Drakulić massacre
| Drakulić massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |
| Location | Drakulić, Šargovac and Motike, municipality of Banja Luka, Independent State of Croatia |
| Date | 7 February 1942 |
| Target | Serbs |
Attack type | Ethnic cleansing, mass murder, genocidal massacre |
| Deaths | c. 2,300 |
| Perpetrators | Ustaše |
| Motive | Serbophobia, Croatian nationalism, Croatisation |
The Drakulić massacre was the mass killing of 2,300 Serb civilians by the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement on 7 February 1942, during World War II in the villages of Drakulić, Šargovac and Motike near Banja Luka, which were then part of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).