Scorpions | |
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Шкорпиони | |
Active | 1991–1999 |
Country | SFR Yugoslavia (1991) Serbian Krajina (1992–1995) FR Yugoslavia (1995–1999) |
Type | Paramilitary |
Role | Sabotage Special operations Counterterrorism |
Patron | Saint Sava |
Colors | Black Red |
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The Scorpions (Serbian Cyrillic: Шкорпиони) were a Serb paramilitary unit active during the Yugoslav Wars. The unit was involved in war crimes during the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. After the wars, four members of the unit were found guilty of killing six prisoners during the Srebrenica massacre of July 1995 and five were found guilty of killing fourteen civilians, mostly women and children, during the Podujevo massacre in March 1999.