PRESENTATION

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 20, 1991; "Ovcara" farm (cca 5
kilometres south of Vukovar.)
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After the occupation of Vukovar, YPA
soldiers and chetniks imprisoned some 300 persons (the wounded,
civilians, members of the Croatian Army and the police force of
the Republic of Croatia) in a storehouse (50x20 m) at Ovcara. In
the evening, all prisoners were registered. Afterwards, prisoners
were taken out of the storehouse at random, in groups of 20. The
witness was summoned to roll-call at 6:00 p.m., in the fourth
group. After they got out of the storehouse, the prisoners were
ordered to mount a truck. The truck was covered with tarpaulin.
After 20 prisoners mounted the truck, YPA soldiers lowered the
tarpaulin. The witness sat at the tailgate of the truck, and
peeked through a loophole in the tarpaulin as to see where they
were going. He recognized that they were on the road to the
"Grabovo" Co-Operative. After five or ten minutes of the drive
the witness jumped off the truck and remained lying by the road
for about a minute. He heard the truck stopping. Shortly after
that he heard machine gun fire and sporadic gun shots from the
direction of the truck. He dodged the site, and went towards
Vinkovci via Sajmiste (part of Vukovar).
PERPETRATORS: YPA members and chetniks (a Serbian paramilitary
formation from Serbia proper, affiliated with the Serbian Radical
Party whose leader is Vojislav Seselj).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killings of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; around 5:00 p.m.; Tovarnik
(cca 23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After the occupation of the town, YPA
members captured four civilian residents who hid in the basement
of Franjo Kuzmic's family house. The names of the captured
civilians are as follows: Franjo Kuzmic, D. K., J. I. and the
witness. Immediately after the arrest, YPA soldiers maltreated
the prisoners. The prisoners were interrogated in Milenko
Svetlica's house. Franjo Kuzmic was badly beaten. In the morning,
the witness was escorted to his house by a YPA soldier, named
Slavko (from Sid), in order to get his personal belongings. When
he returned to the house where he was imprisoned, there were no
other prisoners. When he asked where the other prisoners were, he
was told that they had been executed by a firing squad. After a
brief interrogation, a commander told the witness that soldiers
were going to escort him to Sid. However, when the soldiers took
the witness to the yard, a YPA soldier who knew the witness told
him: "We were ordered to shoot you. We'll shoot in the air, and
you run. Go to Sid." So they did. The witness saw when Franjo
Kuzmic was executed by a firing squad in Milenko Svetlica's
garden.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members, among whom were a large number of
Serbian residents from Sid (Serbia).
EVIDENCE: An audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 B-H - LJUBIJA - July 24, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of serious bodily harm;
mass killing of civilians; forcible depopulation of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 24/25, 1992; village of Brisevo (cca 3
kilometres south of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Until July 25, 1992, the village of
Brisevo had been inhabited exclusively by a Croat population. On
that day, armed members of the 6th Krajina Brigade (from the
Sanski Most district), and the 5th Kozara Brigade (from Prijedor
district) entered the village after shelling it. Most of the
members of the above-mentioned brigades are local Serbs from
Sanski Most and Prijedor. As a consequence of the aggression, the
casualties mounted to 70 dead civilians (women, children, men,
elderly persons), 60 houses were set on fire, St. Peter and Paul
Catholic Church was completely demolished, several women were
raped, and some 30 men were taken to the Krings concentration
camp in Sanski Most. During the so-called "cleansing", the
villagers of Brisevo were ordered to abandon their homes on more
than one occasion. Most Croat villagers from Brisevo were forced
to relocate to the Republic of Croatia, while only a small number
remained in the village. The following is an incomplete list of
the Brisevo casualties: Ivo Lovric; Joso Lovric (paralysed);
Sreco Buzuk (Franjo's son); Miroslav Buzuk (Mate's son); Vlado
Buzuk (Mate's son, an invalid); Ivica Mlinar (retired); Luka
Mlinar; Pejo Ivandic; Stipo Ivandic; Milan Ivandic; Jerko
Ivandic; Milan Buzuk (Marko's son, born 1963, killed after being
tortured); Marko Buzuk (set on fire in a field after being
tortured); Ivica Buzuk; Mato Buzuk (seriously ill); Mara
Matanovic; Goran Matanovic (14 years old); Lucija Ivandic (killed
by shell fragments).
PERPETRATORS: Members of the 6th Krajina Brigade from Sanski
Most, and the 5th Kozara Brigade from Prijedor (predominately
Serb residents of Prijedor and Sanski Most districts). Both
Brigades are under the direct command of the "Banja Luka Corps"
of the so-called Serbian Army.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; 9:20 a.m.; Tovarnik (cca
23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A convoy of YPA tanks and armoured
transporters from Sid (Serbia) arrived in Tovarnik. Shortly after
arriving in front of the local Co-Operative, the first tank
started shelling civilian objects and properties. One group of
tanks and transporters drove off in the direction of the village
of Ilaca (west of Tovarnik). Towards evening, the YPA forces
launched an attack on the town from multiple rocket launchers.
Ivic, and Luca Cikina's houses, and a building across the local
police station were hit and set on fire. Several personal
vehicles were destroyed. On that day, YPA soldiers fired 62
mortars on the local Catholic church. Stanoje Filipovic's family
house in Zmaj-Jova Street were literally blown apart by a tank
shell. Stanoje Filipovic (labourer in the Co-Operative) and his
working colleague Pajo Milutinovic nicknamed "Duvalo" were killed
inside of the house. The following family houses burnt down: Tuna
Grgic's, Drmic's, Sakic's, Cijakovic's, etc. On September 21,
1991, around 10:00 a.m., a YPA bomber flew from the direction of
Serbian territory, bombed the local radio transmitter, and
machine-gunned the Co-Operative. Afterwards it flew in the
direction of Belgrade.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a YPA armoured unit, and YPA air-force
stationed near Belgrade (Serbia).
EVIDENCE: An audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA/SERBIA - November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment and
internment of civilians in camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: Around November 22, 1991; Sremska Mitrovica -
Belgrade.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness tried to escape from the
occupied Vukovar to Vinkovci. YPA soldiers captured and
maltreated him in the village of Ceric. That same day, he was
transferred to the village of Jankovac where he spent the night
with another four captured civilians. After being interrogated,
all five prisoners were taken to the police station in Sid
(Serbia). From Sid, the witness was transferred to the Sremska
Mitrovica camp, where he was interned until February 4, 1992. On
that day, he was transferred to Belgrade where he was kept in the
military prison. He was released (exchanged) on August 14, 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; Serbian authorities.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - LJUBIJA - May/September 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians; rape and
murder of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May/September 1992; Ljubija area (northwestern
Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Pero Djuric (Serb) looted family
houses and apartments owned by non-Serb civilians. Furthermore,
he battered civilians who were released from the Serbian
concentration camps of Trnopolje, Omarska, and Keraterm. He was
especially brutal towards N. I. from the village of Zune, and A.
P. from Ljubija. He raped M. H. from the village of Brisevo after
having beaten her husband S. J. The attack on the Croat populated
village of Brisevo was launched on July 24, 1992, and lasted for
two days. Two brigades of the so-called Serbian Army (5th Kozara
Brigade from Prijedor, and 6th Krajina Brigade from Sanski Most)
participated in the attack. During this attack, over 70 Croat
civilians were brutally maltreated and killed. Stojan Besir
nicknamed Stole ordered the imprisonment and subsequent murder of
Zvonko Tokmadzic (Croat). Besir stated, in front of a witness,
that in 1991 he led an attack, and ordered the massacre of
civilians in a village near Hrvatska Kostajnica. On July 24,
1992, Juro Hrvat (Ivo's son) and his neighbour Nedo Ilisinovic
were killed in a family house. Nedo Ilisinovic was released from
the Trnopolje concentration camp on the same day. The witness
stated that these two murders were committed by Ljuban Pejic (a
Serb from Ljubija). According to the witness, Marko Grahovac (a
Serb from Ljubija, and the leader of the Serbian Democratic Party
in Ljubija) was in charge of the liquidation and internment of
civilians to the Keraterm and Omarska concentration camps. Marko
Grahovac's active collaborator was Milan Atlija (Simo's son), a
Croat from Ljubija who made a list of Croats from the villages of
Brisevo and Stara Rijeka who were afterwards interned to
concentration camps or killed. He also made a list of addresses
of Croat owned family houses that were soon after set on fire.
Croat civilians were intimidated on a daily basis by mostly Serb
armed civilians, among whom were Ivo Juric nicknamed Jurika, and
his son Nikola Juric (both Croat villagers from Gornja Ravska).
PERPETRATORS: Veljko Brajic nicknamed "Crna Strijela" ("Black
Arrow"), one of commanders of the 6th Krajina Brigade from Sanski
Most; Arsic, commander of the 5th Kozara Brigade from Prijedor,
subsequently replaced by Commander Radmilo Zeljaja; Pero Djuric
from Ljubija; Zeljko Rivic from Ljubija; Ljuban Milojica (Dusan's
son) nicknamed Lule or Mici, from Ljubija; Cedo Malic from
Ljubija; Veljko Malic (Cedo's son) from Ljubija; Zdravko
Todorovic from Ljubija; Rade Zekanovic from Ljubija; Predrag
Radulovic from Ljubija; Bato Radulovic from Ljubija; Boro
Prastalo from Ljubija; Stojan Besir nicknamed Stole from Ljubija;
Ljuban Pejic from Ljubija; Marko Grahovac from Ljubija; Milan
Atlija (Simo's son) from Ljubija; Nikola Juric (Ivo's son) from
Gornja Ravska, Ivo Juric nicknamed Jurika from Gornja Ravska.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 B-H - LJUBIJA - July 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 1992; village of Zune, near Ljubija
(northwestern Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Two Muslims arrived in front of Ivo
Iveljic's house: Aziz Aliskovic from Hambarine, and Ramic from
Carakovo. The Serb irregular authorities issued a warrant of
arrest in their names, and a reward to the informer. Julka
Iveljic (Ivo Iveljic's wife) offered them food, and sent her son
to report them. When they found out about the whereabouts of two
Muslims, the Serb irregular authorities issued an order to attack
Ivo Iveljic's house in the village of Zune. Both Muslims and
Julka Iveljic were killed in an armed attack. Bodies of the
killed Muslims were taken to Ljubija and displayed in the town
square, while Julka Iveljic was buried in the local Catholic
cemetery.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular authorities in Ljubija,
among whom were five Croats from the village of Gornja Ravska:
Zdravko Solaja (Ivo's son); Ivica Solaja (Dragan's son); Drago
Cavlovic (Ivo's son) nicknamed "Gluha Kuja" ("Dumb Bitch"); Ivica
Juric nicknamed "Jurika"; Janko Juric (Veselko's son).
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented with a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

005 B-H - LJUBIJA - September 12/13, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 12/13, 1992; 10:45 p.m.; village of
Gornji Volar (cca 5 kilometres north of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness identified Serb villagers
from the nearby village of Radomirovac with surnames Jovicic,
Djuric, Babic, and Ovuka as being responsible for the killing of
Ante Juric (Mirko's son), Mirko Juric, Danica Juric (Mirko's
wife, bed-ridden, 60 years old), and Ante Solaja (deaf, 60 years
old). The above-mentioned men are members of the Serbian Army.
During the night of September 12-13, 1992, they attacked the
Croat populated village of Gornji Volar, while returning from the
front-lines. They seriously damaged the vestry of the Surkovac
parish, and Pavle Rukavina's family house, and set on fire
Nedjeljko Solaja's house. Afterwards they killed Danica Juric
(bed-ridden), and Ana Solaja (deaf), while Mirko Juric was
seriously wounded, and did not die until 9 o'clock the following
morning. Mirko bled to death because armed Serb civilians did not
allow anyone to approach him and dress his wounds. They took Ante
Juric (Mirko's son) in the direction of the village of
Radomirovac, where, according to the witness, he was killed.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the so-called Serbian Army from the
village of Radomirovac with the following surnames: Jovicic,
Djuric, Babic, and Ovuka.
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

007 B-H - LJUBIJA - July 23, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forced hard labour; killing of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 23, 1992; around 8:00 p.m.; village of
Surkovac, Volaric hamlet (cca 2.5 kilometres north of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: 12 unidentified bodies were unloaded
off a truck, on the left side of the Ljubija-Miska Glava road. It
is presumed that the killed persons were Muslim villagers of
Rizvanovici. Vojo Janjos from Miska Glava (Serb, a police
reservist) forced eleven gypsies to bury the dead bodies. The
Volaric hamlet is populated exclusively by gypsies. While they
were digging the grave, a delivery truck supplying food to the
Serb Army stationed in Miska Glava stopped near them. Machine gun
fire was opened on the gypsies, and nine of them were killed on
the spot. The brothers Boro and Cedo Milojica from the village of
Marini were seen driving the delivery truck. The location of two
mass graves are marked on the topographic map (1:25000) in the
presence of the witness.
PERPETRATORS: Vojo Janjos from Miska Glava; brothers Boro and
Cedo Milojica from the village of Marini.
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

008 B-H - LJUBIJA - December 1992
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 1992, village of Gornji Volar (cca 5
kilometres north of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of the so-called Serbian Army
returned from the front to their village of Radomirovac. While
passing by the Catholic church in Surkovac, they destroyed the
priest's office in the rectory with an explosive device. They
fired on the church front door, and in the church interior.
Afterwards, they set on fire Jure Lovric nicknamed "Andrijin"'s
hay-barn. Upon their arrival in the village of Gornji Volar,
armed Serbs opened machine gun fire on Stipe Jakic's and Jure
Komljenovic nicknamed "Postar"'s ("Postman") houses. Damage to
those houses is considerable. When passing by the Tukeric
residence, they fired two shots. Stipo Tukeric nicknamed "Cipa"
(12 years old) was standing in front of the window, and took
direct hits in the forehead. Half of the child's vertex was blown
away. A couple of days after this incident, an investigator came
to the village from the Military Garrison in Prijedor, along with
the representatives of the irregular Serb militia from Ljubija,
led by Rade Zekanovic nicknamed "Zekan". They inspected the scene
of the crime and left.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the so-called Serbian Army from the
village of Radomirovac.
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

009 B-H - LJUBIJA - November 7-8, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of a priest.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 7-8, 1992; village of Gornja Ravska
(cca 3 kilometres west of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During the night between November 7th
and 8th, 1992, in the village of Gornja Ravska, the Catholic
priest Ivica Grgic (born 1962) was killed in front of the
rectory. The upper right part of his forehead was blown away by
bullets. His left palm was pierced by a bullet shot. Two bullets
were found in the wrist of his left arm, and a part of his body
from the top of his right shoulder over his heart to the left
elbow was strafed with bullets. At least six wounds were fatal.
The priest's body was found in the strip mine area of the
"Ljubija" iron ore mine. The witness identified the perpetrators
of the crime to be Rade Zekanovic nicknamed "Zekan" from Ljubija
(retired policeman), Zeljko Rivic (Zvonko's son) from Ljubija,
Ivica Juric nicknamed "Jurika" and Tihomir Butkovic nicknamed
"Pimo" (Nikola's son). The three of them were in the rectory
along with Father Grgic. The occupying Serb irregular authorities
in Ljubija accused two Croats and two Serbs for the murder of the
priest. The accused Serbs are Boro Milojica (Branko's son) and
Ratko Milojica (Milan's son), both from the village of Marini.
The accused Croats are Ivica Juric nicknamed "Jurika" from the
village of Gornja Ravska, and Ivica Pavlovic nicknamed "Gagin"
(Drago's son). According to the witness, one of the accused Serbs
said that Rade Zekanovic nicknamed "Zekan" threatened Father
Grgic that he would intern him to the concentration camp unless
he gave him all of the foreign currency he had, and then he
killed him in order to cover the theft.
PERPETRATORS: Rade Zekanovic nicknamed "Zekan" from Ljubija;
Zeljko Rivic (Zvonko's son) from Ljubija; Ivica Juric nicknamed
"Jurika" from the village of Gornja Ravska; Tihomir Butkovic
nicknamed "Pimo" (Nikola's son) from the village of Gornja
Ravska; Boro Milojica (Branko's son) from the village of Marini,
Sanski Most district; Ratko Milojica (Milan's son) from the
village of Marini; Ivica Pavlovic nicknamed "Gagin" (Drago's son)
from the village of Gornja Ravska, near Ljubija.
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.
NOTE: November 22, 1992 issue of the Catholic journal "Glas
Koncila" ("Voice of Council"). Cover page article on the death of
Father Grgic, entitled: "Pedeset metaka mrznje" ("Fifty Bullets
of Hatred").

III. WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE WOUNDED AND THE ILL

001 CROATIA/SERBIA -November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment of
the wounded and ill.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 19, 1991; the Vukovar Hospital.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: YPA members forced the wounded, the
ill, and civilians, who had been brought to the hospital a day
earlier, to leave the hospital. Upon leaving the hospital, YPA
soldiers searched all of them, and took them to Gunduliceva
Street, where buses were waiting. Each bus was guarded by two YPA
soldiers armed with machine guns. While getting on the bus, the
witness noticed two escorts: a YPA military policeman with a
longish hair, and a young, slim, blond, man with a scar under his
left eye. The buses departed from Gunduliceva Street across Marko
Oreskovic Square, and drove along Adzijina, and Tuciceva Streets.
They passed the old SDK building, turned right into Zmajeva
Street, and then drove along Kraseva and Sajmisna Street in the
direction of the Vukovar YPA barracks. Another two buses arrived
there soon after. At 2:00 p.m., busloads of the wounded left the
YPA barracks in Vukovar and drove in the direction of Negoslavci.
After a 30 minute ride, the buses stopped in front of a metal
building cca 50x20 m wide. The witness recognized their
destination to be the "Ovcara" farm. On their way from the buses
to the storehouse, the prisoners had to pass through two rows of
YPA soldiers (active and reservists), and armed individuals with
chetnik insignia who beat them with fists, iron rods, metal
hoses, and rifles, and kicked them with their boots. They took
the prisoners' watches and other valuables, and stripped them of
various items of their clothing. They threw these clothes in a
heap. When the prisoners entered the storehouse, YPA soldiers and
chetniks began maltreating some of them. K. E. endured the worst
treatment. Among the prisoners who were brutally tortured by YPA
soldiers and chetniks in the storehouse were D. D.; Sinisa
Glavasevic (journalist for Vukovar Radio); Z. V.; Z. J.;D.
nicknamed B.; M. G.; D. K.; S. D. A man nicknamed Gaso was taken
out of the storehouse. His fate is yet unknown. The witness
noticed many Serb residents of Vukovar among the perpetrators,
among whom was Dusko nicknamed "Frizider".
PERPETRATORS: YPA members (active and reservist), among whom were
Serbs from Vukovar; chetniks (irregular army unit under the
direct command of the Serbian Radical Party led by Vojislav
Seselj); Dusko nicknamed "Frizider" (Serb from Vukovar).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of a church.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; around 11:00 a.m.;
Tovarnik (cca 23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Upon arriving in the town, members of
a YPA armoured unit fired 60 tank shells on St. Mathew and
Bartholomew Catholic Church. The priest Ivan Burik hid the parish
church documentation in a safe place. The church was fired upon
all day, until evening (Friday, September 20, 1991) but was not
destroyed. On the following day (Saturday, September 21, 1991)
around 11:00 a.m., tanks arrived in the centre of the town, from
where they fired at the church. The priest Ivan Burik observed
through binoculars when the church belfry was blown away.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a YPA armoured unit.
EVIDENCE: An audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 1992; Ralutinovac (southwest of
Prnjavor).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic church affiliated with the
Prnjavor parish (built in 1980) was damaged in December 1992. The
region is not part of the immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled
"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 1992; Macino Brdo (north of
Prnjavor).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic church affiliated with the
Prnjavor parish (built in 1972) was damaged by machine gun fire
in December 1992. The region is not part of the immediate war
zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled
"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

004 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 1992; Banja Luka.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic parish church (built in 1891)
was strafed with machine gun fire and further damaged by an
explosive device. On several occasions its facade was covered in
four letter graffiti, and church windows were broken in December
1992. The region is not part of the immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
EVIDENCE: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine, published in
Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled "Reagovanje". Title:
"Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide"). Document currently kept
in the archives of the Centre.

