Štip massacre
| Štip massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of World War I | |
Exhumed remains of those killed in the massacre. | |
| Location | Ljuboten, Štip region, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Date | 26 October 1915 |
| Target | Serbian soldiers |
Attack type | Summary executions, War crime |
| Deaths | 118–120 |
| Perpetrators | 11th Macedonian Division Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization |
The Štip massacre was the mass murder of Serbian soldiers by paramilitary forces of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in the village of Ljuboten, Štip on 15 October 1915, during World War I. Sick and wounded Serbian soldiers, recuperating at the Štip town hospital, were detained by Macedonian IMRO militants before being taken into the vicinity of Ljuboten and killed. An estimated 118–120 Serbian soldiers were executed in the massacre.