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List of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina (numbers may be approximate).

Note that it does not include massacres that occurred on the territory of the Independent State of Croatia between 1941 and 1945.

Name Date Location Deaths Description
Ahatovići massacre 1992 - 06 Ahatovići 47-50
Ahmići massacre 1993 - 04 Ahmići 116 Croats kill 116 Bosniak civilians.[1]
Barimo Massacre 1992 - 08 Barimo 26
Bijeljina massacre 1992 - 04 Bijeljina 48 48 Bosniaks killed by Arkan's Tigers, under the command of the JNA[2]
Čemerno massacre 1992 - 06 - 10 Čemerno, Ilijaš (near Sarajevo) 29-32 Croats killed 29-32 Serb civilians in Čemerno[3]
Doljani Massacre 1993 - 4 - 17 Doljani and Sovići n/a Croatian forces kill a number of Bosniaks in the villages of Doljani and Sovići.[4]
Duša massacre 1993 - 01 - 15 Duša near Gornji Vakuf 10 Croatian Defence Council (HVO) artillery bombardment kills 10 Bosniak civilians[5]
Foča massacres (Bosnian War) 1992 - 04 - 07
to 1994 - 01 		Foča 2,704
Grabovica massacre 1993 - 9 - 8 Grabovica 13 13 Croat civilians killed by the Bosnian Army.[6]
Glogova massacre 1992 - 05 - 08 Glogova 65
Mokronoge Massacre 1993 - 8 - 10 Mokronoge, near Tomislavgrad 9 Croats kill 9 Bosniak civilians in the village of Mokronoge.[7][8]
Prijedor massacre 1992 Prijedor 5,200
Sijekovac killings 1992 - 03 Sijekovac, near Bosanski Brod 20[9]-47[10]-59[11] Bosniak and Croat military units clashed with Bosnian-Serb soldiers and civilians. Republika Srpska reported 47 killed, but 59 bodies were later found, including 18 children.[11] Helsinki Watch reported that 20 were killed in March 1992, while other bodies were killed later in the war.
Sjeverin massacre 1992 - 10 - 22 Višegrad 16
Srebrenica massacre (Bosnian War) 1995 - 07 Srebrenica 8,373 The Preliminary List of People Missing or Killed in Srebrenica compiled by the Bosnian Federal Commission of Missing Persons contains 8,373 names.[12] While the overwhelming majority of them were men, some 500 were under 18,[13] and victims include several dozen women and girls.[14][15] As of July 2011, 6,598 victims have been identified through DNA analysis of body parts recovered from mass graves[16] and 5,138 victims have been buried at the Memorial Centre of Potočari.[17][18]
Srebrenica Children Massacre 1993 - 04 Srebrenica 62
Stupni Do massacre 1993 - 10 - 23 Stupni Do 37 Croatian Defence Council (HVO) kills 37 Bosniak civilians.[19]
Štrpci massacre 1993 - 02 - 27 Priboj 19
Tuzla Massacre 1995 - 05 - 25 Tuzla 71 71 killed,240 injured
Višegrad massacres (Bosnian War) 1992 Višegrad 3,000 Mass murder of 1000-3000 Civilian (mostly Bosniaks) during the ethnic cleansing of eastern Bosnia by Serb police and military forces
Zvornik massacre 1992-1995 Zvornik 700-900

References[]

  1. ↑ Aida Cerkez-Robinson (15 April 2010). "Croatian president honors war victims in Bosnia". Associated Press foreign report. London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9032957. Retrieved 16 April 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Prosecutor v. Momčilo Krajišnik Judgement". International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. http://www.icty.org/x/cases/krajisnik/tjug/en/kra-jud060927e.pdf. "At least 48 civilians, most of whom were non-Serbs, had been killed by Serb paramilitaries during the Serb take-over of Bijeljina." 
  3. ↑ "Bošnjaci i Hrvati osumnjičeni za zločine počinjene nad Srbima u Bosni i Hercegovini (37)". 2007-08-10. http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/clanak/glas-javnosti-10-08-2007/bosnjaci-i-hrvati-osumnjiceni-za-zlocine-pocinjene-nad-srbima-u-bosn. Retrieved 2010-06-12. 
  4. ↑ Sense Tribunal: ICTY - THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE HERCEG BOSNA PROJECT” ON TRIAL [1]
  5. ↑ Tribunal (MKSJ), Bezdušan napad na selo Dušu, HAG/DEN HAAG, 19.06.2006
  6. ↑ ICTY - Sefer Halilović judgment - Findings on the crimes charged Paragraph 3 and 4 - [2]
  7. ↑ Horvat, Domagoj (7 March 1995). "The Secret of Mitigated Crimes". http://www.ex-yupress.com/feral/feral7.html. 
  8. ↑ Lawson, Edward (1996). "Human rights violations by Bosnian Croat Forces". Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-56032-362-0. 
  9. ↑ War crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina: a Helsinki Watch Report (Volume 1). Human Rights Watch. 1992. p. 45. ISBN 9781564320834. http://books.google.hr/books?id=nltdtAo38K0C&dq=sijekovac&hl=hr&source=gbs_navlinks_s. 
  10. ↑ "Posavljaci Josipoviću - Ne idite u Bosansku Posavinu, Dodik će vas prevariti" (in Croatian). 2010-05-29. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/104161/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2012-07-10. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Nezavisne novine (2004-08-11). "EXHUMATIONS - Most victims suspected to be civilians from Vukovar". SFOR Main News Summary. NATO. http://www.nato.int/sfor/media/2004/ms040811.htm. Retrieved 2012-07-10. 
  12. ↑ Potocari Memorial Center PRELIMINARY LIST of Missing Persons from Srebrenica '95 [3]
  13. ↑ By: Danijel Toljaga and Hasan Nuhanovic: Incomplete List of Killed Children During Srebrenica Genocide Srebrenica Bilten 41, page #7 published by Women of Srebrenica
  14. ↑ "Mothers of Srebrenica Appeal Heard Today", BalkanInsight.com, 28 January 2010, Retrieved 29 May 2011
  15. ↑ Federal Commission for Missing Persons; "Preliminary List of Missing and Killed in Srebrenica"; 2005 [4]
  16. ↑ "613 Srebrenica Victims to be Buried at a Memorial Ceremony in Potočari" page on ICMP website [5], accessed 8 June 2012
  17. ↑ DNA Results of the International Commission on Missing Persons Reveal the Identity of 6,186 Srebrenica Victims
  18. ↑ "So far, 6557 Srebrenica Genocide Victims DNA Identified". Sense Tribunal. 14 May 2010. http://www.scribd.com/doc/31586922/So-far-6557-Srebrenica-Genocide-Victims-DNA-Identified. Retrieved 26 October 2010. 
  19. ↑ ICTY - Ivica Rajic sentencing judgement - II. FACTS - Paragraph 49
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