005 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 1992, January 1993; Prnjavor.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic parish church (built in 1908,
renovated in 1991) was damaged by machine gun fire in December
1992, and in January 1993, during which time its facade was
covered with four letter graffiti. The region is not part of the
immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled
"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

006 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: January 1993; Petricevac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic parish and monastic church
(built in 1975) was damaged in January 1993. The Franciscan
monastery (built in 1978) was damaged in April 1992, and in the
period between January and April 1993. The region is not part of
the immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled
"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

007 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME:Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: January 1993; Rebrovac (south of Banja Luka).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic church affiliated with the
Presnaca parish (built in 1990) was damaged by bullet shots and
covered in four letter graffiti in January 1993. The region is
not part of the immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled
"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

008 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 1993; Kuljani (north of Banja Luka).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic church affiliated with the
Barlovci parish was damaged in June 1993. The region is not part
of the immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians and Serb irregular authorities
in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled
"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni Genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

009 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1992; Celjevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Heart of Jesus Catholic Church was
damaged on several occasions during 1992. The rectory was damaged
by shelling in April/May 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE: The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

010 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 1992; Grljevici.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic Filiation Church in Lipno and
its rectory were damaged in May 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE: The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

011 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1992; Hrasno.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
was damaged in 1992. The Way of the Cross in Gradina was
repeatedly damaged in April/May 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE: The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

012 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991/1992; Hutovo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Christ the King Catholic Church was
repeatedly damaged in 1991/1992.
PERPETRATORS: YPA (later YU-Army) members.
EVIDENCE:The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

013 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 1992; Kocerin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church was
shelled in April 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE:The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

014 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 5, 1992; Ljuti Dolac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne Catholic Parish church was
damaged on April 5, 1992. The rectory was damaged by shelling
during April 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE:The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.
015 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1992; Ploce-Tepcici.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne Catholic Parish Church was
repeatedly damaged. The rectory was damaged in April/May 1992.
Catholic Filiation Church in Dobro Selo was damaged in April
1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE:The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

016 B-H - MOSTAR DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 1992; Citluk.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic Parish Church was damaged in
May 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members.
EVIDENCE:The Mostar Diocese Ordinariate report currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

XI. RACIAL AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION

001 B-H - LJUBIJA - July 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Desecration of bodies.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 1992; Ljubija (northwestern Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The dead bodies of Aziz Aliskovic and
Ramic (first name unknown) were displayed in the town square in
Ljubija, by order of the Serb irregular authorities in Ljubija.
Boro Milojica (Branko's son, Serb by nationality) from the
village of Marini, and his brother Cedo chopped off Aziz
Aliskovic's ears and one finger. They gave the ears to their
mother, and Boro took the finger to their brother's grave who was
killed on May 23rd in Hambarine. Boro Milojica bragged publicly
that he personally killed 94 persons.
PERPETRATORS: Boro Milojica (Branko's son), and his brother Cedo,
both Serbs from the village of Marini, Sanski Most district.
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - LJUBIJA - July/August 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Desecration of bodies.
TIME AND LOCATION: July/August 1992; Ljubija area (northwestern
Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, the witness discloses
the locations of mass graves, and sites where mass murders were
committed. All locations were marked on a topographic map
(1:25,000) and indicated by numbers 15 to 22. Location no. 15
indicates several sites of mass murders and the locations of mass
graves. According to the witness' estimate, several hundred non-
Serb civilians were killed and buried in this location. On
location no. 16, tens of non-Serb civilians were executed. Their
bodies were left unburied. Location no. 17 indicates another mass
grave where non-Serb civilians were buried. In location no. 18,
12 Muslim civilians were buried in a mass grave. In location no.
19, 9 non-Serb civilians were killed and buried. In location no.
20, 100 to 120 Muslim civilians were executed and buried in a
mass grave. In locations no. 21 and 22, several hundred non-Serb
civilians were executed and buried. All victims whose bodies were
found in the above-mentioned locations were killed by members of
Serb occupying irregular authorities in the Prijedor and Sanski
Most districts during June, July, and August.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb occupying irregular authorities
(military and civilian) in Prijedor and Sanski Most. From
Ljubija: Slobodan Taranjac; Djoko Taranjac; Nikola Marinkovic;
Stojan Besir nicknamed "Stole"; Milorad Glusac nicknamed "Toso";
Mile Gligic; Rade Zekanovic nicknamed "Zekan"; Milan (Veljko's
son) Curguz; Zeljko (Zvonko's son) Rivic; Nedjo Ilisinovic
nicknamed "Djedo" (Andjelko's son); Zoran Anusic. From the
village of Donji Volar, Prijedor district: Mladen Tubin; Brane
Vukmir; Nenad Vukmir nicknamed "Neno" (Brane's son); Boro Vukmir
(Brane's son); Mican Adamovic. From the village of Gornja Ravska,
Prijedor district: Tone Delic; Vinko Zdralovic; Stipo Zdralovic;
Slavko Delic nicknamed "Tarzo" (Ante's son); Ivica Solaja
(Dragan's son); Drago Cavlovic nicknamed "Gluha Kuja" (Ivo's
son); Zdravko Solaja nicknamed "Milenkin" (Ivo's son); Janko
Juric (Veselko's son); Drago Begic nicknamed "Plico"; a man
nicknamed "Pedja" (Nikola Juric's son); Ivica Juric nicknamed
"Jurika"; Nikola Juric (Ivica's son). From the village of Gornji
Volar, Prijedor district: Pejo Gavranovic nicknamed "Zekanov"
(Joso's voice); Ilija Solaja nicknamed "Cikulin"; Ivica Brisevac
nicknamed "Pavlicev"; Jadranka Matanovic (Juro's wife). From the
village of Jugovci, Prijedor district: a man nicknamed "Terzija".
>From the village of Ljeskare, Prijedor district: Savo Bilbija;
Jovo Daljevic; Stipo Tokmadzic nicknamed "Gleznjo". From the
village of Miska Glava, Prijedor district: Drago Knezevic
nicknamed "Ludi" (Dusanko's son); Mico Tomic; Brane Savic; a man
nicknamed "Andjeo". From the village of Radomirovac, Prijedor
district: several men named Jovicic, Djuric, Babic and Ovuka.
>From the village of Raljas, Prijedor district: Radulovic
nicknamed "Zuti". From the village of Surkovac, Prijedor
district: Slobodan Knezevic (Rajko's son, Popcici hamlet); Miro
Gavranovic (Dragan's son); Nada Gavranovic (Paskal's son); Stipo
Josic (Ante's son). From the village of Trgoviste, Prijedor
district: Bajo Radanovic. From the village of Marini, Sanski Most
district: Boro Milojica (Branko's son); Cedo Milojica (Branko's
son); Ratko Milojica (Milan's son).
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement and a topographic map of the
area (1:25,000) showing locations of mass graves and sites of
mass murders, currently kept in the archives of the Centre.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and killing
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the town of
Ilok (eastern Croatia, cca 35 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since the arrival of the UNPROFOR, two
non-Serb civilians have been killed in the area. Several Croatian
civilians have been repeatedly maltreated. Some ten Croatian
families have been forced out of their homes. In the same period,
62 civilians (54 Croatians, and 8 Slovaks) were forced to abandon
Ilok due to constant maltreatment. The occupying irregular Serb
authorities in Ilok settled 4,400 Serb civilians in the houses of
evicted Croatians and Slovaks. The settled Serbs are not the
indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Ilok.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Ilok area has been under UNPROFOR
protection (UNPA zone "East").

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and killing
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the town of
Sarengrad (eastern Croatia, cca 27 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Four civilian residents of Sarengrad
(two men and two women) were killed in the period between May 15,
1992, and February 15, 1993. In the same period, 50 persons
abandoned the town due to daily maltreatment. The occupying
irregular Serb authorities settled 1,200 Serb persons on
properties of evicted Croatians. The settled Serbs are not the
indigenous population in the area. During January and February of
1993, Serb paramilitary authorities forcibly mobilized Croatians
aged 18 to 65.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Sarengrad.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Sarengrad area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

003 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and killing
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the town of
Tovarnik (eastern Croatia, cca 23 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On May 20, 1992, the occupying
irregular Serb authorities in the town of Tovarnik evicted a
group of 22 Croatian civilians, and an additional 50 individuals
of Croatian nationality. In the same period two Croatian
civilians were killed: Ruza Anic (born 1942), and Zvonimir Peric.
Some 2,500 Serbs were settled on the properties of evicted or
killed Croatians. The settled Serbs are not the indigenous
population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Tovarnik.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Tovarnik area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

004 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and killing
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Tompojevci (eastern Croatia, cca 14 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between May 15, 1992 and
February 15, 1993, 15 villagers of Tompojevci escaped to the free
section of the territory of the Republic of Croatia as a result
of the daily maltreatment committed by members of the occupying
irregular Serb authorities. Members of Serb irregular authorities
killed Ivan Saric, a Croat villager of Tompojevci, at the end of
October 1992. At the end of November 1992, they killed Josip
Mesaros (Croat). 400 Serbs settled the properties of evicted or
killed Croats. The settled Serbs are not the indigenous
population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Tompojevci.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Tompojevci area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

005 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Berak (eastern Croatia, cca 13 kilometres south of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After the arrival of the UNPROFOR
forces, five women of Croatian nationality were killed in the
village of Berak: Tunica Garvanovic, Ljubica Garvanovic, Ana
Gvozdanovic, Ana Magic, and Ljuba Potocki. 500 Serbs settled the
properties of evicted or killed Croatians. The settled Serbs are
not the indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Berak.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Berak area has been under UNPROFOR
protection (UNPA zone "East").

006 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Svinjarevci (eastern Croatia, cca 11 kilometres south of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Regardless of the presence of the
UNPROFOR, members of occupying irregular Serb authorities
brutally maltreated Croatian villagers of Svinjarevci. Manda
Bozic (Croat, born 1912) was killed on June 13, 1992, while the
Croatian villagers Marin Ivanovac (born 1937) and Stajka Ivanovac
(born 1940) were killed on September 18, 1992. A Croatian
villager, M. V., was taken to Negoslavci (cca 7 kilometres south
of Vukovar) at the end of September. His fate is yet unknown. The
local Catholic church was set on fire in September 1992. On
September 25, 1992, members of UNPROFOR took six persons of
Croatian nationality (A. B.; A. B.; M. B.; Dj. L., and B. L.) to
Nemetine (free section of the Republic of Croatia). Due to daily
maltreatment, ten Croatian villagers escaped from the village,
crossed to Hungary, and from there reached the free section of
the Republic of Croatia.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in
Svinjarevci.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Svinjarevci area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

007 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the town of
Opatovac (eastern Croatia, cca 18 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since May 15, 1992, 50 Croatian and 30
Hungarian residents of Opatovac abandoned the town due to daily
maltreatment. 400 Serbs settled the properties of evicted and
killed Croatians and Hungarians. The settled Serbs are not the
indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Opatovac.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Opatovac area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

008 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Mohovo (eastern Croatia, cca 21 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since May 15, 1992, 30 villagers of
Mohovo escaped due to daily maltreatment. They reached the free
section of the Republic of Croatia through Hungary. 200 Serbs
settled the properties of evicted Croatians. The settled Serbs
are not the indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Mohovo.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Mohovo area has been under UNPROFOR
protection (UNPA zone "East").

009 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Miklusevci (eastern Croatia, cca 11 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On May 18, 1992, occupying irregular
Serb authorities evicted 98 Ruthenian villagers of Miklusevci.
300 Serbs settled the properties of the evicted Ruthenians who
constituted the majority of the village population. The settled
Serbs are not the indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Miklusevci.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Miklusevci area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

010 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement of
civilians, forcible mobilization into paramilitary forces.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Petrovci (eastern Croatia, cca 9 kilometres south of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since the UNPROFOR assumed control
over the area, 50 Ruthenian and Ukrainian villagers of Petrovci
abandoned the village in order to escape daily maltreatment by
members of occupying irregular Serb authorities. 200 Serbs
settled the properties of evicted Ruthenians and Ukrainians. The
settled Serbs are not the indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Petrovci.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Petrovci area has been under
UNPROFOR protection (UNPA zone "East").

011 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and killing
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the town of
Cakovci (eastern Croatia, cca 13 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since the arrival of UNPROFOR in the
Cakovci area, 30 Croatian and 10 Hungarian residents abandoned
Cakovci due to frequent maltreatment by members of the occupying
irregular Serb authorities. 300 Serbs settled the properties of
evicted Croatians and Hungarians. The settled Serbs are not the
indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Cakovci.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Cakovci area has been under UNPROFOR
protection (UNPA zone "East").

012 CROATIA - NOVA GRADISKA - September, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of serious bodily harm;

looting of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 1992; the village of Gornji
Bogicevac (cca 14 kilometres west of Nova Gradiska).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: At the end of September 1992, in the
late evening hours, a member of the irregular SAO Krajina Militia
broke into M. S.'s (Croat, 80 years old) house. The burglar told
the frightened woman that he had a right to search all Croatian
houses in the village of Gornji Bogicevac. After that he took a
pillow and put it over her face. He took an oil lamp, spilled oil
all over the old woman's body and head, and set her on fire with
a lighter. The woman ran out of the house in flames. While he was
stealing from her house, she managed to drag herself to a water
trough. She took off her clothes, and poured water on herself.
The following day, members of the UNPROFOR and irregular Okucani
police arrived. They questioned the woman, and then drove her to
the hospital in Bosanska Gradiska. While she was in the hospital,
she was visited by Savanovic (a member of the Okucani irregular
police) and informed that her entire property was stolen. Several
days later, V. R., a Croatian villager of Gornji Bogicevac, was
brought to the hospital. He was beaten up and soaked in blood.
Members of the Okucani irregular police stole his last 100 DEM,
and beat him.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the irregular SAO Krajina Militia from
Okucani.
EVIDENCE: Video tape recording of an interview with a witness,

supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

NOTE: At the time when the crime was committed, the Gornji
Bogicevac area was under UNPROFOR control (UNPA zone "West").

013 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and killing
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1992 to February 15, 1993; the village
of Lovas (eastern Croatia, cca 17 kilometres southeast of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: At the end of January 1993, three
women of Croatian nationality were killed in the village of
Lovas: Pavica Kovacevic, Elvira Kovacevic, and Anica Pavlicevic.
It was reported that four men of Croatian nationality were killed
at the same time. By the end of January 1993, six families (25
persons) forcibly left the village of Lovas due to daily
maltreatment. The occupying irregular Serb authorities settled
200 Serbs on the properties of evicted Croatians. The settled
Serbs are not the indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Lovas.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Lovas area has been under UNPROFOR
protection (UNPA zone "East").

014 CROATIA - PAKRAC - August 5, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing and infliction of serious
bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 5, 1993; the village of Dragalic
(northeast of Pakrac, UNPA zone "West").
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of the Pakrac police station
reported to the Croatian Justice Department the names of three
suspects charged with carrying out a terrorist attack on a
Croatian police patrol on the Donji Grahovljani-Dragovici road,
and killing of four members of the Croatian police and wounding
of four others. The suspects are as follows: Dragan Pavic (born
1965) from the village of Donji Grahovljani; Goran Pasic (born
1971) from the village of Dobrovac, Lipik district; and Zoran
Pasic (born 1973) from the village Dobrovac, Lipik district (all
Serbs). At the moment, the suspects are located in the currently
occupied section of the Republic of Croatia, and are
unattainable.
PERPETRATORS: Dragan Pavic (born 1965) from the village of Donji
Grahovljani; Goran Pasic (born 1971) from the village of
Dobrovac; and Zoran Pasic (born 1973) from the village of
Dobrovac, Lipik district.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: October 13, 1993 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 6. Document currently kept in the archives of the
Centre.
NOTE: In the Weekly Bulletin No. 4 from August 30, 1993, p. 1, we
gave a description of the event, along with the names of killed
and wounded Croatian policemen.

015 CROATIA - PAKRAC - September 8, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killings; infliction of bodily
harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 8, 1993; 10:12 a.m.; the village of
Kusonje (cca 1 kilometre east of Pakrac, UNPA zone "West").
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of the Pakrac police station
accused Radovan Komlenac (born 1950) from the village of Kusonje,
and Milos Andjelic (born 1963) from the village of Grahovljani
for committing the terrorist act of planting an explosive device,
which caused the death of 3 persons, while 12 other persons were
wounded in the explosion. Radovan Komlenac and Milos Andjelic
were also accused by the regional court in Bjelovar for
participating in the execution of the captured members of the
Croatian police in Bjelovar in September 1991. This crime was
committed under the order by Bogdan Dabic from Pakrac. All
suspects are of Serb nationality, and are unattainable since they
are currently located in the occupied section of the Republic of Croatia.
PERPETRATORS: Radovan Komlenac (born 1950); Milos Andjelic (born
1963), and Bogdan Dabic (all Serbs from the Pakrac district).
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: October 13, 1993 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 6. Title: "Suspects in the Crime in Kusonje". Document

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: The description of the crime and names of victims were
given in the Weekly Bulletin no. 6, from September 13, 1993, p.
1.

016 B-H - LJUBIJA - July 24, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings; infliction of
serious bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 24, 1992; 3:30 a.m.; the village of

