Lunca massacre

Lunca massacre
Lunca massacre (Ukraine)
Location48°10′50″N 26°19′40″E / 48.18056°N 26.32778°E / 48.18056; 26.32778
Lunca, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lunka, Ukraine)
Date7 February 1941 (CET)
Targetethnic Romanians attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union into Romania
VictimsHundreds
PerpetratorsSoviet Border Troops

Hundreds of civilians (mostly ethnic Romanians) were massacred on 7 February 1941 when Soviet Border troops opened fire on them while they were attempting to forcefully cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania, near the village of Lunca, now Lunka in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Although there are no official statistics, it is estimated that about 600 people were killed.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.