Kulen Vakuf massacre

Kulen Vakuf massacre
Aerial view of Kulen Vakuf
Kulen Vakuf in 2019
Kulen Vakuf is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kulen Vakuf
Kulen Vakuf
Kulen Vakuf (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
LocationKulen Vakuf in Bosnia and Herzegovina (contemporary Independent State of Croatia)
Coordinates44°34′N 16°05′E / 44.567°N 16.083°E / 44.567; 16.083
Date6-8 September 1941
TargetMuslim and Croat civilians and Ustaše POWs
Deathsbetween 1,000 and 3,000 Muslim civilians and soldiers, including 100 Croats
VictimsMuslim and Croat civilians and captured soldiers from the Ustaše or Home Guard units
PerpetratorsCommunist-led partisan forces and non-communist Serb Chetnik rebels
MotiveRetaliation
AccusedGojko Polovina

The Kulen Vakuf massacre was committed during World War II by Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and groups of non-communist Serb rebels (including Chetniks), killing 1,000 to 3,000 Ustaše prisoners as well as Muslim, and a smaller number of Croat (around 100 killed), civilians in early September 1941 in Kulen Vakuf, part of the Independent State of Croatia (present-day Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). The local Ustaše had previously massacred Serbs in Kulen Vakuf and surrounding villages.