Brisevo (cca 3 kilometres south of Ljubija).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: At 3:30 a.m., a 120 mm mortar attack
was launched against the Croat-populated village of Brisevo. The
attack lasted until cca 5:00 p.m. Mortars were fired from four
directions: from the direction of the village of Ostra Luka
(south of Brisevo); from the direction of the village of Batkovci
(west of Brisevo); from the direction of the village of Rasavci
(east of Brisevo), and from the direction of the Ljubija iron ore
mine at Redak (north of Brisevo). Two women of Croatian
nationality were killed by mortar fragments. Between 5:00 p.m.
and 6:00 p.m., members of paramilitary formations entered the
village. The members of the so-called "6th Krajina Brigade" came
from the direction of the village of Stara Rijeka, while members
of the so-called "5th Kozara Brigade" came from the direction of
Ljubija and the village of Raljas. Shots and cries could be heard
in the village and did not cease until 7:00 p.m. the following
evening, when members of Serb paramilitary formations withdrew
from the village. Several days later a witness returned to the
village, along with several other surviving Croatian villagers,
and saw a large number of corpses. The witness remembers the
locations where the following corpses were found, and causes of
the victims' deaths.
1. Milan Buzuk (tortured, his eyes were gauged out, his ears
were chopped off, muscles on his arms and legs were severed, and
his head was fractured by a blunt object)
2. Ivica Buzuk (a bullet wound in the back of his head, and
several bullet wounds along the spinal area)
3. Mato Buzuk (several bullet wounds along the spinal area)
4. Ivo Atlija (many bullet wounds along the spinal area)
5. Pejo Dimac (many bullet wounds along the spinal area)
6. Ivica Mlinar (tortured, then killed by a turnpike, a shovel,
and a wooden club)
7. Luka Mlinar (born 1943, tortured, then killed by a turnpike,
a shovel and a wooden club)
8. Jerko Ivandic (tortured, then killed by a turnpike, a shovel,
and a wooden club)
9. Milan Ivandic (tortured, then killed by fire-arms)
10. Pejo Ivandic (tortured, then killed by fire-arms)
11. Stipo Ivandic (tortured, castrated, then killed by fire-arms)
12. Mara Marijan (her partly burnt body was found in the remains
of Stipo Dimac's burnt house)
13. Franjo Marijan (his partly burnt body was found in the
remains of Stipo Dimac's burnt house)
14. Stipo Dimac (his partly burnt body was found in the remains
of his burnt house)
15. Marko Buzuk (body found in a field, upper part of his body
was completely burnt)
16. Kaja Komljen (born Barisic, Ante's wife, her body was found
naked in a field, there was no sign of wounds by fire-arms, or
sharp objects, traces of human bites were visible on her breasts,
certain parts of her breasts were bitten off, she was raped and
tortured until she died)
17. Mara Matanovic (killed by fire-arms)
18. Zdravko Matanovic (brutally killed, his belly was sliced
open, and his arms were tied up with his intestines, he had
bullet wounds on both of his lower legs)
19. Fabijan Matanovic (his spine was fractured in two places as a
consequence of being beaten, his genitals were chopped off and
forced into his mouth)
20. Predrag Matanovic nicknamed "Pedjo" (he had bullet wounds all
over his body, and on the lower part of both his legs)
21. Ante Matanovic (Pejo's son, killed by fire-arms)
22. Ante Matanovic's younger son (killed by fire-arms)
23. Mladen Matanovic (killed by fire-arms)
24. Mladen Matanovic's elder son (killed by fire-arms)
25. Mladen Matanovic's younger son (killed by fire-arms)
26. Ante Lovric (killed by fire-arms)
27. Mato Buzuk (Vinko's son, killed by a knife)
28. Marija Buzuk (Mato's wife, hanged to death)
29. Markica Bujadilo (found dead near his house)
30. Kata Bujadilo (Markica's wife, found dead near her house)
31. and 32. two elderly persons (spouses) from the village of
Raljas, Radulovic nicknamed "Zuti" ("Yellow") from the village of
Zecovi set them to fire in their house)
33. Joso Lovric (invalid, found dead)
34. Ivo Lovric (found dead)
35. Srecko Buzuk (found dead)
36. Miroslav Buzuk (found dead)
37. Vlado Buzuk (found dead)
38. Ante Matanovic (Joso's son, found dead)
39. Jozo Jakara (found dead)
40. Andja nicknamed "Pranincina" (found dead)
41. Sreco Ivandic (found dead)
42. Danica Ivandic (Sreco's wife, found dead)
43. and 44. Sreco and Danica Ivandic's two sons (found dead)
45. Mara Ivandic (found dead)
46. Stipo Ivandic (Mara's husband, found dead)
47. Milka Marijan (Joso's wife, found dead)
48. Danica Marijan (Joso's daughter, found dead)
49. Zvonko Marijan (Joso's son, found dead)
50. Drago Marijan (Joso's son, found dead)
51. Luka Komljen (found dead)
52. Kaja Komljen (Luka's wife, found dead)
53. Ivo Komljen (Luka's son, found dead)
54. Ante Komljen (Luka's son, found dead)
55. Luka Mlinar (14 years old, Mato's son, found dead)
56. Lucija Ivandic (Pejo's wife, killed by shell fragments)
57. Mara Mlinar (70 years old, Mato's wife, killed by shell
fragments)
58. Mirsad Svraka (14 years old, Muslim villager of Rizvanovici
or Carakovo, found dead).
PERPETRATORS: Members of the following Serb paramilitary
formations: the 6th Krajina Brigade from Sanski Most, the 5th
Kozara Brigade from Prijedor. Colonel Basara, commander of the
6th Krajina Brigade, after the Brisevo massacre he was promoted
to general of the so-called Serbian Army. Nedjeljko Rasula,
president of the so-called Serb district of Sanski Most, Colonel
Basara's collaborator. Veljko Brajic, supervised the Brisevo
operation that turned into a massacre. The commander of one of
the battalions of the 6th Krajina Brigade was a man named
Andjelko, who was a lieutenant or captain by rank. Members of the
6th Krajina Brigade were Serbs from the village of Koprivna,
Ostra Luka, Rasavci, Zecovi, Nistavci, Usorci, along with other
Serbs from the Sanski Most district. Among the perpetrators, a
witness recognized the following individuals:
1. Drasko Topic (22 years old) from the village of Ostra Luka
2. Novo Babic (Mladen's son) from the village of Rasavci
3. Dusan Babic (Mladen's son) from the village of Rasavci - the
witness is not sure of the perpetrator's first name
4. Bosko Vidicevic from the village of Ostra Luka
5. Borislav Vidicevic from the village of Ostra Luka
6. a man nicknamed "Thunder" from the village of Ostra Luka
7. to 12. five persons named Rajlic from the village of Batkovci
13. Miroslav Strbac from the village of Rasavci
15. Pero Jevtic (Lazo's son) from the village of Rasavci
16. Stanoje (Lazo's son) from the village of Rasavci
17. Boro (Lazo's son) from the village of Rasavci
--- persons named Antonic from the village of Zecovi
--- persons named Radulovic from the village of Ostra Luka
--- persons named Mastikose from the village of Ostra Luka
The witness does not know the names of the commanders of the Serb
paramilitary formation called the 5th Kozara Brigade from
Prijedor. He only knows that the members of this formation are
Serbs from the villages of Maricka, Jelicka, Omarska, Tomasica,
and Busnovi, along with other Serbs from the Prijedor districts.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,

supplemented by the written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.
NOTE: At the end of August 1992, a month after the Brisevo
massacre, a delegation consisting of the representatives of both
sides arrived in the neighbouring village of Stara Rijeka.
Members of the delegation were as follows: Franjo Komarica, PhD.,
Bishop of the Banja Luka Diocese (Catholic); dr Mile Anicic, head
of the Caritas of the Banja Luka Diocese; Nikola Gabelic,
president of the Banja Luka HDZ (Banja Luka branch of the
Croatian Democratic Union); Vojo Kupresanin, president of the
Serb irregular authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Nedjeljko
Rasula, president of the self-proclaimed Serbian District of
Sanski Most. The delegation spoke to the gathered Croat villagers
of Stara Rijeka, and other members of the audience of "good
Croat-Serb interethnic relations". The witness asked to speak in
front of the audience, and he presented the chronology of events
from May to the end of August 1992. Bishop Komarica and Anicic
promised to deliver humanitarian aid to the surviving villagers
of Brisevo, while Kupresanin and Rasula promised that no one was
going to either attack or loot the village. Kupresanin and Rasula
described the massacre that was committed on July 24 and 25,
1992, as the doing of "a small group of irresponsible, unleashed
individuals". The witness asked whether two brigades could be
defined as a small group that disobeyed orders. No one could
answer that question. Vojo Kupresanin offered Croatian residents
of the area south of Ljubija to move to the villages of Biscani,
Rizvanovici, and Hambarine (northeast of Ljubija), but the Croats
refused because they knew that the Serbs evicted and/or killed
the Muslim residents of those villages. Croat villagers that were
present at the gathering demanded from Bishop Komarica to report
to the UN about the position of Croats, and that the UN
representatives come to Ljubija.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - January 25, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible mobilization into enemy
paramilitary forces.
TIME AND LOCATION: January 25, 1993; the village of Bapska
(eastern Croatia, cca 33 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On January 25, 1993, members of the
UNPROFOR took 73 men of Croatian nationality who escaped after
being forcible mobilized into Serb paramilitary forces to the
free section of the Republic of Croatia, since they could not
offer them any protection. 23 male Croats aged 18 to 65 were not
able to reach the UNPROFOR representatives, and they were
forcibly mobilized into the Serb paramilitary forces. Occupying
irregular Serb authorities settled 1,200 Serbs on the properties
of the evicted Croatian villagers of Bapska. The settled Serbs
are not the indigenous population in the area.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Ilok.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Government of the Republic
of Croatia Committee for Vukovar District from February 18, 1993,

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Since May 15, 1992 the Bapska area has been under UNPROFOR
protection (UNPA zone "East").

002 B-H - LJUBIJA - May 27, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 27, 1992; the village of Brisevo
(northwestern Bosnia, cca 3 kilometres south of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Serb paramilitary formations started
shelling the village of Brisevo on May 27, 1992. Mortar
explosions caused little damage (only S. M.'s fence was damaged).
The village of Brisevo was 100% Croat-populated. The attack was
launched from the direction of the Serb-populated villages of
Rasavci and Ostra Luka. After the attack, a Croat delegation from
the village of Brisevo went to Rasavci and Ostra Luka. There they
were told: "This is a warning! We want you to surrender all of
your arms." Upon the return of the delegation to the village, all
available weapons were gathered, and surrendered to the members
of the Serb paramilitary formation called 6th Krajina Brigade in
the village of Ostra Luka, on May 31, 1992. Arms were received by
Ranko Kaurin, Vukasin Zoric and Dusan Mastikosa, and they issued
a receipt in which they stated the number and type of received
weapons.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary formations from the
villages of Rasavci and Ostra Luka.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - LJUBIJA - June 24, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment of civilians to
concentration camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 24, 1992; the village of Brisevo
(northwestern Bosnia, cca 3 kilometres south of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... The following armed Serbs came to
our village: Rade Zekanovic nicknamed "Zekan", Dragan Vukic, and
Bato Radulovic. They took away five Croat villagers of Brisevo:
J. I., J. J., Joso Barisic, Jozo Buzuk, and J. M. First they were
interrogated in the irregular Serbian militia station in Ljubija,
and then they were interned to the Keraterm concentration camp.
>From there, they were transferred to the Omarska concentration
camp. Several days before their arrest, two Croat villagers of
Brisevo, R. V. and V. V., were summoned in the so-called Serbian
command headquarters in Ljubija. Upon arriving to the
headquarters, they were arrested and interned first to the
Keraterm concentration camp, and then to the Omarska
concentration camp. Two days after their internment, V. V.'s
father S. V. came to Ljubija to ask about his son's whereabouts.
Serbs arrested him and interned him to the Omarska concentration
camp. (...) Several days following June 24, 1992, Serbs arrested
and interned to the Keraterm concentration camp another two
Croats: V. B. and D. D. (...) After July 25, 1992, Serbs interned
to the concentration camp E. V. (Croat)." The witness claims that
the following prisoners were killed during his stay in the
Omarska concentration camp: Jozo Buzuk, Joso Barisic, Slavko
Mlinar, and Vlado Barisic.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Ljubija,
among whom the following men were recognized: Rade Zekanovic
nicknamed "Zekan", Dragan Vukic, and Bato Radulovic.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 B-H - LJUBIJA - August 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of imprisoned
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 1, 1992; Ljubija iron ore mine
(northwestern Bosnia, cca 1 kilometre of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: 200 Muslim civilians were brought to
the stripe mines of Ljubija iron ore mine, and executed.
Prisoners' hands were tied up with wire. They were taken off the
buses and executed by fire-arms by members of the occupying
irregular Serb formation from Ljubija. Among the perpetrators
were Nikola Juric (Ivica's son), and a certain Solaja (32 years
old, corpulent, blond), both from the village of Gornja Ravska.
Several days later, corpses were covered with dirt and rocks. A
witness pinpointed this place of mass execution, and mass graves
on a topographic map (1:25,000) of the Ljubija area. On the map,
this location is indicated under no. 15.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the occupying irregular Serb formation
from Ljubija, among whom were Nikola Juric (Ivica's son), and a
certain Solaja (32 years old, corpulent, blond), both from the
village of Gornja Ravska.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,

supplemented by a written statement, and a topographic map
(1:25,000) currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: June 1992; Banja Luka.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Subsidiary buildings of the Eastern
Rite Catholic parish church in Banja Luka (belonging to the
Krizevci Eparchy of the Ukrainian Eastern Rite Catholics) were
burnt down in June 1992. The region is not a part of the
immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians, and Serb self-proclaimed

authorities in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled

"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 1992; Prnjavor.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Parish and matriculation church in
Prnjavor (belonging to the Krizevci Eparchy of the Ukrainian
Eastern Rite Catholics) was mined and destroyed in August 1992.
The region is not a part of the immediate war zone.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians, and Serb self-proclaimed

authorities in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled

"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 1992; Stara Dubrava.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Stara Dubrava parish church (belonging
to the Krizevci Eparchy of the Ukrainian Eastern Rite Catholics)
was mined and destroyed in August 1992. The region is not a part

of the immediate war zone.

PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians, and Serb self-proclaimed

authorities in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled

"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

004 B-H - BANJA LUKA DIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: February-March 1993; Budzak (Banja Luka).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Ukrainian convent in Budzak (belonging
to the Krizevci Eparchy of the Ukrainian Eastern Rite Catholics)
was severely damaged in February-March 1993. The region is not a

part of the immediate war zone.

PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb civilians, and Serb self-proclaimed

authorities in the area.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 19, 1993 issue of "Vreme" magazine,
published in Serbia, pp. 54-55, in the section entitled

"Reagovanje". Title: "Duhovni genocid" ("Spiritual Genocide").

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

XI. RACIAL AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION

001 B-H - LJUBIJA - July/August 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Desecration of corpses.

TIME AND LOCATION: July/August 1992; Ljubija area (northwestern
Bosnia).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A witness' account indicates locations
of mass executions, and mass graves. After the Brisevo massacre,
the occupying irregular Serb authorities in Ljubija prevented the
surviving villagers to bury the victims. The witness and several
other surviving Croat villagers of Brisevo buried the corpses at
night time, in secret. Therefore, he was able to locate 16 mass
graves (total number of 275 corpses) on the topographic map
(1:25,000), and 1 location mass execution, where 60 to 90
civilians were executed. Their corpses were left unburied.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in the Ljubija
area (the districts of Prijedor and Sanski Most).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,

supplemented by a written statement and the topographic map
(1:25,000) of the region with indicated locations of mass graves

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991 - April 17, 1992; the town of
Tovarnik (cca 23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness' account provides names of
murdered Croatian civilians, residents of Tovarnik who were
killed by the members of the YPA and chetnik units. Jelka
Strolina and Ljubica Glavasevic were found dead in their homes.
On September 29, 1991, at 10:30 p.m., Djuro Filic was killed in
the garden of the house no. 44, in Gajeva Ulica. Djuro Filic had
been arrested and interned in the Begejci camp near Zrenjanin
(Serbia). He was brought back to Tovarnik by soldiers, among whom
was Aco Trifunovic.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members, chetnik paramilitary units, Aco
Trifunovic from Tovarnik.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - April 17, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible depopulation of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 17, 1992; the town of Tovarnik (cca 23
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... On Good Friday (April 17th) 1992,
my wife went out early in the morning to do some errands. At one
moment the door opened. I thought it was my wife. However, two
men entered and said: '... You ustasha m...f..., haven't you left
yet?' I asked: 'Where to?' One of the man was Ratko (I do not
know his surname), a Serb from Podravska Slatina. I thought it
was some kind of a joke. He came to my bed. I was still lying in
it. He leant a gun against my forehead, and said: 'Do you want me
to kill you?' I said: 'Go ahead, kill me, if you have a bullet to
spare.' The situation became tense. He put the gun in his pocket
and took out a knife. He cursed my "ustasha mother". I got up,
and he hit me twice in the ribs with his fist. I do not recall
anything else, because I fainted. When I regained consciousness,
my wife came into the house. Ratko ordered us to get ready, and
then he forced us out of the house. We (my wife and I) were
ordered to get into a car. Ratko shouted: 'Drive them to Sid, and
then straight to Tudjman. F... you and your Tudjman.' When he
brought us to the Sid railway station, he told me: 'Do not dare
to move! If you move, I'll kill you! Go to Bijeljina, and
further, wherever you can!'..."
PERPETRATORS: Ratko (an armed Serb from Podravska Slatina).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - LJUBIJA - July 20, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 20, 1992; 7:30 a.m.; Borik (section of
the Kurevo forest, Kurevo is located east of Ljubija and it
spreads from the south to the north, that is from the village of
Brisevo to the village of Hambarine).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... I witnessed several terrible
crimes committed by Serb paramilitary units in Ljubija region.
First I will describe a crime committed against Muslim civilians
by an armed Serb unit led by the self-proclaimed Chetnik voivoda
(Chetnik officer) Rade Bilbija from the village of Ljeskare, near
Ljubija. (...) 300 Muslim villagers of Biscani, Hambarine and
Carakovo (set on fire during the attack) were hiding in the
section of the Kurevo forest called Borik. At 7:30 a.m., six
young Muslims (16 to 22 years of age) went to the nearby spring
to fetch some drinking water. A Serb unit led by Rade Bilbija
surprised them at the spring and killed them on the spot. I do
not know the names of the victims. Perpetrators were the
returnees from the front-lines in the Republic of Croatia, mostly
from the Lipik and Pakrac areas. Upon mutilating innocent
youngsters, the Serbs stole upon the refugees and attacked them.
The civilians (males, females, children and elderly people) fled
in panic. They escaped towards the village of Brisevo, where they
were ambushed by Serbs dressed in the police uniforms. The Serbs
opened machine gun fire, and over 150 Muslim civilians were
killed on this occasion..."
PERPETRATORS: A Serb unit led by Rade Bilbija from the village of
Ljeskare, near Ljubija; members of the irregular Serb militia
from Ljubija.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Department.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; the town of Tovarnik (cca

23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... During the attack on Tovarnik,
they (Serb paramilitaries) did not choose their targets, but
rather they fired at random from all available arms. I and Ante
Rotim hid in the basement. In the evening, the chetniks entered
the village. They came to our basement, and Zoran Bursac (Serb
from Tovarnik), and an anonymous chetnik fired on us from an
automatic gun. Bursac shot me in my ear and jaw, while Ante Rotim
was lightly wounded in the thorax by a bullet that bounced off
the wall. We shouted: 'Don't! Do not shoot! Children are in
here!' Then they forced us out of the basement and ordered us to
lean up against the wall..."
PERPETRATORS: Members of the chetnik paramilitary unit, among
whom was Zoran Bursac (Serb from Tovarnik).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 23, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of
intimidation and terror.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 23, 1991, the town of Tovarnik (cca

23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... They forced all of us out of the
street and into Mate Adamovic's (an innkeeper) yard. The town was
full of tanks. They lined us up and ordered Croatians to separate
from Serbs. A Serb civilian V. K. refused to separate from us. He
remained with us. (...) There were 100 of us. (...) That day, a
self-proclaimed Captain Dragan came to us from Knin. He mounted a
beer crate and he said, waving a pistol above his head: 'I am the
only one who is authorised to kill whoever I wish. I'll take out
ten of you and execute them. I have the right to that. I have
been authorised for that.' During his speech, the chetniks
carried out drinks from the inn and drank, and yelled. They
maltreated Antun Grgic nicknamed 'Tuno'. (...) Captain Dragan was
dressed in a YPA uniform (olive-drab), but without any insignia
on his cap. On the left front side of his uniform, he had a small
metal plate with 'Captain Dragan' written on it. Later, they
forced us to walk along a path. When we stopped, they forced us
to lie in the mud. One of the chetniks, drunk or half-drunk,
stood in front of us holding a knife in his hand. He killed a
soldier whose body was left lying on the road. He did not tell us
anything. He just gazed at us, and shivered. (...) A truck
arrived. The driver was Stevan Srdic (Trifun's son), a Serb from
Tovarnik. They drove us towards Sid (Serbia)..."
PERPETRATORS: A Serb paramilitary unit under the command of
Captain Dragan; Serbs from Tovarnik; Milenko Miljkovic, and
Stevan Srdic (Trifun's son).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1992; the town of Tovarnik (cca

23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: YPA members and members of Serb
paramilitary units attacked civilians and civilian properties in
Tovarnik. The attack was launched from two directions: Ilaca, and
Sid (Serbia). A considerable number of family houses and farm
buildings were destroyed during the shelling.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of Serb paramilitary units.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 25, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment, and forcing
to hard labour.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 25, 1991; the town of Tovarnik (cca

23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Following the occupation of Tovarnik,
the members of the YPA and the Serb paramilitary units arrested
Croatian male civilians. A witness was imprisoned in the basement
of Cvejic's house, along with the other 16 Croatian civilian
residents of Tovarnik. Among the prisoners were the following
civilians: Mate Cuk, Mihajlo Dovicin, Ivan Beljo, Boza Grbesic,
and Tomislav Ivkovic nicknamed "Subasa"... On the day of his
arrest, the witness was forced by the members of irregular
militia to remove the corn stems from the fields surrounding the
town, because they suspected that anti-personnel mines were
planted in the corn-fields. While working, the witness was
guarded by an armed Serb.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members among whom were Mile Saja, and Milenko
Smiljkovic from Tovarnik; members of the Serb paramilitary unit
called chetniks among whom was Slavko Saja nicknamed "Prajin"
from Tovarnik; members of the irregular militia among whom were
Bozo Rudic, Dusan Vorkapic, and Savo Ivanovic.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcing to hard labour.
TIME AND LOCATION: Late September 1991; the town of Tovarnik (cca

