Vushtrri massacre

Vushtrri massacre
Native nameMasakra e Vushtrrisë
Location42°50′07″N 21°01′21″E / 42.8352°N 21.0226°E / 42.8352; 21.0226
Studime, Vushtrri, Kosovo
Date2–3 May 1999 (Central European Time)
TargetKosovo Albanians
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths100–120
PerpetratorsSerbian police and paramilitary forces
MotiveAnti-Albanian sentiment, ethnic cleansing
AccusedVlastimir Đorđević, Serbian former police colonel general
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsCrimes against humanity, including murder and deportation

The Vushtrri massacre (Albanian: Masakra e Vushtrrisë) was the mass killing of 100 to 120 Kosovo Albanian refugees during the Kosovo War on the 2nd and 3rd of May 1999 near Vushtrri, Kosovo.