page_title: Izbica massacre
section_title: War crime trials
hierarchical_section_title: Izbica massacre / War crime trials
caption_attribution_description: English: Satellite imagery of new mass burial site near Izbica, during Kosovo War in 1999.
context_page_description: The Izbica massacre was one of the largest massacres of the Kosovo War. Following the war, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found that the massacre resulted in the deaths of about 93 Kosovo Albanians, mostly male non-combatants between the ages of 60 and 70.
context_section_description: The Izbica killings were cited in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictment of Slobodan Milošević, and others.
  On, or about, 27 March 1999, FRY and Republic of Serbia forces attacked the village of Izbica. Several thousand village residents took refuge in a meadow outside the village. On, or about, 28 March 1999, forces of the FRY and Serbia surrounded the villagers and then approached them, demanding money. After valuables were stolen by the soldiers and policemen, the men were separated from the women and small children. The men were then further divided into two groups, one of which was sent to a nearby hill, and the other of which was sent to a nearby streambed. Both groups of men were then fired upon by the forces of the FRY and Serbia, and approximately 130 Kosovo Albanian men were killed.
  — Indictment against Milošević and others
  According to Sadik Xhemajli, a KLA fighter from Izbica who recorded the names of victims, 142 Kosovo Albanians from the village were killed between 28 March and 10 May 1999. In 2009, the ICTY ruled that approximately 93 people were killed on 28 March, mostly male civilians between the ages of 60 and 70.
caption: Satellite imagery of new mass burial site near Izbica.
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