23 kilometres southeast of Vukovar).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, the witness reports
that the members of the irregular militia forced him to dig out a
mass grave for the killed civilians, along with another six
Croatian men from the town of Tovarnik. 24 killed Croatian
civilians, residents of Tovarnik, were buried there in a single
day. Among them were Franjo Kuzmic, Mara Kuzmic, Felka Glibo,
Jelka Strolina, Djuka Balic's father, Aco Popovic, an elderly
male person nicknamed "Cuker" ("Sugar Cube"), and Janko Budim...
During October, the witness and another two prisoners buried
three killed Croatian civilians from Tovarnik: Tomislav Ivkovic
nicknamed "Subasa", Pavo Vrancic, and a man whose name he could
not recall. Rade Zagar, Tomo Glibo, Father Burik, the mother of
Tomislav Ivkovic nicknamed "Subasa", and Branko Salajic nicknamed
"Latas" were buried in the same mass grave. The witness pinpoints
the locations of all mass graves in the Tovarnik area.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Serb irregular militia in Tovarnik.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - September 7, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing and destruction of
civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; the town of Tovarnik (cca 23 kilometres
southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, the witness reports
the murder of Father Burik (September 7, 1991) by the members of
the Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks ("Dusan Silni" unit)
who were stationed in Ivan Drmic's house. In September, Ante
Markanovic was killed by Radoslav Stanimirovic's brother who had
chetnik insignia on his hat. The following persons set Croatian
family houses to fire: Mile Ergic, Trifun Srdic, and Stevan Srdic
(Trifun's son). According to the witness, the following persons
formed the Serb self-proclaimed authorities in Tovarnik, at the
time of the crime: Ranko Milicevic (the commander-in-chief of the
town's defense council); Aca Trifunovic (the first president of
the Tovarnik local community after the occupation); Sreto
Pokrajac (Aca Trifunovic's successor in the place of the
president of the Tovarnik local community); Jovica Medic
(replaced Sreto Pokrajac in the place of the president of the
Tovarnik local community). Sreto Pokrajac issued the order that
all Croatian civilians be evicted from the town, and Jovica Medic
carried out this order to the last.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Serb paramilitary unit called
chetniks ("Dusan Silni" unit); Serb self-proclaimed authorities
in Tovarnik.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

007 B-H - LJUBIJA - June 16, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment to concentration camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: On June 16, 1992; 2:30 a.m.; Ljubija
(northwest Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... On June 16, 1992, around 2:30
a.m., my neighbours Ranko Djuric, Stiven Djuric, and Slavko
Bataz's son arrested me. They forced me into the van where I
found my neighbour Junuz Sahuric. That morning they arrested 13
persons from Ljubija, and they took us to the Keraterm
concentration camp in Prijedor. They confined 550 or 600
prisoners in an approximately 200x10 m room. All of us were
civilians. Several days later, the following persons were brought
to the Keraterm: Drago Tokmadzic, Esad Sarajlic, Esad Islamovic,
Ismet Taras, Jovan Radocaj, Ilijaz Drobic (all from Ljubija and
the surrounding villages), along with a large group of people
whom I did not know. Milan Curguz "Krivi" also arrived. He was
not a prisoner, but the deputy of Branko Bjekic (the Ljubija
police force commander). He told us that everything that had
happened in Ljubija had been ordered by Slobodan Taranjac (the
head of the so-called Military Crisis Staff)..."
PERPETRATORS: Ranko Djuric, Stiven Djuric, Slavko Bataz's son
(all from Ljubija). They acted under Slobodan Taranjac's orders.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

008 B-H - LJUBIJA - August 14, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Confiscation of civilian
properties; employment of measures of intimidation and terror.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 14, 1992; Ljubija (northwest Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... I was released from Trnopolje on
August 14, 1992, after signing the form on 'noncompulsory'
departure from the so-called Serb Republic, and 'donation' of my
property to the local Serb authorities. Upon returning home in
Ljubija, on August 14, 1992, I locked myself into my apartment
and did not go about the town, out of caution. One day, another
former Trnopolje camp prisoner, Mr. Junuz Sauric, visited me and
told me that a certain Pero Djuric (Serb) came to him, took him
out and battered him in front of his building, during which time
he threatened that unless we moved he himself would have solved
the problem of the presence of former camp prisoners in the town.
I heard of such terrible things that happened during the night
time in Ljubija..." The witness provides the names of individuals
within the Serb self-proclaimed civilian and military authorities
in Ljubija who participated in the intimidation and terror of the
non-Serb majority population in the Ljubija region.
PERPETRATORS: Serb self-proclaimed authorities in the Prijedor
and Ljubija region: Djoko Taranjac, Miso Jelisavac, Vojkan
Djuric, Pero Djuric, Slobodan Taranjac, Djoko Knezevic, Rade
Bilbija; Milan Curguz nicknamed "Krivi", Savo Pusac, Milan Atlija
(Simo's son), Miroslav Atlija (Milan's son), Rade Atlija (Milan's
son), Zeljko Rivic, Stipo Tomic, Nikola Juric (Ivica's son),
Ivica Juric nicknamed "Jurika".
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a

witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

009 B-H - LJUBIJA - 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1992; Ljubija (northwest Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness reports the events
following August 14, 1992, when he was released from the
Trnopolje concentration camp. In this period he did not leave his
apartment for the reasons of personal safety. During the visit of
his neighbour Zoran Anusic, he found out about the events that
had occurred in Ljubija while he was in the camp: "... I was
visited by Zoran Anusic, a Croat who married a Serb, and who
worked for the Serb self-proclaimed authorities. He was tipsy. He
said that he buried the bodies brought by Serbs to the so-called
strip-mines. He told that occasionally Serbs brought people who
were still alive, and killed them there. He mentioned the group
of over 100 villagers of Hambarine (cca 6 kilometres northeast of
Ljubija) who were captured by Serbs from the village of Miska
Glava. The prisoners were brought to the strip-mines, where they
were executed. He (Anusic) buried them with an excavator..."
PERPETRATORS: Serb self-proclaimed authorities in the Ljubija
region.
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a

witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June 16 to July 4, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and killing of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 16 to July 4, 1992; Keraterm
concentration camp.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... The following people were beaten
to death in the Keraterm concentration camp: Drago Tokmadzic
(Croat from Ljubija); Esad Sarajlic (Muslim from Ljubija); Jovan
Radocaj (Serb from the village of Ljeskare). A certain man named
Bahonjic from Kozarac was dying for four days. When he died, the
camp guards threw him on a dumpsite. Jovan Radocaj was a Serb by
nationality. His only mistakes were that he married a Croat named
Zdenka (she was killed in their family house in Ljeskare), and
that he was present at the inaugural meeting of the Party of
Democratic Action in Hambarine. Two Serbs from Prijedor were in
charge of escorting people to the place where they were tortured:
a man nicknamed "Duca", and Zigic. They were both known as
"prominent Serbs" who proved their loyalty on the front-lines in
Croatia. Therefore, they were granted permission by the Serb camp
authorities to torture and kill prisoners in the Keraterm
concentration camp, although they were not the camp guards..."
PERPETRATORS: "Duca" and Zigic from Prijedor; Serb authorities of
the Keraterm concentration camp.
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a

witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - PRIJEDOR - July 4, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment to the concentration
camp, torture and killing of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 4, 1992; Omarska concentration camp (cca
17 kilometres east of Prijedor).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... On July 14, 1992, I and 130 other
camp prisoners were transferred from the Keraterm to the
Trnopolje concentration camp. Trnopolje was a genuine
concentration camp. 80 of us were locked up in a garage 4x5.5 m
wide and 2.5-3 m high. It was horrible. The garage had concrete
walls, and we were suffocating, since the walls absorbed the
heat, and there were too many of us inside. In the evening, a
guard would open the door and insult us. He said that we were
ustashas. He kept kicking us with his army boots, and hitting us
with a baseball bat, hydraulic pipes (parts of a mining
equipment). It was unbearable, horrible! Day in day out, we
listened to the wretched prisoners moan and scream while being
'interrogated'. In some cases prisoners were beaten so badly,
that they would die soon after from the injuries. Then a guard
would roll-call two strong prisoners and order them to carry the
victims out of the garage, while the rest of us would be ordered
to lie on our stomachs, or to sit with our heads lowered between
our knees. They would drag the victims out of the garage, to the
dust bin. 6 or 7 bodies were discarded off in such a manner
daily. Every evening, other prisoners would be ordered to load
the bodies onto a truck which drove the bodies in an unknown
direction. On some evenings, the guards would take out up to 15
persons who never returned..."
PERPETRATORS: Serb authorities of the Omarska concentration camp.
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a

witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - PRIJEDOR - July 4 to August 6, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and killing of camp
prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 4 to August 6, 1992; Omarska
concentration camp (cca 17 kilometres east of Prijedor).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... Three groups of prisoners were
interned in the Omarska concentration camp:
-a group intended for execution;
-a group intended for exchange;
-a group that Serbs considered useless.
One of the guards in the Omarska concentration camp was Mladen
Radic nicknamed "Krkan" who worked as a policeman in Ljubija
until 1988. Juro Gavranovic nicknamed Bugarin was brutally
murdered in the Omarska camp. (...) Mr. Ilijaz Drobic (MA in
mining, resident of Sanski Most) who used to work in the Ljubija
iron ore mine, was tortured and consequently beaten to death. He
claimed that he was interned to the concentration camp by the
manager of the Ljubija iron ore mine, Ostoja Marjanovic..."
PERPETRATORS: Serb authorities in the Omarska concentration camp;
Mladen Radic nicknamed "Krkan".
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a

witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in
the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Aljmas.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Solace (Shrine of the
Blessed Virgin Mary), the 1st category monument, built in 1852,
was damaged on the outside by mortars, and demolished on the
inside.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

002 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Antin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic Filial Church in Antin was
slightly damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

003 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Apsevci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic Filial Church in Apsevci was
damaged. The church belfry was destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

004 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Bapska.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George Catholic Filial Church was
built in 1764. In the first attack on the church the steeple and
the bells were destroyed. On October 25, 1991, four explosive
devices were placed inside the church. Strong detonation threw
the altar pieces to the ground and damaged the steeple and the
church front. Later on, the hand grenade was thrown inside the
church. On this occasion, the church interior was completely
demolished.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

005 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Bapska.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic Filial Cemetery Church from
the 14th century is the 1st category monument (renovated in
1976). The gravestone inside the church was pierced by a rifle
grenade. The rectory was looted and turned into a militia
station. The rectory cellar was turned into a torture chamber.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

006 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Baranjsko Petrovo Selo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Lawrence Catholic Parish Church
from 1903 was broken into by chetniks on August 30, 1991. They
smashed the church-organ, toppled the "versus populum" altar and
the ambo, broke the statues and the confessional, and threw about
the cassocks. They also broke into the rectory.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

007 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Beli Manastir.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin Catholic Parish Church
(built in 1774) is the 3rd category monument. On December 18,
1991, the rectory entrance was blown to pieces by a rifle
grenade. An explosive device was placed underneath the church
door. The belfry was damaged by rifle bullets.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

008 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Berak.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Church was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

009 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Bilje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The rectory, belfry, and the church
bells of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church (built in 1775) were damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 15.

010 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Bogdanovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Exaltation of Holy Cross Church was
severely damaged on September 22, 1991, after repeated attacks,
and subsequently completely destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "SACRAL INSTITUTIONS ON
TARGET", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, pp. 15.

XI. RACIAL AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Desecration of bodies.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; the town of Tovarnik (cca 23
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "On October 10, 1991, a deputy
commander came to us. There were ten of us. He ordered us to take
the shovels. We went out and sat in a trailer truck driven by a
militiaman. He had a five-pointed star on his cap. He drove us
from Cvejic's house (turned into a prison) towards the cemetery.
A Serb member of the so-called SAO Krajina Militia, Dule Stupar
from Tovarnik, went in front of us. An army excavator (of green
colour) followed us. The excavator dug out a channel. The driver
of the excavator told Dule to throw the bodies into the channel.
There were six bodies wrapped in blankets or nylon sacks. We
threw them into the channel one at a time. The person who dug out
the channel shouted: 'Shall we kill them too?' Our guard answered
that we finished our job and that he was taking us back to
prison. Later we heard that Father Burik and the mother of
Tomislav Ivkovic nicknamed "Subasa" were among those six bodies.
(...) M. C. from Tovarnik told me that he found the bodies of the
following residents of Tovarnik in a corn-field: Tomo Glibo; Pavo
Vrancic; Tomislav Ivkovic nicknamed "Subasa"; and another person
whose name he could not recall. He buried the bodies in a mass
grave.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb self-proclaimed authorities in
Tovarnik.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 11, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Desecration of bodies.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 11, 1991; the town of Lovas (cca 17
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... On November 10, 1991, chetniks
launched an attack on Lovas. The following day we found out that
23 or 24 persons were killed. All victims were Croatian
civilians, residents of Lovas. Two or three days following the
occupation of Lovas, I saw an excavator that was digging
something near the cemetery. I thought that they were going to
entrench their tanks there. Soon after I saw a tractor trailer
full of the bodies wrapped in shrouds and sacks. I saw young
captives from Lovas. They were taken in the direction of the
cemetery. After approximately an hour they were brought back by a
group of armed chetniks who walked before and behind them. The
captured young men were detained in the basement of the local
Farm Co-Operative. (...) As I found out later from a resident of
Lovas, Serbs buried the killed Croatians near the town's
dumpsite. The excavator was seen at the location during those
days..."
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb self-proclaimed authorities in
Lovas; members of the Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "The YPA recruited me in December
1990. I served in the Guard in Belgrade. I was a member of a
commando team, specialized in destroying armoured units. The
commander of my unit was Captain Miroslav Radic. We did not know
where we were going until we came to Tovarnik. We were a regular
army. However, members of Seselj's and Arkan's units went with
us, along with local chetniks. Captain Radic, a YPA officer, had
his platoon of "Seselj's" and "Arkan's" soldiers. Captain Radic
was born in 1961, he is originally from Doboj, Bosnia. Then we
went through Negoslavci and arrived in Vukovar, in the Petrova
Gora army barracks. I remember a soldier from Ruma. He killed
elderly and sick persons, and children in Vukovar. His name is
Spasoje, and his nickname is "Stuka" ("Pike"). We often came into
the basement, and those hiding there asked for a piece of bread,
their children did not leave the basement for fifty-six days, and
he ("Stuka") killed all of them (...) He also killed a woman and
her daughter, both were Croatians from Nova Ulica. They lived in
the sixth house from the right hand side, and they had a yellow
"Fico" (make of car, Zastava 750). He killed the woman, and he
tortured her daughter. He just came, put the gun against the
woman's forehead, laughed and shot her. Everyone did what they
wanted, no one was responsible for anything. No one blamed anyone
for anything. Our commander, Captain Miroslav Radic knew that
"Stuka" killed people in cold blood and he even encouraged him to
kill some more. He gave him even more freedom to do whatever he
wanted. He was rewarded for killing..."
PERPETRATORS: YPA members - Belgrade Guard's armoured brigades;
YPA captain Miroslav Radic; YPA soldier Spasoje nicknamed "Stuka"
("Pike") from Ruma (Serb by nationality); members of Seselj's
paramilitary units (named after the president of the Serbian
Radical Party Vojislav Seselj, who is their leader); Arkan's
units (named after their leader's nickname - Zeljko Raznjatovic
Arkan); and armed Serbs from Croatia who call themselves
chetniks, after the second world war chetnik fascist formations
in the former Yugoslavia).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.
NOTE: In his report, the witness describes the arrivals of high
YPA officers, and commanders of paramilitary formations in
Vukovar: "... Then I was assigned to the main operational officer
for Vukovar, YPA major Veselin Sljivancanin. Later, YPA Army
general Blagoje Adzic used to come to our staff headquarters. I
personally escorted him from Nova Ulica to Gacesina and
Kovaceviceva Ulica (streets in Vukovar). Vojislav Seselj also
came fifteen minutes after Adzic. After a short tour around the
city, they gathered in Nova Ulica no. 91, in Stanko Bogdanovic's
house. Here they planned attacks and the military operation
against Vukovar. I was in the room with them. The following
people were present at the meeting: Mile Mrksic (YPA colonel);
Miroslav Radic (YPA captain, and commander of the Guards
Brigade); Veselin Sljivancanin (YPA major, main operational
officer in charge of all military operations in Vukovar); Elvir
Hadzic from Bihac; Dejan Jovanovic; Vojislav Seselj (commander of
Seselj's units, also called chetniks); Blagoje Adzic (YPA
general). They were at the top of the commanding staff. Major
Sljivancanin was a tall and corpulent man with a moustache. He
was the only one among them who wore a camouflage uniform. He did
not talk much. His orders were indisputable. He was between 45
and 50 years old. He was a good friend of Vojislav Seselj.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... after the fall of Vukovar, the
YPA lost control over the chetniks. They conducted themselves in
a barbarous manner, they looted houses, and drove off their
spoils in trailer trucks. Everybody did what they wanted. They
brutally killed people. The treatment was especially harsh with
the Croats from Herzegovina. They (Serbs) did not just kill them.
They mutilated them. I remember how they boiled one Croat held
captive. They tied his arms and legs and threw him in the boiling
water. I think the victim was one of the main commanders of the
Croatian Army in Vukovar. I do not know his name. This crime was
committed by the Serb residents of Vukovar who lived in the
section of Vukovar called Petrova Gora. I do not know their
names, but I would recognize them if I saw them. The names were
of no interest to me. Many civilians were killed in the section
of Vukovar called Mitnica. This section is located to the right
hand side from the aqueduct. The Vukovar chetniks from Petrova
Gora were notorious. They attacked Vukovar before us. We were the
elite YPA unit - the Guards Brigade from Belgrade. The Novi Sad
Corps attacked from the direction of the village of Bogdanovci,
and the YPA members of Nis Army District and Pancevo Tank Brigade
were also present. Upon our arrival in Croatia, our Brigade
totalled 2,500 soldiers. My battalion totalled 408 soldiers. Only
108 returned to Belgrade. I escaped from the YPA, from Belgrade,
before New Year's Day (1992).
PERPETRATORS: YPA members of the Guards Brigade from Belgrade;
Novi Sad Corps; Pancevo Tank Brigade; YPA members from Nis Army
District; Serb irregular formations.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings, and locations of
mass graves.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... After the fall of Vukovar, I was
detained in a shed at Ovcara (a plain), where 1040 Croatians were
executed by firing squad. I had to be part of the firing squad,
but I could not take it. I could not and did not want to shoot.
There were elderly men who were imprisoned. I was present when
they ordered how many people were to be shot. 320 persons were
executed in the first round, and 720 in the second. The orders
were issued by a YPA major Veselin Sljivancanin. The executed
persons were buried at Ovcara. They were pushed into a ditch by
an excavator and covered with dirt. There were other private
executions. Soldiers would enter a house and kill elderly people.
There is a "Velepromet" storehouse in Vukovar. In this
storehouse, the Serbs tortured prisoners with shock-treatment.
Women were also maltreated there. All sorts of things happened
there. Soldiers or chetniks would come, pick a group of
prisoners, take them out and execute them. I know for certain
that 1040 people were executed, but there are many more mass
graves at Petrova Gora, near "Elektroprivreda", at a large plain
near the power-plant, etc. Among the victims were Croatian
soldiers who, prior to the execution, had been kept in basements
and the Vukovar army barracks shelters. I know the location of
the mass grave, where the excavator covered people with dirt.
Ovcara is neither a hill nor a plain, actually it's more a plain
than a hill. When the excavators buried the people, the Serbs
brought steam-rollers, and flattened the ground so that no one
could see what had happened there.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members under the command of Major Veselin
Sljivancanin.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 B-H - LJUBIJA - May 23, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 23, 1992; 9:00 p.m.; the village of Gornji
Volar (cca 4 kilometres north of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Civilian properties in the villages of
Surkovac and Gornji Volar (populated exclusively by Croats) were
attacked around 9:00 p.m. The attack was launched by armed Serb
civilians from the nearby villages of Donji Volar, Sokoliste,
Trgoviste, Radomirovac, and Miska Glava. Shells from mortars and
a recoilless gun were fired on the villages of Surkovac and
Gornji Volar. An informant from the Serb ranks reported that the
Croat villagers of Surkovac and Gornji Volar had left their
homes, so that there were no casualties among the civilians
during the attack. Members of Serb paramilitary formations set on
fire several family houses and sheds, while passing through the
villages. On the following morning (May 24, 1992), all of the
escaped Croat villagers returned to their homes.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb villagers of Donji Volar, Sokoliste,
Trgoviste, Radomirovac, Miska Glava (the villages located north
and northwest of Ljubija).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - LJUBIJA - May, 24, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 24, 1992.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Rade Bilbija, the commander of the
Serb paramilitary formation stationed in the village of Ljeskare,
arrested a witness and Mato (Tomo's son) Tadic and took them to
the Ljubija police station. The commander of the Ljubija police
station, Branko Bjekic, called via radio the "Serbian police
station" in Prijedor. Around 7:00 p.m., the prisoners were taken
to the station. Upon their arrival in Prijedor, the prisoners
were interrogated. The witness was interrogated by an anonymous
investigator, and Mato Tadic (Tomo's son) was taken to the upper
floor where he was interrogated by a YU-Army major Vasiljevic (a
state security investigator). On May 25, 1992, around 3:00 a.m.,
the witness was taken to the Keraterm ceramic tiles plant that
the members of YU-Army and the Serbian Democratic Party turned
into a detention centre for those civilians who breached the
curfew (introduced on May 1, 1992, by the occupying self-
proclaimed Serb authorities. The witness was confined to cell no.
1. Around 3:15 a.m., two Serbs nicknamed "Ziga" and "Duca"
entered the cell. "Ziga" was a taxi-driver in Prijedor, while
"Duca" was notorious as a petty Prijedor criminal. Those two beat
the prisoner from 3:15 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
PERPETRATORS: Rade Bilbija from the village of Ljeskare; Branko
Bjekic from Ljubija; Major Vasiljevic from Prijedor; men
nicknamed "Ziga" and"Duca".
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - PRIJEDOR - May 26, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment to a concentration
camp.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 26, 1992; 10:00 a.m.; Keraterm
concentration camp, Prijedor.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "...May 26, 1992; around 10:00 a.m.;
YU-Army soldiers and the armed members of the Prijedor branch of
the Serbian Democratic Party began interning Muslim residents of
Kozarac and neighbouring villages to the Keraterm concentration
camp. Until 3:00 p.m., on May 26, 1992, they interned over 200
civilians from Kozarac and Prijedor." The witness recognized the
following persons among the prisoners: Cehajic (president of the
Prijedor district); Mato Tadic (Tomo's son) from the village of
Gornji Volar; Ivo Hrvat from the village of Kalajevo. "... The
number of prisoners grew with every hour. Keraterm became a real
concentration camp in only a couple of hours. They did not give
us any food or water, we could not move in the cell because there
were too many of us. It was becoming worse with every hour. It
became unbearable! The grown up men cried. We heard moans. Many
prisoners were wounded, or beaten up." The number of prisoners in
the other cells in Keraterm was unknown to the witness.
PERPETRATORS: Members of YU-Army from Prijedor; armed members of
the Prijedor branch of the Serbian Democratic Party.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 B-H - PRIJEDOR - May 27, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment to concentration camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 27, 1992; 10:00 p.m.; Keraterm and Omarska
concentration camps (Prijedor district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... A YU-Army military policeman
unknown to me came in front of cell no. 1 (sergeant) and ordered
us to get out of the cell and get on the buses that had
previously arrived in the camp. There were 17 empty, and 6 full
buses. I found out that the prisoners who were in those buses
were the same prisoners the Serbs had kept detained in the
Brezicani school (cca 5 kilometres west of Prijedor). (...)
Around midnight, the buses departed from the Keraterm
concentration camp. After quite a long ride, they stopped, and
the armed YU-Army soldiers ordered us to get off the bus. At that
point we saw that we had arrived at an enclosed area of the
Omarska iron ore mine. On that day, the total number of 2,000
prisoners were brought to Omarska. 90% of the prisoners were
Croat and Muslim civilians, while the remaining 10% were members
of the regular and reserve police of Croatian and Muslim
nationality (all from the Prijedor district). (...) The first
commander of the Omarska concentration camp was a Serb nicknamed
"Kvocka" who wore a camouflage uniform. He was replaced by Zeljko
Mejakic (Serb), on June 20, 1992."
PERPETRATORS: Members of the YU-Army from Prijedor, and Serb
authorities of the Omarska camp under the command of a man
nicknamed "Kvocka" (wore a camouflage uniform), and Zeljko
Mejakic (after June 20, 1992).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

