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
Location45°13′54″N 19°01′40″E / 45.231667°N 19.027778°E / 45.231667; 19.027778
Berak, Croatia
DateSeptember - December 1991
TargetCroats
Attack type
Mass murder, ethnic cleansing
Deaths44-45
PerpetratorsEastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Territorial Defense, 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.