dies. He was in the car with Hamza Lici when they were shot with a Kalashnikov rifle". www.balkanweb.com. October 30, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  29. ^ Dema, Sokol (November 20, 2024). "Atentati me 4 të vrarë në Shkodër, arrestohen 4 policë! Nuk shoqëruan për identifikim personin e tretë në makinë, akuzohen për 'shpërdorim detyre' (EMRAT)". Shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved February 21, 2026.
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