005 B-H - LJUBIJA - December 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Rapes and forcible prostitution.
TIME AND LOCATION: July - December 1992; Ljubija region
(northwestern Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: At the end of July, after the massacre
in his village, the witness moved to Ljubija. "... During my stay
in Ljubija, I heard that Serbs brought girls and/or women (Croats
and Muslims from Donja Ljubija) to the houses of killed or
evicted Croat civilians. Those girls and women were used as
amusement for Serb soldiers who returned from the front-lines.
According to my knowledge, fifteen Croatian women (aged 18 and
over) were raped during the Brisevo massacre. Some of them were
over 55 years old. Most of girls and women in Donja Ljubija
(mostly Muslims) have been raped. The Serbs who did not go the
front-lines had the task of "supplying" Serb soldiers with women.
One of them was Zoran Pejic (Ljuban's son, born 1970) from
Ljubija, who would forcibly bring women into abandoned houses,
and force them into prostitution.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities in Ljubija;
Zoran Pejic (Ljuban's son).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

006 B-H - LJUBIJA - September-December 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Stealing of humanitarian aid;
starving the population.
TIME AND LOCATION: September-December 1992; Ljubija region
(northwestern Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The incidents followed after the
agreement on delivery and distribution of humanitarian relief
under "Caritas" supervision that was signed between the
representatives of the self-proclaimed "Serbian Crisis Centre of
Ljubija" (brothers Slobodan and Djoko Taranjac), representatives
of the Banja Luka Diocese (Bishop Franjo Komarica, PhD), Banja
Luka branch of the Croatian Democratic Union (president Nikola
Gabelic), the UNHCR (Japanese representative, Mr Satoshi), and
representatives of the Croat villagers of Brisevo. All of the aid
that came to the Croat populated villages of Brisevo, Stara
Rijeka, Donja Ravska, Surkovac, and Ljubija was stolen by Serbs
and occupying irregular Serb authorities, right after it was
stored. The aid that was delivered at the Ljubija church was
distributed under the strict supervision of the Taranjac
brothers, and only until they would say: "There isn't any more."
Bags with flour, and boxfuls of sugar and oil stocked in some
visible spot would clearly suggest that what they said was not
true. On one occasion, Bishop Komarica and dr Mile Anicic (head
of the Banja Luka Diocese branch of "Caritas" arrived in the
village of Brisevo with a truckful of humanitarian relief. Djoko
Taranjac arrived soon after and said: "When humanitarian relief
arrived in Surkovac in this manner, that is without our
knowledge, it was stolen that same night. But you don't have to
fear, we're here. However, you'll have to stop with the
distribution this instance and take the relief into the Ljubija
staff. No one will ever touch it." According to the witness, no
one attempted to oppose Djoko Taranjac order.
PERPETRATORS: Occupying irregular Serb authorities, led by Djoko
and Slobodan Taranjac (brothers).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,

supplemented by a written statement, currently kept in the
archives of the Department.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 B-H/CROATIA - MANJACA/KNIN - October 17, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Inhumane treatment and physical
maltreatment of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 17, 1992; Manjaca concentration camp -
Knin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Serb authorities of the Manjaca
concentration camp loaded on buses 120 Croat prisoners and took
them to Zitnic (the Republic of Croatia) where the prisoners were
to be exchanged. During the ride the armed escorts forced
prisoners to swallow large quantities of salt, and confiscated
any food or water they had. They beat prisoners with wooden clubs
and forced them to sing pro-Serb songs. Since there was no
exchange, the prisoners were taken to Knin and imprisoned in a
building where they were supposed to stay overnight. During the
entire night persons in uniforms with SAO Krajina insignia,
members of irregular police, and anonymous civilians (even women
and young boys) brutally maltreated them. They beat the witness
so much that he had no strength to crawl back to his cell. The
maltreatment stopped the following morning, when all of the
prisoners were taken back to the Manjaca concentration camp.
PERPETRATORS: Serb authorities of the Manjaca concentration camp;
armed prisoner escorts, irregular police called "SAO Krajina
militia", unknown civilians from Knin.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - PRIJEDOR - May 28, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Inhumane treatment, infliction of
mental suffering and bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 28, 1992; Omarska concentration camp.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... While the YU-Army soldiers were
driving us from the Keraterm to Omarska concentration camp, they
beat us brutally. They particularly mistreated a Muslim villager
of Kozarac who was in the same bus with me. I do not know his
name, but I know that he was a regular policeman. They literally
smashed his head with a rifle-butt. Upon our arrival to the
Omarska concentration camp, this policeman was still alive,
however, I do not know what happened to him afterwards. A guard
with a dark complexion (like a Gypsy) continued beating him after
we got off the bus. The guards took out Zeljko Sikora (a
gynecologist in Prijedor). They started hitting him. They accused
him of castrating Serb children. We heard his cries and moaning.
then they took out Ilijaz Music (a high school teacher in
Prijedor), and Fikic (an internist from Hambarine, he worked in a
clinic in Prijedor). Then they took out a man nicknamed Cuko
(pizza-place proprietor in Prijedor - near the biscuit plant).
The guards beat them mercilessly, while the victims moaned and
screamed in pain. I never saw those men again throughout my
entire stay in Omarska (until August 21, 1992), neither did I
hear from anyone that they were alive."
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army members; guards in the Omarska
concentration camp, on of them had a dark complexion (probably a
Gypsy).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - PRIJEDOR - July 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture, infliction of bodily
harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: End of July 1992, Omarska concentration camp

(cca 17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... I was taken for interrogation
into the "White House" at the time when Mato Tadic (Tomo's son)
was being interrogated. They took him there one hour earlier.
When I entered the room, Mato sat in the chair, his face was full
of blood, because they smashed his forehead, nose and lips. (...)
I looked to the corner of the room and I saw a real baseball bat,
and a large wooden club cca 10 cm in diameter. (...) When the
investigator asked me who was delivering arms in Prijedor, and to
whom the arms were distributed, I answered that all of the arms
that ever came to Prijedor were the arms that the former YPA
(Yugoslav People's Army) distributed to Serb members of the
Serbian Democratic Party when withdrawing from Croatia. (...) One
of the guards took the wooden club, and the other one took the
baseball bat. The guard who held the wooden club hit me, while
the other one started hitting Mato Tadic (Tomo's son). After a
while, they stopped and dragged us to the corridor. Then they
returned to the room. I managed to recover a bit after two days,
but Mato Tadic was in a critical state for four days. They broke
the baseball bat on his back. He urinated blood and moaned at
every movement. He said that they broke his ribs."

PERPETRATORS: Serb authorities of the Omarska concentration camp.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Francis Catholic
Church in Sibenik was damaged. The church was built in the 14th
century in gothic style, and is a registered 1st category
cultural monument.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof and the south facade of St.
Francis Catholic Monastery in Sibenik was damaged. Two 40 mm
anti-tank mortars were found there. The church is a registered
1st category cultural monument, and its library contains
invaluable objects such as chalices, reliquaries, monstrances,
pictures, church garments, etc.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jacob Catholic Cathedral in
Sibenik is a registered 0 category cultural monument, and one of
the most significant architectural creations in the eastern
Adriatic coast. It was first hit by mine fragments that were
fired on the square in front of the Cathedral. Afterwards, the
northern facade and a door-post (work of a famous sculptor Grgo
Antunac) were damaged. The following day, during the attack
launched from the YPA naval vessels, the Cathedral dome was hit
by a 40 mm anti-tank mine which left a 30 cm wide hole in it,
along with many other small damages. Windows of the dome,
transept, and the sculpture of St. Michael (located on the
transept) were strafed with bullets from an aircraft.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Anne Catholic Church
received a direct hit. The roof burst open, and the church
interior sustained considerable damage. The church is a
registered cultural monument built in the 17th century.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne Cemetery (a registered
cultural monument built in the first half of the 19th century,
and opened in 1822) was hit from a YPA aircraft. Several graves
were destroyed on that occasion.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The ceiling in the bishop's hall, a
part of the Bishop's Palace in Sibenik (a registered 1st category
cultural monument) was damaged during the YPA attack.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

007 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Lady of Griblje Catholic Church in
Donje Polje is a registered 1st category cultural monument, built
in the 14/15th century romanic-gothic style. The Church was
recently renovated. During the attack its south facade was
damaged, along with the recently placed gothic arched door, and
western facade, a binding stone at the door (a romanic
characteristic), and the roof of the church.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

008 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vitus Catholic Church in Razori is
a registered 1st category cultural monument built in the romanic
style. It was recently renovated. During the fighting around the
Sibenik Bridge, the southern section of the side wall and the
roof were blasted away. The gothic vault of the church was burst
open. The destroyed wall contained dedicatory crosses (most
probably from the 15th century) and popular paintings of ships
engraved in the plaster.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

009 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Lady of Srim Catholic Church in
Srimsko Polje is a registered 1st category cultural monument
built in the romanic style. There is a famous mural in the church
apse. During the armed conflicts going on in the immediate
vicinity, the section above the romanic church door (southern
facade) was hit by a tank shell. On this occasion, the church
vault was burst open, and the door-steps were damaged
considerably.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

010 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Lady of Karmen Catholic Church at the
Okit Hill was destroyed during the second world war and rebuilt
afterwards. In the period between September 16 and October 1,
1991, the church was hit by several tank shells.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

011 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - September 16 to October 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and

properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16 - October 1, 1991; Sibenik
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John Catholic Church in Konjevrati
is a registered cultural monument. It was built in the 19th
century (reconstructed in 1878). In the period between September
16 and October 1, 1991, the church was hit by several shells and
damaged considerably. It was burst open on several places, and
its interior was destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Sibenik District Institute
for Protection of Cultural Monuments. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

XI. RACIAL AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION

001 B-H - LJUBIJA - May 24, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Use of an ultimatum to intimidate
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 24, 1992; 9:00 a.m.; village of Gornji
Volar (cca 4 km north of Ljubija).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the name of the military
authorities, the YU-Army major Radmilo Zeljaja gave an ultimatum
to the Croatian villagers of Gornji Volar and Surkovac via radio:
"We demand that the Croat villagers of Gornji Volar and Surkovac
surrender the following members of the Gornji Volar and Surkovac
branch office of the Croatian Democratic Union for B-H: Mate
Tadic (Tomo's son); Ilija Tadic (Ante's son); Vilim Tadic (Ante's
son), and Mato Tadic (Ante's son). If those four men do not show
up until 12:00 a.m., I will order the YU-Army units to attack
both villages." During the negotiations Major Zeljaja extended
the deadline until 2:00 p.m. and asked that two members of the
local CDU - B-H be surrendered: Mato Tadic (Tomo's son), and Mato
Tadic (Ante's son). At 12:00 a.m., another ultimatum followed.
This time Major Zeljaja demanded that Croat villagers of both
Gornji Volar and Surkovac surrender all of their arms, along with
30 members of the ZNG (Croatian National Defense) he "knew the
villagers were hiding", and who had allegedly attacked and
occupied those villages. Major Zeljaja could not care less for
the persuasions of Croat villagers that there were no illegally
obtained arms or ZNG members in the village, alongside the fact
that the attack was launched by the Serb residents of the
neighbouring villages.
PERPETRATORS: YU-Army major Radmilo Zeljaja; members of the
military authorities (YU-Army) in Prijedor.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - PRIJEDOR - August 5, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unjustifiable postponement of
prisoner repatriation.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 5, 1992; Omarska concentration-camp

(cca 17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Under pressure from the international
community, Serb irregular authorities in B-H decided to dissolve
the Omarska concentration-camp. "... Serbs drove off in buses all
prisoners except 179 of us. I heard that the prisoners were being
taken to the Trnopolje and Manjaca concentration camps. Among 179
of us who remained in the camp, there were five women: Zdena
Rajkovic from Kozarac (Croat); Sabiha Turkanovic from Kozarac
(Muslim, a proprietor of "Crvena Ruza" cafe ("Red Rose" cafe);
Hajra Hodzic from Prijedor (Muslim, 25 years old); Velida
Mahmuljin from Kozarac (Muslim, teacher and a representative of
the Party of Democratic Action in Prijedor district), and another
woman unknown to me." Among male prisoners, the witness
recognized: "Mato Tadic (Tomo's son) from the village of Gornji
Volar; Irfan Zenkovic from Donja Ljubija; Fejzo Mujkanovic from
the village of Kozarusa; Merzuk Bajric from Donja Ljubija; and
Andjelko Srbljic from the village of Zune. On August 15, 1992,
members of the ICRC registered male prisoners only, because Serb
camp authorities hid female prisoners in front of the ICRC
representatives.
PERPETRATORS: Serb irregular authorities; Serb authorities of the
Omarska concentration camp.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - PRIJEDOR - August 21, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unjustified postponement of
prisoner repatriation.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 21, 1992; Omarska concentration camp

(cca 17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... On August 21, 1992, Serb
authorities of the Omarska concentration camp roll-called 172
prisoners. I was one of the roll-called prisoners. They did not
roll-call: Fajzo Mujkanovic from the village of Kozarusa near
Prijedor (Muslim); Mato Tadic from the village of Gornji Volar
near Ljubija(Tomo's son, born 1940, Croat); Zdena Rajkovic from
Kozarac (Croat); Hajra Hodzic from Prijedor (Muslim, 25 years
old); and another woman. Those seven prisoners were taken in an
unknown direction. Armed prisoner escorts of Serb nationality
told us that they were taking us to the Manjaca camp..."
According to the witness, all 172 prisoners arrived to the
Manjaca concentration camp.

PERPETRATORS: Serb authorities of the Omarska concentration camp.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.
NOTE: According to the witness, the following two persons were
among the Omarska prisoners: Mato Tadic (Tomo's son, born 1940,
registered by the ICRC representatives in the Omarska
concentration camp under no. 00208688), and Mato Tadic (Ante's
son, born 1963, registered by the ICRC representatives in the
Omarska concentration camp under no. 00208687), both from the
village of Gornji Volar near Ljubija. Mato Tadic (Ante's son) was
transferred to the Manjaca concentration camp on August 21, 1992,
and from there he was transferred to Barkovic concentration camp
near Bijeljina on December 13, 1992. He was exchanged on January
7, 1993. Mato Tadic's (Tomo's son) was considered lost until June
16, 1993, when imprisoned Croat residents of Ljubija were
transferred from the Batkovic concentration camp to Celebic, near
Livno, in order to be exchanged. On that occasion, a prisoner V.
M. saw a note "M. Tadic ... June 1993" inscribed in the wall of
the prison cell in the village of Kamenica, near Drvar (where the
prisoners from Batkovic spent two days before being exchanged).
The day of the month of the inscription was illegible. Mate
Tadic's (Tomo's son) family sent Mato a letter through the ICRC
representatives, but the letter returned to its senders with a
note that he was released on August 21, 1992.

004 B-H - MANJACA - December 13, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unjustified postponement of
prisoner repatriation.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 13, 1992; Manjaca concentration camp
(southwest of Banja Luka).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... At the beginning of December
1992, rumours went around the Manjaca camp that the camp would
soon be dissolved and that all of the prisoners would be released
under the ICRC supervision. Various journalists were coming to
the camp and interviewing prisoners. The ICRC representatives
were saying that all prisoners would be released in the period
between December 14, and December 16, 1992. On Sunday, December
13, 1992, Serb authorities of the Manjaca camp roll-called 530
prisoners, and ordered them to take their blankets and get on the
buses that were awaiting them." The witness gave personal data of
45 prisoners known to him, who were roll-called with him, and he
also mentioned a group of reporters and cameramen who filmed the
departure of this prisoner group. "... Instead of releasing us,
Serbs transferred us to a new camp. This was the Batkovic
concentration camp in the village of Batkovic, near Bijeljina
(northeastern Bosnia).
PERPETRATORS: Serb irregular authorities; Serb authorities of the
Manjaca concentration camp.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

We wish to inform you that our Centre has obtained pathological
and post mortem reports on the victims killed in Uzdol near
Prozor (B-H) on September 9, 1993. The reports were obtained from
the Split Hospital Pathology Laboratory, and they relate to the
information reported in the Weekly Bulletin no. 7, from September
20, 1993, p. 1, I/001). The victims' names are as follows:
1. Domin Raic (Ivo's son; born September 21, 1936)
2. Ivka Raic (Mate's daughter; born April 16, 1934)
3. Zorka Glibo (Mate's daughter; born October 10, 1938)
4. Mato Ljubic (Jozo's son; October 6, 1923)
5. Kata Ljubic (Franjo's son; September 10, 1948)
6. Kata Perkovic (Ilija's daughter; Stipe's wife; born September
24, 1922)
7. Luca Zelenika (Jozo's wife; born April 25, 1906)
8. Janja Zelenika (Krizan's daughter; born August 28, 1931)
9. Dragica Zelenika (Ante's daughter; born April 25, 1934)
10. Ivan Zelenika (Mate's son; born June 1, 1930)
11. Ruza Zelenika (Kazimir's daughter; born April 14, 1931)
12. Jadranka Zelenika (Kazimir's daughter; born January 8, 1981)
13. Ruza Zelic (Mijo's daughter; born December 25, 1943)
14. Marija Zelic (Jozo's daughter; born September 12, 1980)
15. Stjepan Zelic (Jozo's son; born January 2, 1983)
16. Ante Stojanovic (Jozo's son; born March 5, 1920)
17. Anica Stojanovic (Pero's wife; born November 4, 1949)
18. Frano Stojanovic (born January 6, 1916)
19. Stanko Raic (Niko's son; May 20, 1927)
20. Lucija Raic (Stanko's wife; born September 26, 1933)
21. Sima Raic (born July 6, 1914)
22. Mara Raic (Jakov's daughter; born November 26, 1938)
23. Mijo Raic (Marko's son; born September 12, 1924)
24. Ivka Raic (Mijo's wife; born April 29, 1921)
25. Serafina Stojanovic (elderly; birth date unknown)
26. Martin Ratkic (elderly; birth date unknown)
27. Kata Ratkic (Martin's wife; elderly; birth date unknown).

