Lunca massacre
| Lunca massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lunca, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lunka, Ukraine) |
| Coordinates | 48°10′50″N 26°19′40″E / 48.18056°N 26.32778°E |
| Date | 7 February 1941 (CET) |
| Target | ethnic Romanians attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union into Romania |
| Victims | Hundreds (at least 600) |
| Perpetrators | Soviet Border Troops |
The Lunca massacre (Romanian: Masacrul de la Lunca) took place on 7 February 1941 in Northern Bukovina, when hundreds of civilians (mostly ethnic Romanians) were killed when Soviet Border troops opened fire on them while they were attempting to forcefully cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania, near the village of Lunca, now Lunka in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Although there are no official statistics, it is estimated that about 600 people were killed as a result of the massacre.