Izbica massacre
| Izbica massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Drenica massacres | |
Bodies of Albanians recorded through a VHS camera in Izbica, March 1999. | |
| Location | Izbica, Kosovo, Yugoslavia |
| Coordinates | 42°43′41″N 20°39′24″E / 42.72806°N 20.65667°E |
| Date | March 28, 1999 around 12:00 (Central European Time) |
| Target | Kosovar Albanians |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Deaths | 93–130 |
| Perpetrators | Serbian policemen and Yugoslav paramilitaries |
| Motive | Anti-Albanian sentiment |
The Izbica massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Izbicës; Serbian: Pokolj u Izbici) was one of the largest massacres of the Kosovo War. Following the war, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found that the massacre resulted in the deaths of at least 93 Kosovar Albanians, mostly male non-combatant civilians between the ages of 60 and 70.