Scorpions (paramilitary)

Scorpions
Scorpions
	Insignia of the Scorpions paramilitary unit
Active	1991–1999 (disbanded)
Country	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1991); Republic of Serbian Krajina (1992–1995); Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1995–1999)
Type	Paramilitary
Engagements	Croatian War of Independence Battle of Vukovar; ; Bosnian War Siege of Srebrenica Srebrenica massacre; ; ; Kosovo War Podujevo massacre; ;

The Scorpions (Serbian Cyrillic: Шкорпиони) was a Serbian 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.

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