Berak killings

Berak killings
Part of the Croatian War of Independence
Berak
Berak on the map of Croatia, JNA/SAO Krajina-held areas in late 1991 are highlighted in red
LocationBerak, Croatia
Coordinates45°13′54″N 19°01′40″E / 45.231667°N 19.027778°E / 45.231667; 19.027778
DateSeptember - December 1991
TargetCroats
Attack type
Mass murder, ethnic cleansing
Deaths44-45
PerpetratorsSerb rebels, Scorpions paramilitaries

The Berak killings was the mass murder of Croat civilians by Serb rebels and paramilitaries from September until December 1991, in the village of Berak, near Vukovar, during the Croatian War of Independence.