Rezalla massacre

Rezalla massacre
Part of the Kosovo War
Native nameMasakra e Rezallës
Location42°41′20″N 20°46′08″E / 42.689°N 20.769°E / 42.689; 20.769
Rezallë, Srbica, AP Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia (modern Kosovo)
Date5 April 1999 (1999-04-05)
after 17:00 (Central European Time)
TargetKosovo Albanians
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths98
Injured4; 2 later died due to the wounds
PerpetratorsSerbian police forces
No. of participants
30 Serbian police officers
MotiveAnti-Albanian sentiment, ethnic cleansing
Convictednone

The Rezalla massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Rezallës) was the mass killing of 98 ethnic Albanians civilians in the village of Rezallë, on 5 April 1999 during the Kosovo War. The massacre was perpetrated by Serbian forces as part of a broad campaign of violence, ethnic cleansing and displacement against the Kosovar Albanian population.