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - DVOR NA UNI - July 26, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 26, 1991; 10:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.;
villages of Kozibrod and Struga (north of Dvor na Uni).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On July 26, 1991, between 10:30 a.m.
and 9:00 p.m., members of the Serb paramilitary unit from Dvor na
Uni employed the civilians from Struga and Kozibrod as a live
shield in order to occupy the Kozibrod police station (Croatian
police). After that they massacred the civilians and members of
the police station. The civilian victims were as follows: Mile
Blazevic, Pajo Zuljevac, Pajo Knezevic, Mile Begic, Mile Pusic,
Mande Begic, and Pero Spanjic. Along with them, the following
members of the police force were killed: Zarko Gundic, Goran
Fedeljevic, Ivica Poric, Mladen Halapa, Branko Vuk, Zoran
Saronja, Davor Vukas, and Zeljko Filipovic. The following
civilians were seriously wounded by fire arms: Milan Bartolovic,
Ivo Spancic, Stjepan Mihocic, Milan Begic, Dragan Begic, Sefko
Begic, and Nikola Jukic.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Serb paramilitary unit from Dvor na
Uni among whom were Predrag Orlovic, Nenad Korizma, Predrag
Korizma, Dragan Vranesevic, Dusan Badic, Jan Jankovic, Leonardo
Jankovic, Toso Sundac, Goran Barac, Nedjeljko Pasic, Milan
Begovic, Pero Krnjeta, and Dusan Tomasevic (all from Dvor na
Uni).
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: May 16, 1992 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 8. Entitled: "Nedostupni policiji, dostupni pravdi"
(Unliable to Police, Liable to Justice"). Document currently kept

in the archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - SISAK - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; destruction of civilian property; forcible displacement
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; village of Staza (cca 3.5 kilometres
southeast of Sunja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of Serb paramilitary
formations from the nearby villages (Donji Hrastovac, Pobrdjani,
Capljani, Sunja, and Sas) attacked civilian villagers of Staza,
and destroyed their houses and farm buildings. All 380 villagers
of Staza were forced to abandon the village. After forcibly
evicting the residents, the attackers looted and set on fire most
of the family houses and farm-buildings. The villagers were
forced to find shelter in the corn-fields, and on this occasion
they recognised some of the attackers.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary units among whom were
Gojko Mrdjenovic from the village of Pobrdjani, Milan Zelenkovic
nicknamed "Zeko" ("Bunny") from Sunja, Dragan Halagic from the
village of Donji Hrastovac, Cedo Cvor from the village of
Capljani, Nikola Ladjevic from the village of Sas, Jovo Cekic
from Sunja, Milan Kuzmanovic from Sunja, Jovan Vujkalija from the
village of Donji Hrastovac, Dusanka Vujkalija from the village of
Donji Hrastovac, Milan Bozic from the village of Donji Hrastovac,
Stojan Ereckovic from the village of Donji Hrastovac, Branka
Mrdjenovic nee Ereckovic (Stojan's daughter) from the village of
Donji Hrastovac, Zeljko Cvetkovic from the village of Pobrdjani,
Zdravko Cvetkovic from the village of Pobrdjani, Stevo Kaprolovic
from the village of Donji Hrastovac, Vlado Jasenovcan from the
village of Donji Hrastovac, Jefto Dragosavljevic from the village
of Donji Hrastovac, Predrag Burnic from the village of Donji
Hrastovac, Bosko Mrdjenovic from the village of Donji Hrastovac,
Perica Malencic from the village of Donji Hrastovac, Stevo
Dragovic from the village of Donji Hrastovac, and Dragan Domazet
from the village of Donji Hrastovac.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: May 18, 1992 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 8. Entitled: "Prepoznali zlocince" ("They Recognised
the Perpetrators"). Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible eviction (depopulation)
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 1992; Tovarnik (cca 23 kilometres
southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A witness describes in detail the
manner in which an armed group of masked Serbs from Tovarnik,
among whom were Dragan Sedlic, Zoran Lazarevic, and Stevan Srdic
(Trifun's son) looted Tovarnik, arrested 23 Croatian civilians,
and forced them to abandon the town, and find shelter with the
UNPROFOR Russian Battalion headquarters in Klisa. After spending
five days at the UNPROFOR Russian Battalion headquarters, the
evicted Croatians were relocated to Osijek (free section of the
Republic of Croatia).
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Serb paramilitary unit stationed in
Tovarnik, among whom were Dragan Sedlic, Zoran Lazarevic, and

Stevan Srdic (Trifun's son).
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - SLUNJ - November/December 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: November/December 1992; village of Gornji
Ladjevac (cca 6 kilometres east of Slunj).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Croatian civilians who remained in
their villages and towns after the Serb occupation of the Slunj
district (November 15, 1991) were maltreated, arrested, and
looted... Their situation did not improve after the arrival of
the UNPROFOR (Polish Battalion). According to an eye-witness,
during January 1992, the following civilians were burnt alive:
Mile Radocaj nicknamed "Mico", Ive Radocaj, Ante Radocaj, Roze
Radocaj and his son, and Bare Radocaj. Furthermore, two old women
(whose names the witness could not recall) were killed in the
neighbouring house. A couple of days later, the armed Serbs
killed and set on fire Ivica Mosavljevic and his wife Anka. In
February 1992, Slave and Pave (two Croatian civilians) were
killed. According to the witness the UNPROFOR put the event on
record at the time. In June 1992, Milan Pesic nicknamed "Beli"
("White", Serb by nationality) from the village of Popovac,
killed Dane Bogovic (a Croatian). In November 1992, Serbs threw
Ivica nicknamed "Janjin" (a Croatian civilian whose last name the
witness could not recall) off the cliff while he was still alive.
PERPETRATORS: Serb occupying paramilitary authorities in the
Slunj district; members of Serb paramilitary units, among whom
was Milan Pasic nicknamed "Beli"; members of the irregular Serb
police of the Slunj district.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - SLUNJ - February 17, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: February 17, 1993; the village of Donji
Ladjevac (cca 6 kilometres east of Slunj).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... After the YPA and Serb
paramilitary units attacked and occupied the Slunj district in
November 1991, they began terrorizing all of the non-Serb
residents of the district. The immediate perpetrators were Serbs
from the village of Susnica, Brocanac, and Posic (all members of
the so-called Serb Territorial Defense Unit). They terrorized the
population in various manners: looting, intimidation, and
murders. Their principal intention was to forcibly evict the
remaining non-Serb population. The major perpetrators were Milan
Vukelic nicknamed "Mico", Simo Devic, Milorad Cuic nicknamed
"Bekrija", and Nenad Tepavac..." The witness reports in detail
how he was maltreated by his torturers (they fired on his house,
slashed him with a knife on the face, etc.). According to his
account, on February 17, 1993, armed Serbs killed a Croatian
civilian Pavo Samardzija. The witness gives the location of the
murder and data on the perpetrators.
PERPETRATORS: Serb occupying self-proclaimed authorities; members
of Serb paramilitary units, among whom are Milan Vukelic
nicknamed "Mico", Simo Devic, Milorad Cuic nicknamed "Bekrija",
Nenad Tepavac.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

007 B-H - SARAJEVO - November 9, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians; infliction
of heavy bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 9, 1993; Sarajevo (a section of the
city called Alipasino Polje).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Three elementary school students and
their teacher were killed during a mortar attack on the section
of Sarajevo called Alipasino Polje, when the shell fired by the
military post of the Bosnian Serb Army hit the school building.
At that moment, a group of children waited in front of the
building for the school start, while another group was waiting
for bread. After the attack, 20 wounded, mostly children, were
accepted to the Sarajevo Hospital.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Bosnian Serb Army.
EVIDENCE: Editorial news obtained by REUTER and published on the
cover page of the November 10, 1993 issue of "Vjesnik" daily.
Title: "Mina pred skolu - cetiri poginula, mnogo ranjenih" ("The
School Hit by Shell - Four Killed, Many Wounded"). Document

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: The most recent Sarajevo tragedy occurred during the visit
of UN peace envoy, Mr. Thorvald Stoltenberg, to the city.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION

001 CROATIA - May 1-2, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of

intimidation and terror; looting and destruction of civilian
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 1-2, 1993; village of Gornji Ladjevac (cca
6 kilometres east of Slunj).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to an eye witness, Milan
Juzbasic (19 years old) from the village of Brezovac, and Milan
Kresev (23 years old) from the village of Brocanac, both of Serb
nationality, came to the witness' yard and took away his tractor.
The witness reported the theft to the UN Polish Battalion). The
next morning, around 6:30, armed Serbs came to the witness'
house: Mico Vukelic from Slunj (born in the village of Brocanac),
Simo Delic from Slunj, and Djuro Tepavac nicknamed "Galin" from
Slunj. They were dressed in uniforms, and they carried a heavy
machine gun. "Galin" had a 70 cm long sabre attached to his
waist. They threatened the witness, and told him that he should
be very careful to whom he reported thefts. The witness quotes
his words: "Today will take your tractor, tomorrow your cow, and
the day after tomorrow we'll take off your head." According to
the witness, Milan Cvjeticanin and Rade from Kosa looted civilian
property. The family houses of evicted Croatians from the village
of Gornji Ladjevac were set on fire by Bekrija Cuic from the
village of Brocanac, Neno Tepavac, and other two anonymous male
persons.
PERPETRATORS: Milan Juzbasic (19 years old) from the village of
Brocanac; Milan Kresev (23 years) from the village of Brocanac;
Mico Vukelic from Slunj; Simo Delic from Slunj; Djuro Tepavac
nicknamed "Galin" from Slunj; Milan Cvjeticanin; a person called
Rade from Kosa; Bekrija Cuic from the village of Brocanac; Neno
Tepavac.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 8, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment into concentration
camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 8, 1991; Borovo Naselje (cca 4
kilometres north of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 8, 1991, a group of
civilians tried to extinguish the fire in the "Komerc" building
in Borovo Naselje, but were arrested by members of the Serb
paramilitary unit among whom was Slavoljub nicknamed "Seljo"
("Hick"), the "Borsalino" cafe proprietor from Borovo Naselje. On
that same day, they were transferred to Serbia in a YPA
transporter, and interned in the Stajicevo concentration camp
(Serbia). During the transport from Borovo Naselje to the
concentration camp, the arrested civilians were maltreated by
four Serb escorts, members of the Serb paramilitary units. The
witness stated in his statement that some 6,500 persons were
interned in the Stajicevo camp, among whom were many females. He
also stated that the interned persons were mostly from Vukovar,
Borovo Naselje, and Miklusevci (Croatia).

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary unit

from Borovo Naselje, among whom was Slavoljub nicknamed "Seljo"
(a Serb, the "Borsalino" cafe proprietor).

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the

archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1991; the town Sarengrad (cca 27
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to a witness' statement, the
town of Sarengrad was first attacked from the territory of Serbia
proper. Residential areas, economic installations, and road
communications were shelled and considerably damaged. During the
mortar attack, the following residents were killed: Jule
Saracevic, and the local veterinarian Josip (the witness cannot
recall his last name). The witness claims that he watched
movement on the territory of Serbia proper through binoculars,
and he noticed five heavy machine guns that fired on Sarengrad.
The witness saw when a tank stationed on the Serbian bank of the
Danube river (left bank of the Danube) fired eight mortars on the
Sarengrad Orthodox Church, and one mortar on the local Catholic
church. According to the witness' account the attack was launched
around October 16, 1991. After the attack, the YPA soldiers under
the command of a YPA major entered the town and demanded from the
residents to surrender all of their arms, which was done soon
after.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA/SERBIA - ZRENJANIN - October 8, 1991
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture, inhumane treatment,
raping of female prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 8 to December 10, 1991, Stajicevo
concentration camp (south of Zrenjanin).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A former female prisoner in the
Stajicevo concentration camp near Zrenjanin (Serbia) reports in
her statement of sexual maltreatment she had to endure during her
stay in the Stajicevo concentration camp. The brutality that she
experienced by the YPA members (the camp authorities) included
physical maltreatment (battering), forced oral, vaginal and anal
sexual intercourse, extinguishing cigarettes on the nude body...
Only during the first night spent in the camp (October 9, 1991),
the witness was raped by seven men (aged 25 to 30). She was raped
from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Among the rapists was a YPA captain,
and a YPA soldier named Bozo. According to the witness, the YPA
soldiers raped her almost every night that she spent in the camp.
She states that the other female prisoners (aged 17 to 50) were
also raped.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members (organizers of the concentration camp;
they were the only authority in the camp); among them was a YPA
captain, and a soldier by the name Bozo.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the

archives of the Centre.

002 SERBIA - RUMA - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering and
physical injuries.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ruma (cca 50 kilometres northwest of
Belgrade).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After occupying the town of Tovarnik
(October 20, 1991), YPA members, along with the members of Serb
paramilitary units, interned the local civilians (predominately
Croatians) to various camps throughout Serbia. According to a
witness account, YPA soldiers brought a group of civilians to a
farm near the town of Ruma. The prisoners were taken off the bus
two by two. The witness was ordered by a soldier dressed in the
YPA uniform to strip to the nude. After that the soldier
threatened him that he was going to castrate him, and showed with
gestures how he was going to do it. After the witness, a woman
who was his neighbour was roll-called. She was ordered to strip
the clothes from the lower part of her body (her skirt...). At
that point, the witness was removed from the room, while the
soldier detained the woman in the room for several more hours.
The witness states that he saw the YPA soldiers carrying out
glass bottles (7 decilitres) filled with a dark fluid, which he
thinks was a blood of the prisoners who had been escorted into
that room. The witness did not see those prisoners ever again.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a prisoner,

supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Bosanka.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church
was damaged on October 1, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

002 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: Beginning of October, 1991; Brasina (Zupa
Dubrovacka).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Luke's Catholic Filial Church was
damaged in September 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

003 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Brgat.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Filial Church (built in
1348) was damaged by mortar shells on October 1, 1991. It was hit
by ten shells on October 27, and later burnt to the ground.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

004 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Brgat.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Parish Church (built in
1912) was damaged on October 1, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

005 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5, 1991; Brsecine.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Catholic Filial Church.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

006 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 7, 1991; Cavtat.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of the Snow Franciscan Church
(built in 1484) belfry received a direct hit by a mortar. The
Franciscan monastery, the Racic Family Church-Mausoleum (built by
Ivan Mestrovic in 1921) were also damaged on that occasion.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

007 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: Beginning of October, 1991; Cilipi.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Filial Church (built in
1858) was damaged in early October, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

008 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 7, 1991; Doli (Zaton).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter and Paul Catholic Filial
Church (built in 1668) was damaged in the missile attack on
November 7, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

009 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 11, 1991; Boninovo (Dubrovnik).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Hilarius' Catholic Church and
Cemetery were damaged on November 11, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

010 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 11, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption Cathedral (built in 1713)
was shelled on November 11, 1991, and further damaged on December
6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", issued
1992 by The Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 2nd edition, p.
61.

011 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of cultural and
historic objects.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During several weeks of attacks on
Dubrovnik, many cultural monuments were damaged, such as the
historic core of Cilipi, while the building of "Zavicajna
zajednica" ("Home Club") was destroyed. The historic Isle of
Lokrum was damaged. The Bozdari-Skaprlenda Castle in Cajkovica
(built in the early 18th century) was damaged, Sorkocevic (Sorgo)
Castle in Komolac (Rijeka Dubrovacka) was hit by several
projectiles. The Bizzaro summer villa in Cempresat, a unique
example of the baroque architecture in Croatia, was damaged. The
Arboretum Garden, and the roofed terrace of the Gusetic Castle in
Trsteno fired on from the heavy artillery guns and planes and set
on fire. During the attacks on Rijeka Dubrovacka, the 16th
century Gradic-Kosijanovic summer villa in Komolac was damaged.
The medieval St. Catherine's Tower at the Isle of Lokrum was
severely damaged during a naval attack on the island.

PERPETRATORS: YPA members; members of the Serb paramilitary
units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report by the Institute for Protection of
the cultural monuments, Zagreb.
.

[Vladimir N Bajic]

Barry S. Marjanovich wrote:
>
>about war crimes committed by Serbian nacionalists in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovna.

I have seen your postings on these newsgroups and by now, I begin to
wonder about the following issue, related to your ethics and integrity:
Since you have such wealth of information regarding what Serbs and JNA
had done in early stages of this idiotic war, how is that you either
have no information or no guts to post similar deeds committed by
Croatian and Bosnian army soldiers? I am not trying to defend any side
in this conflict, but I had very bad personal experiences with some
Croatian nationalist in the Eastern Slavoina a couple of years before
destruction of Yugoslavia. Also, I am awer of some people at the High
school and the Universty level who were discriminated against on basis
of national origin. Morover, I know people who died in Bosnia while
fighting for HVO while being menbers of regular Croatian Army.

To wrap this up,screwed up people exist among each and every ethnic
group. The scary thing is, that people like you are only concerned with
some kind of personal wendeta in trying to wash the blood of their hand
and paint a picture of a collective guilt of one ethnc group over
another. This problem of inter ethnic hate had always being exploited at
different levels throughout the history of Serbs and Croats. It had been
very unfortunat that thes two groups were always subjugated to some
foreign power ( Turks for Serbs and Hungarians and Austrians for Croats)
which. Thus, collective "brains" of two groups had been "washed" with
the message of hate and extremsm for generation. People had not learn
anything from WWII and I highly doubt that anything had been learned
from this civil war. Unless guilty individuals of all ethnic groups are
brought to a trial, generations to come in the future will be tha same
sheep led to the slaughter house of war by their moronic leaders.

Just to reminde everyone who likes to stay separate: There is a concept
of the United Europe which does exist and function just fine on economic
and political grounds. Since the most of you had been too bussy fighting
each other, you probably did not have an oportunity to travell and see
that there is no need for passports in the Western Europe. Thus, all of
you will be econaomicaly "forced" to be in the United Europe at one
point in the future in order to survive, so you will all lve "together"
again, which makes this 91-95 war campaign even more stupid.

