Štrpci massacre

Štrpci massacre
Part of the Bosnian War
Štrpci railway station
Štrpci railway station
Štrpci railway station (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
LocationVišegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates43°38′19″N 19°30′11″E / 43.63861°N 19.50306°E / 43.63861; 19.50306
Date27 February 1993
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths18 Bosniaks; 1 Croat
PerpetratorsAvengers paramilitary unit, under the command of Milan Lukić

The Štrpci massacre (Bosnian: Masakr u Štrpcima) was the massacre of 19 civilians (18 Bosniaks and one Croat) on 27 February 1993, taken from a Belgrade-Bar train at Štrpci railway station near Višegrad, on Bosnian territory.

Members of the Avengers (Osvetnici) paramilitary unit, commanded by Milan Lukić, were responsible for the abductions and subsequent massacre. The Štrpci massacre, Bosanska Jagodina massacre, Sjeverin massacre, and the Višegrad massacres were part of a campaign of senseless wrath attacks conducted against Bosniaks in the Višegrad area by Lukić and his paramilitary unit.