List of massacres in North Macedonia

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Macedonia and its predecessors:

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Massacre of the Albanian Beys 9 August 1830 Bitola 1,000 Albanian beys massacred by Ottoman forces.
Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising August 1903 Southwestern region of Macedonia 4,694 Macedonian civilians massacred by Ottoman forces.[1]
Bloody Christmas (1945) January 1945 Throughout the Socialist Republic of Macedonia 1,200 Macedonian children, woman and men found in mass graves.
Vejce massacre April 28, 2001 Tetovo region, on the Šar Mountains 8 Macedonian soldiers massacred by Albanians
Karpalak massacre August 8, 2001 Motorway Skopje - Tetovo, near the village of Grupčin 10 Macedonian army reservists killed by Albanians.[2]
Ljubotenski Bačila massacre August 10, 2001 Locality Ljubotenski Bačila on the Skopska Crna Gora mountains, between the villages of Ljuboten (Skopje) and Ljubanci 8 Macedonian army reservists killed by Albanians.[3]
Smilkovci lake killings April 12, 2012 Butel Municipality, Macedonia 5 Macedonian children found killed near Skopje.

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