Vladimir
>

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 19, 1991; "Drveni Pijac" ("Wooden
Market"), Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... According to my estimate, there
were 2,000 of us. YPA soldiers, chetniks, and our Serb neighbours
counted us and separated Serb from non-Serb prisoners. Croatian
prisoners were placed in a separate group. A bakery that we used
to call "Slavko the Baker's bakery" was located at the "Drveni
Pijac" ("Wooden Market"). I saw when thirty people were taken to
the front yard of this bakery. Among them were a stout man, his
wife and their seven year old son. Only a woman returned. She
wept, because she witnessed her husband's murder. A chetnik came
from the front yard, carrying the man's yellow boots. Radivoj
nicknamed "Frizider" ("Fridge") came from the direction of the
local supermarket. His father Tomo used to be a medical
technician in the Vukovar hospital. "Frizider" carried a severed
neckless male head by its dark hair. The head was severed right
beneath the jaw. One of the Serbs told "Frizider": 'You did not
have to do it, there are plenty of us.' "Frizider'"answered: "Who
do we fear? This is an ustasha's head, a trophy!' He lifted the
severed head high above him, so that all of us could see it."
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular formations
called chetniks; Radivoj nicknamed "Frizider" (Tomo's son).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 19, 1991; 2:00 p.m.; "Velepromet"
storehouse in Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Two men in uniforms separated a group
of male prisoners and took them behind the storehouse. Soon after
an officer arrived and said to all those who were present: "You
are all men, and therefore I call you so. Men, this was up to now
Croatia. Croatia wanted to obey genocidal Tudjman and his
ustashas. They rebelled against the Serbs, against the YPA, and
against everything that is positive and progressive. Ustashas
instigated the war. They wanted the war, and they got it. They
lost it. Serbian Army, chetniks called "Beli Orlovi" ("White
Eagles"), Belgrade Guards' Regiment, and other combatants
conquered Vukovar. Vukovar is now Serbia. Vukovar will never be
Croatia again. Now, you Serbs move to this side, and you
Croatians move to that side." They locked up Croatians in a
storehouse. At the entrance to the storehouse, they forcibly took
away Croatian prisoners' personal belongings, including their
clothes. They even took pills (to mental patients), and air pumps
(to asthmatics). Confiscation of such belongings was done by a
man named Zivko (a dark haired man of Serb nationality). Prior to
the war, he used to work as a supervisor at an agricultural co-
operative in the village of Negoslavci. "... YPA soldiers and
chetniks arrived after the guards had locked us up in the
storehouse. They would pick one of us, and take him outside, and
we could hear the voices: 'Gauge out his eye, gauge out his eye!'
A loud inhumanly scream would follow, like a painful howl of an
animal. Then we would hear someone say: 'Gauge his other eye out!
Chop off his testis, the left one!' Another scream. 'Now chop off
the right one! Chop off the right one!' More screaming. 'Chop off
everything!' Screams. We heard a torturer's voice: 'Hey, you
ustasha, with how many fingers do you greet? Does anyone know how
to turn ustasha into a Serb?' Somebody answered: 'You chop off
ustasha's two fingers, and he's left with three. Then he'll greet
as any Serb would do!' Then we would hear a loud scream. We often
heard a death-rattle, because they used to kill by knife Croatian
prisoners. We heard shots in the distance. Sometimes shooting
came from the immediate vicinity of the storehouse. We heard the
sounds of pistols and automatic guns. (...) Around midnight they
ordered us to leave the storehouse and get on the buses. I think
there were eight buses. They registered our names. They tied our
hands on our backs. They took some of the prisoners off the
buses..." A bus convoy was led by a transporter vehicle with blue
rotational lights. The convoy passed through Negoslavci, Orolik,
and Tovarnik in Croatia, and Sid in Serbia, before it reached its
final destination - the Sremska Mitrovica prison (Serbia). In
front of the Sremska Mitrovica prison, YPA military policemen,
chetniks, and SAO Krajina militiamen (they had the insignia of
SAO Krajina Militia on the sleeves of their uniforms) received
the prisoners and beat them with clubs, rifle-butts, and fists,
and kicked them with their feet. Several other buses joined the
convoy. The convoy continued its journey, following the lead of
the transporter vehicle with rotational lights. They passed by
Novi Sad and Zrenjanin, and arrived in front of some sheds. They
took the prisoners off the buses and locked them into the sheds.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units
called "Beli Orlovi" ("White Eagles"), and chetniks.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Borovo Selo (cca 8 kilometres north of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Josif Ogrizovic nicknamed "Jole" or
"Debeli" ("Fatso", 130 kilos) from Borovo Selo arrested his
closest neighbour and her husband (Croatians by nationality),
although he was a civilian and not a policeman. The arrested
woman's name was Blanka Gavranovic. She worked as a secretary in
the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) branch office in Borovo Selo.
Her husband's name was Dragan. He was a baker. Their whereabouts
are yet unknown. The spouses were arrested immediately before the
YPA and Serb irregular units' attack on eastern Croatia (in the
time when the Serbs set up the first barricades). Marija Zivkovic
was also arrested, and her whereabouts has been unknown.
PERPETRATORS: Josif Ogrizovic nicknamed "Jole" or "Debeli"
("Fatso") from Borovo Selo.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of

intimidation and terror.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Borovo Selo (cca 8 kilometres north of
Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to a witness' account, the
Serbs from Borovo Selo set up the barricades on all entrances to
the village. However, they allowed free passage to the delivery
trucks supplying food to the village. At the barricades, armed
Serbs unlawfully searched persons and stock. Boro Bogdanovic (a
member of a Serb irregular unit) from Borovo Selo battered a
truck driver, who delivered the bread to Borovo Selo on a daily
basis), only because he was Croatian by nationality. Boro
Bogdanovic was a sturdy person, almost two metres high, and he
was an active soccer player, and a referee. He had a scar from an
operation on his upper lip. The witness claims that the main
leader and instigator of the armed Serbs from Borovo Selo was
Soskocanin who used to work on the pig-breeding farm "Vupik", at
Ovcara. He lived in Skolska Ulica (in the second or third house
away from the school) in Borovo Selo. He had a brother, Radovan.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular unit from Borovo Selo,
among whom is Boro Bogdanovic; Soskocanin (a unit leader).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June 14, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonments.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 14, 1992; Prijedor (northwestern Bosnia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... two Serb policemen armed with
automatic guns came after me. They ordered me to accompany them
to the Prijedor police station where I was to be interrogated.
They brought me to the Prijedor police station and locked me up
in a small room. There I found Sefik Trozic (Muslim, a lawyer
from Prijedor). After approximately two hours, another two men,
unknown to me, were brought to the room, and soon after two women
arrived: Edna Dautovic (Muslim) and Jadranka Papes (Croat, member
of the Croatian Democratic Union - Prijedor). Around 6:30 p.m.,
that same day, we were ordered to leave the room. They loaded all
six of us into a police van whom we call "marica". The van
stopped after a rough ride. I heard voices. Someone demanded that
all persons called Karabasic be given over to them so that they
could kill them. The policemen who drove us refused to surrender
their prisoners, they even fired at the intruders. Soon
everything was quiet again, and we resumed our journey. After
some time the van stopped again, and the back door opened. We
were ordered to get out. The policeman who drove us said: 'You
were lucky. Those chetniks from Maricka (the village east of
Prijedor) wanted to slaughter you.' Then I saw that we arrived in
the "Omarska" ore mine. The persons who received us wore uniforms
and had four cyrillic s on their caps. One of them had a cockade
(the insignia worn by chetniks during the second world war). They
separated male from female prisoners..."
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular militia in Prijedor.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June 14, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment to concentration camps.

TIME AND LOCATION: June 14, 1992; Omarska concentration camp (cca

17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After being arrested, the witness was
interned to the Omarska concentration camp by the members of the
Serb irregular militia from Prijedor. The camp authorities put
her into the cell no. 102, on the second floor. Before the war,
the room used to be a workers' restaurant in the Omarska iron ore
mine. Apart from the witness, the following women were imprisoned
in the same cell: Edna Dautovic (Muslim, from Prijedor); Jadranka
Papes (Croat, from Prijedor); Zdenka Rajkovic (Croat, from
Kozarac); Nusreta Sivac (Muslim, a judge in the Prijedor district
court, from Prijedor); and Velida Mahmuljin (Muslim, a
representative of the Prijedor Party of Democratic Action in the
B-H Parliament, also from Prijedor). On the same evening, another
woman was brought to the cell no. 102: Jasminka Hadzibegovic
(from Prijedor). On the second floor, right next to the cell no.
102, the camp guards' offices were located, along with the office
of the camp commander, Zeljko Mejakic (Serb, owns an apartment in
Prijedor), and the deputy commander Miroslav Kvocka (Serb, later
replaced by Drago Prcac, also Serb). Another two Muslim women
that were interned in the same camp were Sadita Medunjanin from
Kozarac, and Hajra Hodzic from Prijedor.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Serb irregular militia in Prijedor,
camp guards under the command of Zeljko Mejakic and Miroslav
Kvocka.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of inhumane suffering
and bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 15, 1992; Omarska concentration camp (cca

17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... In the morning, they took us out
from the cell no. 102, and placed us in the restaurant, located
on the ground floor of the same building. From there, we could
hear what went on around the restaurant, because the restaurant
was entirely made of glass. The guards ordered us to sit still,
and explained that they needed our cell as an interrogation room.
Around 7:00 p.m., a guard came and ordered us to return to the
cell no. 102. Upon entering the cell, I and other women noticed
traces of blood on the walls and on the floor. Around 9:30 I
heard voices from the hall. Somebody demanded that Silvije Saric
(president of the Prijedor branch of the Croatian Democratic
Union), and Josip Maracic (deputy president of the Prijedor
branch of the Croatian Democratic Union) be taken for
interrogation. Another voice answered: 'Don't take Jozo out, he
was beaten up real bad yesterday, let him rest for a while.' Soon
we heard footsteps in the hall, along with some commotion,
muffled blows, shouting, curses... The door to our cell opened,
and a guard said: 'Let his ustasha whore get out!' None of the
women moved. The guard got into the cell, grabbed me and dragged
me out in the hall. They forced me into a neighbouring room,
where Silvije Saric lied on the floor. Blood was pouring from his
mouth and nose. His clothes were in rags. He did not move. They
started hitting me with batons. I fainted from the pain, and when
I regained consciousness, they resumed beating me. They hit me in
the back so hard that I fell and fainted again. When I recovered,
I saw two guards dragging Silvije Saric by his feet, leaving a
trace of blood behind him. Soon after, professor Puskar was
brought into the room. He was a Muslim from Prijedor. They
started beating both of us. Professor Puskar said that all of
them were his former students, the Serb villagers of Omarska. He
called them by their names, and that is how I found out that the
guards were Zdravko, Vuk, and brothers Rajko and Zarko. Their
supervisor was a Serb nicknamed "Krle". On June 16, 1992, around
6:30 a.m., they brought me back to the cell no. 102. On that day,
another three women were brought in: Sena Deklic (the secretary
of the manager of the "Mira Cikota" plant, section of the "Josip
Kras" company), Avdija Mahmuljin (the president of the trade
union in the "Mira Cikota" plant), and Munevera Mesic (an
accountant in the "Mira Cikota" plant) - all Muslims from
Prijedor. Several days later, I was interrogated by an
investigator whom I did not know. I know most of the
investigators in the Omarska concentration camp. These are as
follows: Dragan Radakovic (Serb from Prijedor, an art teacher);
professor Zoric (Serb from Prijedor), an investigator nicknamed
"Patak" (born in Pakrac, Croatia, he used to come from Banja
Luka, a lawyer by occupation). (...) Later, Meho Tursic, a Muslim
who was also imprisoned in the camp, told me that Silvije Saric
died on June 25, 1992. Doctor Sadikovic (also a camp prisoner)
told me that Silvije died on June 25, 1992, 12:30 a.m. He said
that Silvije's kidneys and lungs were severely damaged as the
consequence of physical maltreatment, and that Silvije was
unconscious ten days before dying. (...) By the end of June
1992, Vojo Brdjanin visited the Omarska camp. Brdjanin was a
chief official in the so-called "Serbian Bosnia-Herzegovina" (the
Serbian self proclaimed state in Bosnia-Herzegovina). After his
visit, the guards' harassment of the prisoners escalated..."
PERPETRATORS: Serb authorities in the Omarska concentration camp,
the camp guards Zdravko, Vuk, and brothers Rajko and Zarko (all
Serbs from the village of Omarska). Their supervisor's nickname
was "Krle". Among the investigators in the Omarska concentration
camp were Dragan Radakovic, professor Zoric, and Ratko
Milosavljevic (all Serbs from Prijedor), along with the
investigator nicknamed "Patak" who would come from Banja Luka
(lawyer by occupation; born in Pakrac, Croatia).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June 14, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering - rape,
murder.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 14, 1992; Omarska concentration camp (cca

17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... around June 26, 1992, since my
hands were wounded all over, I was taken to doctor Sadikovic who
was also a prisoner in the camp. On this occasion, doctor
Sadikovic told me that on June 14, 1992, the Serbs brought two
Muslims in the camp: a man by the name Mehmedalija Sarajlic, and
a woman by the name Hajra Hodzic. The guards tried to force
Mehmedalija to rape Hajra Hodzic. Since he refused, the guards
slashed his throat. Then they repeated their demand. He refused
again, and they first cut off his testes, and afterwards they
killed him by knife. Then they brought other prisoners and
ordered them to rape Hajra Hodzic. The prisoners raped Hajra
because they feared for their lives. Doctor Sadikovic told me
that the guards beat her and forced other prisoners to rape her
daily. He also told me that the guards forced male prisoners to
rape each other..."
PERPETRATORS: Serb camp authorities and guards in the Omarska
concentration camp.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June/July 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Affliction of suffering - rape,
bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: June/July 1992; Omarska concentration camp

(cca 17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... One night at the end of June
1992, around 1:15 a.m., I was ordered to report to the camp
commander's office where I found Nedeljko Grabovac (Serb from the
village of Omarska, YPA reserve captain), Babic (a mining or
geology engineer who was appointed the mine manager by Serb
irregular authorities), Zeljko Mejakic (the camp commander), and
a camp guard named Zika. I was ordered to make coffee. When I did
so, they started insulting me because of my nationality. At one
point, the lights in the office went out. Someone grabbed me and
dragged me out in the hall, and then he forced me into another
room. I heard the sound of the power unit being switched on, and
soon after the light went back on in the room. I was standing in
a bathroom, and the guard Zika was standing next to me. He hit me
on the head first with the grip of his gun, and then with the
rifle-butt. I was half fainted when I realized that he was going
to rape me. I was horrified. After raping me, Zika took me back
to the commander's office where they offered me a cup of coffee.
I begged them to take me back to my cell. They roll-called me
four nights in a row, and kept beating and raping me. One of
those who most often beat and raped me was Nedeljko Grabovac, a
member of the Territorial Defense Unit in Omarska. Although he
was not supposed to be coming in the camp, he would come
anyway..."
PERPETRATORS: The Omarska camp commander Zeljko Mejakic; a guard
named Zika; YPA reserve captain Nedeljko Grabovac from Omarska;
Babic (Serb irregular authorities appointed him the Omarska mine
manager).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the

archives of the Department.

004 B-H - PRIJEDOR - June-August, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and killing of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 14-August 4, 1992; Omarska concentration

camp (cca 17 kilometres east of Prijedor).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to the witness' account, the
following were among the persons who were beaten to death by the
Serb guards in the Omarska camp: Mehmedalija Sarajlic (Muslim,
killed by knife on June 14, 1992); Silvije Saric (Croat, beaten
to death on June 25, 1992); Nedzad Seric (Muslim, beaten to death
on July 22, 1992); professor Puskar (Muslim from Prijedor),
professor Crnkic (Muslim from Prijedor; and a professor nicknamed
"Sicer" (from Prijedor). The following persons were taken in an
unknown direction: doctor Pasic (a surgeon from Kozarac); doctor
Begic (a surgeon from Prijedor); doctor Osman Mahmuljin (Muslim,
an internist); Ziko Mahmuljin (Muslim, an economist, and a
manager of the local saw-mill); and Omer Kerenovic (Muslim, a
judge in the Prijedor district court).
PERPETRATORS: Serb camp authorities; guards in the Omarska
concentration camp.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lisane Ostrovicke parish (Benkovac
district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The 17th century isle of St. Michael
Catholic Parish Church in Vukusic (a registered cultural
monument, its presbytery dates from the Romanic period) was set
to fire and destroyed. St. Nikola Tavelic Filial Catholic Church
in Lisani (built in 1977) was mined and completely destroyed,
while the rectory was set to fire. St. Anthony the Hermit
Catholic Filial Church in Bulic was destroyed by shelling. St.
Anthony of Padua Catholic Filial Church in Ostrovica, St.
Catherine Catholic Filial Churches in Vukusic (the old church,
along with the recently built one), and the catholic filial
church at Novo Groblje (recently built cemetery) were destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Cista Velika parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne Catholic Parish Church (built
in 1968) was shelled, damaged, and soon after destroyed. The
rectory was looted and burnt down.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Pirmatovci parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: All Saints Catholic Parish Church in
Krkovic (built in the 10th century, extended and altered on
several occasions, renovated in 1989) was completely destroyed.
St. Bartholomew Catholic Filial Church in Zdrapanj (in part
dating from the time of Prince Branimir, and in part from the
15th century) was completely demolished. St. Anthony of Padua
Catholic Filial Church in Vacani (built in the 17th century,
renovated in 1990) was hit by mortars, its roof was set to fire,
and the entire church was subsequently destroyed. Lady of Mercy
Catholic Filial Church in Pirmatovci (built in 1940, renovated in
1991) was completely destroyed, its rectory was looted, set to
fire, and subsequently mined and demolished.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Dubravice parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Catherine Catholic Parish Church
from the Middle Ages (altered in 1953) was hit by shells and
damaged. Lady of Fatima Chapel and the rectory were seriously
damaged by mortars. St. Nicholas the Wayfarer Catholic Filial
Church in Plastovo (dating from the Middle Ages) was razed to the
ground.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Rupe parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George Catholic Parish and
Cemetery Church was set to fire. St. Anthony Catholic Filial
Church (a village church) was seriously damaged in an air-raid
and destroyed. The rectory was looted and set to fire.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Miljevci parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Both the interior and the exterior of
Sacred Name of Jesus Catholic Parish Church in Drinovci (built in
the 18th century) was damaged. The rectory was hit by several
shells, looted and set to fire. St. Peter and Paul Catholic
Filial Church in Siritovci was demolished.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

007 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Promina parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Lady of
Catrnja) Catholic Filial Church in Lukar was damaged by shells
and demolished. The rectory in Citluk was broken into and looted,
while St. Roccus Chapel near the rectory was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

008 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Drnis parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony Catholic Filial Church in
Drnis (a registered cultural monument) was damaged, while St.
John Catholic Filial Church in Badanj, St. George Catholic Filial
Church in Zitnic, and Queen of Peace Catholic Filial Church in
Kricke were destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

009 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Siveric parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter Catholic Parish Church
(built in 1857) was destroyed, along with its belfry (built in
1875). The local cemetery was damaged. The rectory was looted and
demolished.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

010 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Kadina Glavica-Parcic parish (Drnis
district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph the Labourer Catholic
Parish Church was hit by shells, and its interior was
subsequently looted and demolished. St. John the Baptist Catholic
Filial Church in Parcic was demolished.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

011 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Gradac parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The rectory near Nativity of the
Virgin Mary Church was set to fire.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

012 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Kljaci parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Elias the Prophet Catholic Parish
Church and the rectory were damaged in the shelling.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

013 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Knin parish (Knin district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Parish
Church was mined. The church door, and the window-panes were
shattered. The church was looted. St. Anne Catholic Filial Church
in Kosovo was demolished. St. Anne Chapel by the Kosovo road was
mined and razed to the ground. St. Mary Episcopal Catholic Filial
Church (a registered zero category monument) was damaged. The
Franciscan monastery (a registered 1st category monument), and
the Franciscan school and convent were occupied and used as a
military headquarters.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

014 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vrpolje parish near Knin (Knin
district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jacob Catholic Parish Church from
the 18th century was hit by two grenades and looted. The old
rectory was set to fire, while the new one (built two years ago)
was occupied by Nikola Maljkovic nicknamed "Lenin" who used to
live in Vodice (born in Unista).
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

015 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Kijevo parish (Knin district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After being shelled, St. Michael
Catholic Parish Church was mined and subsequently destroyed. St.
Catherine private parish chapel was looted. The rectory was
looted and set to fire.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

016 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Stankovci parish (Benkovac district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Sacred Virgin Mary
Catholic Parish Church, the rectory, the convent, Nativity of the
Virgin Mary Catholic Filial Church in Podrebaca, and St. Joseph
Catholic Filial Church by the new cemetery) were damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

017 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Skradin parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Nativity of the Virgin Mary Catholic
Parish Church was severely damaged (its roof was burst open).
During the shelling, the rectory received a direct hit.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

018 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Mirlovic-Zagora parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Filial
Church in Pakovo Selo was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

019 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Unesic parish (Drnis district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George Catholic Parish Church was
damaged. Bishop Arneric's Residency was damaged by a mortar,
along with St. John the Baptist Catholic Filial Church in
Planjani.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

020 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zaton parish (Sibenik district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George Catholic Parish Church was
damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA members.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: The Sibenik Diocese Ordinariate report

[Matija Gotovac]

Interesting but I guess you are not keeping up to speed with the news on
the EC and its hardly the latest. Most of the Nordic nations refused to
join it and the English have stated they will pull out upon introduction
of a common currency. It seems the Europeans are as divided as ever. Yes
you don;t need a passport but I see no reality behind the invisible
borders you claim will come and the economic necesity of being part of a
European Union.

