the paraćin massacre ( / параћински масакр) was a mass shooting which targeted yugoslav people's army (jna) soldiers in the military barracks in paraćin, yugoslavia on 3 september 1987. the perpetrator was aziz kelmendi, a 20-year-old kosovo albanian conscript. kelmendi fired an automatic weapon into two sleeping rooms before he fled and committed suicide. the shootings left four soldiers killed and five wounded.