Lunca massacre

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The Lunca massacre took place on 7 February 1941 in Northern Bukovina, when hundreds of civilians 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.

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