Meja massacre

When

27 Apr 1999 – 28 Apr 1999

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

345

Coordinates

42.53° N, 20.24° E

Description

1999 mass execution in Meja, Kosovo

1999 mass execution in Meja, Kosovo

The Meja massacre was the mass execution of at least 377 Albanian Catholic and Muslim civilians during the Kosovo War with the purpose of ethnic cleansing, which took place on 27 April 1999. The majority of the victims were from neighbouring areas around Meja and were temporarily in Meja as refugees who wanted to cross into Albania but were stopped there by the Serbian military.

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