Gorno Karadzhovo massacre

The Gorno Karadzhovo massacre was an operation by the Greek armed movement in Macedonia against the civilian population of Gorno Karadzhovo in the Serres region on 25 October 1906.

It was carried out in retaliation for an IMARO attack led by the revolutionary commander Tasko Serski on the pro-Greek village of Homondos on 1 September 1906. That attack killed the wife and only child of the pro-Greek commander Dimitar Gogolakov. Gogolakov then dressed his 60-man band in Turkish army uniforms and attacked the innocent villagers. Turkish officers, the Greek consul in Serres, Tsamados, and Metropolitan Grigorios took part in preparing the massacre.

According to eyewitness accounts, a dozen Bulgarians were first killed outside the village. Around ten houses belonging to followers of the Bulgarian Exarchate were then set on fire, and between 25 and 30 Bulgarians were killed. The andarte captain Atanas Hadzhipantaziev was wounded during the attack and died of his wounds in January 1907.

The massacre prompted the Great Powers to send investigators, including the Austrian consul Pari and the French officer Foulon, and the case was discussed in the British Parliament. In response, IMARO bands in the area stepped up their operations and attacked the pro-Greek village of Klepushna on 1 December, burning seven houses. They also carried out killings in various villages, including the murder of an entire pro-Greek family of seven.