Vladimir N Bajic (bajic...@notes.abbott.com) wrote:

: Barry S. Marjanovich wrote:
: >
: >about war crimes committed by Serbian nacionalists in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovna.
:
: I have seen your postings on these newsgroups and by now, I begin to
: wonder about the following issue, related to your ethics and integrity:
: Since you have such wealth of information regarding what Serbs and JNA
: had done in early stages of this idiotic war, how is that you either
: have no information or no guts to post similar deeds committed by

: Croatian and Bosnian army soldiers? I am not trying to defend any side
: in this conflict, but I had very bad personal experiences with some

: Croatian nationalist in the Eastern Slavoina a couple of years before
: destruction of Yugoslavia. Also, I am awer of some people at the High
: school and the Universty level who were discriminated against on basis
: of national origin. Morover, I know people who died in Bosnia while
: fighting for HVO while being menbers of regular Croatian Army.
:
: To wrap this up,screwed up people exist among each and every ethnic

: group. The scary thing is, that people like you are only concerned with

: some kind of personal wendeta in trying to wash the blood of their hand
: and paint a picture of a collective guilt of one ethnc group over
: another. This problem of inter ethnic hate had always being exploited at
: different levels throughout the history of Serbs and Croats. It had been
: very unfortunat that thes two groups were always subjugated to some
: foreign power ( Turks for Serbs and Hungarians and Austrians for Croats)
: which. Thus, collective "brains" of two groups had been "washed" with
: the message of hate and extremsm for generation. People had not learn
: anything from WWII and I highly doubt that anything had been learned
: from this civil war. Unless guilty individuals of all ethnic groups are
: brought to a trial, generations to come in the future will be tha same
: sheep led to the slaughter house of war by their moronic leaders.
:
: Just to reminde everyone who likes to stay separate: There is a concept
: of the United Europe which does exist and function just fine on economic
: and political grounds. Since the most of you had been too bussy fighting
: each other, you probably did not have an oportunity to travell and see
: that there is no need for passports in the Western Europe. Thus, all of
: you will be econaomicaly "forced" to be in the United Europe at one
: point in the future in order to survive, so you will all lve "together"
: again, which makes this 91-95 war campaign even more stupid.
:
: Vladimir

: >
--
"Keep your tongue free from vicious talk
and your lips from all deceit; turn away
from evil and do good; let peace be your
quest and aim"

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

II WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - PAKRAC - August 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment and
internment into camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 19, 1991; the town of Lipik (cca 4
kilometres southwest of Pakrac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... I was arrested by local people,
Serb villagers of Seovica, who were dressed in YPA uniforms.
(...) They blindfolded me, and after a 20 kilometre ride they led
me into a house where they questioned me. During the
interrogation, they kept punching me, mostly on the head. (...)
The cloth that covered my eyes shifted a bit, just enough so that
I could see what was happening around me. I saw Dr. Ivan Sreter ,
the head of the Lipik hospital, in the room. He was arrested near
the barricade in the village of Kukunjevac on August 18, 1991,
and taken into an unknown direction. We spent approximately two
hours in this room, and then they took me to a bathroom where
they resumed to beat me... On the following morning they took me
to the village of Branesce, and locked me in an abandoned village
house. Dr. Ivan Sreter was already there. He was lying on the
bed. We were both terribly beaten. We were confined in this house
until August 29, 1991, when they took me to the camp in the
village of Bucje (cca 20 kilometres east of Pakrac). I have not
seen Dr. Ivan Sreter ever again. (...) Upon our arrival in the
village of Bucje, they imprisoned me in the basement of the
forestry office (2x2 metres wide), and after several days they
transferred me to a 3x3 metre room in an old veterinarian
station...."
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serb villagers of Seovica, dressed in YPA
uniforms.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 22, 1993 issue of "Vjesnik"
daily, p. 6. Title: "Kad jednom vidis smrt, straha vise nema"
("Once You Face the Death, There Is No More Fear"). Document

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - SINJ - November 20, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of

intimidation and terror.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 20, 1993; the village of Kosore near
Vrlika (cca 26 kilometres southeast of Knin).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On Saturday, November 20, 1993, ten
Croatian villagers of Kosore (currently under Serb self-
proclaimed authorities' occupation) crossed to the free territory
of the Republic of Croatia, through mediation of the UNHCR:
Draginja Jovic (67 years old), Ivan Jovic (68 years old), Mara
Jovic (64 years old), Tomislav Jovic (57 years old), Mara Jovic
(78 years old), Boja Radnic (77 years old), Ante Radnic (74 years
old), Sima Radnic (67 years old), Petar Radnic (79 years old),
and Anka Lelas (75 years old). Another two elderly women arrived
with them: Stana Zidar from the village of Vinalic, and Kata
Ljubicic from Knin. "... We lived in fear and uncertainty,
although we were not physically maltreated...", said Tomislav
Jovic. A journalist of "Vjesnik" (M. M.) found out during his
conversation with the UNHCR representatives, that the remaining
Croatian residents in the occupied regions of the Republic of
Croatia have been terrorized by individual extremists, and that
two elderly women, Luca Klepo and Pera Erceg from the village of
Kosore, refused to abandon their estates.
PERPETRATORS: Serb occupying self-proclaimed authorities in this
region.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 22, 1993 issue of "Vjesnik"
daily, p. 5. Title: "Dvije starice odbile napustiti zavicaj"
("Two Elderly Women Refused to Abandon Their Home Village").

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of

intimidation and terror; looting of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; the village of Banje near
Slano (cca 45 kilometres northwest of Dubrovnik).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: YPA members from Montenegro occupied
the town of Slano on September 4, 1991, and the village of Banje
on October 10, 1991. All of the Croatian villagers escaped from
the village, except for 16 predominately elderly persons who
underwent daily maltreatment and intimidation. Furthermore, YPA
members looted the Croatian property and transferred it to
Montenegro systematically and on the daily basis. "... One day,
four of them came. They searched for money and arms. I told them
that I did not have them. One of them, a bearded man, took five
or six knives. The other man demanded a flashlight. They searched
the store-room and the fireplace. They found nothing. Then they
went upstairs, to my room. I went with them. They closed the door
behind us and one of them ordered me to take off my clothes. I
stripped. He beat me on the fingers, body and head. The blows
were not hard, but I was scared. Then the bearded man who carried
the knives got into the room and put the knives on the bed. He
told me to surrender him all of my money. The knives were lined
up on the bed, and I was standing naked in front of them. My wife
came into the room and started crying, and one of the soldiers
hit her over the mouth and pushed her out of the room. The
bearded soldier hit me on the face (I almost fainted from the
blow), and then he sat on the bed and took one of the knives. He
asked me: "Where shall we begin? From your head or from your
legs?" They said something to each other, and then they ordered
me to dress up. They opened the closet, and took all of the
clothes out saying: "This is for the army, and this is not. We
need this, we do not need that." They knocked my typewriter on
the floor, and smashed it. They took the things that they had
chosen with them, and while leaving they said that they were
coming next day to pick up the rest..."
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers from Montenegro.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK - November/December 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering and

serious bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: November/December 1991; the village of Banje
near Slano (cca 45 kilometres northwest of Dubrovnik).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... That evening, we were already in
bed when we heard a machine gun fire near us. Then they came and
started banging on our door, and demanding that we let them in. I
opened the door. They looked for rakija (brandy). I brought one-
litre bottle. They drank. They tried to make me drink with them,
but I refused. They wanted some coffee so we went to the kitchen.
Our neighbour and his sister slept in the kitchen. When the
soldiers saw that someone was in the kitchen, they started
yelling: "Hands up!" Then they started shooting around the
kitchen from their automatic guns, and when they calmed down,
they told us to give them our money and arms. Ratko Milajic from
Kolasin in Montenegro took my wife into the next room, while the
other soldier beat me. My wife started shouting for help, and I
ran into the room. I saw that Ratko Milajic had a gun in his
hand, and in his other hand he held my wife. I asked him what he
was doing. He fired from his machine gun and wounded me in the
leg. I fell on the floor. He pointed his gun at my wife. At one
point she pushed him aside, and his gun fell on the floor. While
he was picking it up she ran away, and I crawled out of the room
over the window. We managed to escape, and we heard a machine gun
fire in the house. Soon after that, a hand grenade exploded
inside the house. In the morning, everything was quiet again.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers from Montenegro, YPA soldier Ratko
Milajic from Kolasin (Montenegro).
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording with a witness, supplemented by a

written statement currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - BIOGRAD - November 22, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians; killings of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 22, 1993; the town of Pakostane (cca
8 kilometres southeast of Biograd).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Ivan Marketin (born 1951, a Croatian
resident of Pakostane, and a father of three children) died on
November 22, 1993, around 6:00 p.m., in the Zadar Medical Centre,
after being seriously wounded in the artillery attack that Serb
irregular units launched on Pakostane on November 22, 1993
(around 2:30 p.m.).
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units stationed in the
UNPA zone South.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 24, 1993 issue of "Vjesnik"
daily, p. 6. Title: "Nova zrtva topnickog napada" ("The Most
Recent Victim of the Artillery Attack"). Document currently kept

in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: Serb irregular units opened fire on the town of Pakostane
from the occupied regions of the Republic of Croatia that are
under the UNPROFOR control (UNPA zone South).

006 CROATIA - OSIJEK - August 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcing civilians to loot, and
looting and/or destruction of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 1, 1991; the village of Erdut (cca 30
kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 1, 1991, members of the YPA
Novi Sad Corps occupied the village of Erdut. Upon entering the
village, YPA members destroyed Nikola Jaman's and Edvard Sakic's
houses. At the same time, militant persons among the Serb
population mobilized and forced those Croatian and Hungarian
civilians who remained in the village to loot Croatian and
Hungarian owned houses and properties. After that, Serbs and YPA
soldiers transferred the stolen goods across the Danube River
into Serbia (that is Voivodina). They looted and took away
everything they found (wheat, corn, wood, livestock,
furniture...).
PERPETRATORS: Members of YPA Novi Sad Corps; militant Serb
villagers of Erdut.
EVIDENCE: A witness' written report currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

007 CROATIA - OSIJEK - August 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 10, 1991; the village of Erdut (cca 30
kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 10, 1991, members of YPA
Novi Sad Corps and members of irregular militia (who wore
"Krajina Militia" insignia on their uniforms) comprised of Serb
villagers of Erdut, began with unlawful arrests of Croatian and
Hungarian civilians who remained in the town after the YPA
occupation. The following civilians were arrested and taken to
Dalj on August 10, 1991: Zvonko Tucak, Nikica Gaspar, a person
called Simic (nicknamed "Siljo"), a person called Simek
(nicknamed "Braca"), Drago Nikl, Djuro Albert, Pavao Bek, and a
person called Stimac. After an interrogation and physical
maltreatment the following persons were released, Zvonko Tucak,
Djuro Albert, Pavao Bek, a person called Simek (nicknamed
"Braca") and a person called Stimac, while the following persons
were taken to Borovo Selo: Nikica GaSpar, Drago Nikl, and a
person called Simic (nicknamed "Siljo"), who were also released
approximately ten days later. On August 25, 1991, members of
irregular militia called "Krajina Militia" in the town of Erdut,
arrested the following Croatian residents of Erdut: Nikica
Gaspar, Luka Sutalo, and a person called Simic (nicknamed
"Siljo"). They were imprisoned for seven days in the village of
Dalj, and then they were transferred to Borovo Selo, where the
witness recognized some of the persons who had been previously
arrested, and had been brought to Borovo Selo before him. These
were as follows: Slavko Palinkas, and Antika Koletar (both
villagers of Aljmas). Several days later, the arrested Croatians
Luka Sutalo from Erdut, and Slavko Palinkas were returned to Dalj
and imprisoned in the "Kooperacija" company building, where they
found the following prisoners: Pavao Zemljak (professor from Beli
Manastir), Vladimir Zemljak (Pavao's son, president of the
Croatian Democratic Union in the village of Batina), a young man
called Zeljko from the village of Sotin (member of the Croatian
police who was captured in the village of Bilje), five male
villagers of Bilje, Pavle Bek from the village of Erdut, and Haso
Brajovic from the village of Erdut.
PERPETRATORS: Members of YPA Novi Sad Corps, members of irregular
militia called "Krajina Militia" from Erdut, Dalj and Borovo
Selo.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

008 CROATIA - OSIJEK - December 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 10, 1991; the village of Erdut (cca
30 kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A member of the irregular militia
called "Krajina Militia", Milenko Simic from Erdut (Serb by
nationality), along with several other persons unknown to the
witness, arrested the following Croatian villagers of Erdut on
December 10, 1991: Aleksandar Raic, Mato Butkovic, Stipan
Kovacevic, Ivica Kovacevic, Andrija Matina, and a person
nicknamed "Kukan". The arrested Croatians were taken in an
unknown direction. A Croatian villager of Erdut, C. S., asked a
Serb villager Jela Kovacevic about the whereabouts of the
arrested men and was replied that they were executed by members
of an Arkan's unit. On December 24, 1991, the following Croatian
civilians were arrested and taken in an unknown direction: Manda
Maj from Erdut, a man called Simek (nicknamed "Braca"), and a
woman called Marica from the village of Orasje (B-H). Their
whereabouts is yet unknown. On February 21, 1992, the following
villagers of Erdut were arrested and taken in an unknown
direction: Vicuska Albert and her mother, Djuro Albert and his
wife. There has been no trace of them since.
PERPETRATORS: Members of irregular militia called "Krajina
Militia" from Erdut, among whom was Milenko Simic.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

009 CROATIA - OSIJEK - February 2, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering and bodily
harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: February 2, 1992; the village of Erdut (cca 30
kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On February 2, 1992, members of
Arkan's unit (a Serb paramilitary unit, organized and led by
Zeljko Raznjatovic nicknamed "Arkan" from Belgrade) arrived in
Erdut. Members of the unit paid a visit to every Croatian or
Hungarian owned house and physically maltreated (beat) civilians.
They forced a Croatian villager Josip Lucan to take off all of
his clothes, and then they pierced his back with various needles.
They were particularly brutal towards Zoran Goretic (a Croatian)
whom they battered.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Arkan's unit (a Serb paramilitary unit
organized and led by Zeljko Raznjatovic nicknamed "Arkan" from
Belgrade.)

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA - PAKRAC - August 29, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 29, 1991; the village of Bucje (cca 20
kilometres east of Pakrac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 18, 1991, the Serbs from the
village of Seovica (dressed in YPA uniforms) arrested the witness
at his work. On August 29, 1991, the witness was transferred from
the village of Branesica to the village of Bucje where he was
detained. "... I observed that one woman was imprisoned in the
room next to ours. They also kept some 40 prisoners in the other
building, in the yard. We were allowed to go to the bathroom
twice a day, but they only let us be there for one or two
minutes. New prisoners were brought in every day. While escorting
them, the guards beat them with rifle-butts, and kicked them with
their feet. The Serbs who disagreed with orders and actions of
the self-proclaimed leaders of the Serb nation were also
imprisoned in the camp. Soon, all Croatians who were found in the
village of Bucje were imprisoned. By mid-October 1991, they
brought and imprisoned residents of Lipik (near Pakrac). Some of
the prisoners could hardly walk. They confined them in a shed
where there was no floor, nor windows. At that time, 80 male and
9 female prisoners were held in Bucje. Most of the prisoners were
Croatians, but there were also Czechs, Italians, Hungarians, and
even fifteen Serbs. We received no medical attention. They
allowed one soap on 30 prisoners every seven or ten days. The
water in which we washed ourselves every morning was freezing. We
were permitted seven or eight litres of drinking water a day. We
could not bathe, nor could we wash our clothes. We urinated into
a plastic bottle. They threatened and maltreated us all the time.
The prisoners were often treated brutally. We were cold, hungry,
beaten, maltreated, afraid, desperate, anxious, and spiritless.
On December 9, they loaded us on a truck. We hoped that they were
releasing us, but they transferred us to the Stara Gradiska camp
instead..."
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers, and Serbs from the villages around
Pakrac (dressed in YPA uniforms).
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 22, 1993, issue of "Vjesnik", p.
6. Title: "Kad jednom vidis smrt, straha vise nema" ("Once You
Face the Death, There Is No More Fear").

002 CROATIA - STARA GRADISKA - December 9, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment;
killing of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 9, 1991; the Stara Gradiska camp.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On December 9, 1991, the witness was
brought to the Stara Gradiska camp, from the camp in the village
of Bucje. On the second day after his arrival, the camp
authorities offered him to execute the duties of a camp doctor.
He was assigned a nurse who was at the same time his guard, and
who supplied him with drugs and other medical equipment. In the
period between December 12, 1991 and February 6, 1992, the
witness examined 635 camp prisoners in Stara Gradiska. "... I
especially remember the Christmas Eve (December 24, 1991). I was
ordered to examine the prisoners who were brought in from the
town of Okucani (cca 12 kilometres north of Stara Gradiska). They
looked terrible. The first had several broken ribs, the second
had seriously damaged kidneys due to the continuous beating, the
third had a 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his palm (he was forced
to hold hot objects with his bare hands, and so on. A 57 year old
woman was brought with wounds on her legs caused by shock-
treatments. She was depressed and scared. I found out that the
camp guards had raped her, and then they forced other prisoners
to rape her too. Prior to that, they killed her husband. There
were other seriously ill prisoners who did not eat for two days,
and then they were forced to eat a very salty bacon, without
being allowed to drink any water for more than 24 hours after the
meal. According to those twelve persons that were brought on the
night of December 24, 1991, six prisoners were beaten to death in
the Okucani prison.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers, Serb Okucani prison authorities.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 22, 1993 issue of "Vjesnik"
daily, p. 6. Title: "Na Badnjak su dosli zatocenici iz Okucana"
(The Prisoners From the Okucani Arrived on the Christmas Eve").

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA/MONTENEGRO - October 3, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Inhumane treatment and infliction
of suffering to prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 3, 1991; the village of Morinje, the
Bay of Boka Kotorska (the village of Morinje is situated between
the towns of Risan and Kumbor).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 3, 1991, members of YPA
Titograd Corps captured twelve members of the Croatian Army,
among whom was the witness, in the village of Mikulici (cca 55
kilometres southwest of Dubrovnik, the Republic of Croatia). A
YPA soldier nicknamed "Pop" (43 years old, bearded) escorted
prisoners to the village of Djurinici. They walked cca 4
kilometres. From the village of Djurinici to the border-line of
the Republic of Croatia with Montenegro (Cape Presvlaka), the
prisoners were transferred in an army truck. There were many YPA
soldiers (the Titograd Corps) and the so-called volunteers
(members of irregular units) from Cetinje (Montenegro) who
physically maltreated prisoners (they beat them with rifle-butts,
and kicked them with their feet). The Belgrade TV crew was also
at Cape Prevlaka, and one of the cameramen (bearded, with his
hair tied in a pony tail, and with round eye-glasses) kicked the
prisoners and shouted: "This one goes for your Tudjman and
democracy!" The TV crew filmed the prisoners and the film footage
was shown at the Montenegro national TV. From Cape Prevlaka (the
Republic of Croatia) to the village of Morinje (Montenegro), the
prisoners were transferred by a YPA boat. During the transport,
the prisoners were physically maltreated by YPA soldiers. Upon
their arrival in the village of Morinje, the prisoners were
transferred to a storehouse (which served as an ammunition dump
during the Austro-Hungarian Empire) by an army van. The prisoners
were confined in a 90 square metre room. The window-panes on all
of the six windows were broken, but the windows were barred
nevertheless. Here, YPA soldiers confined the civilians whom they
captured in the Republic of Croatia (elderly men born in 1907
included). All captives were physically maltreated on the regular
basis. The prisoners were maltreated by Savo Lucic (YPA military
policeman from the village of Sutorin, near Herceg-Novi in
Montenegro), an army cook in the camp, and by a YPA reservist (a
"Tara-Cetinje" bus driver). The prisoners were questioned by
Mladen Govedarica nicknamed "Mladjo" (before the war he was on
the police force in Dubrovnik), a man named Karanovic (a security
unit commander in the Kupari military resort centre), and a YPA
soldier from Varazdin. According to the witness, the first 35
days of imprisonment were ghastly, and then the ICRC
representatives arrived around November 8, 1991. The witness and
other prisoners were released after 72 days of imprisonment, and
transferred to Split by the Greek ship "Rodos II".
PERPETRATORS: YPA Titograd Corps; members of a Montenegrin
irregular unit from Cetinje (Montenegro), a military policeman
Savo Lucic from the village of Sutorina (near Herceg-Novi),
Mladen Govedarica nicknamed "Mladjo", a person called Karanovic.

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA/MONTENEGRO - October 3, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering and bodily
harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 3, 1991; the camp in the village of
Morinje, Montenegro (the village of Morinje is located between
Risan and Kumbor).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of YPA Titograd Corps arrested
the witness and other 16 members of the Croatian Army near the
village of Molat (the Republic of Croatia), and interned them
into the camp in the village of Morinje where the witness was
detained in the period between October 3 and December 12, 1991.
On December 12, 1991, he was released, along with 28 other
soldiers of the Croatian Army and a large number of Croatian
civilians. According to the witness, some 300 Croatian civilians
(citizens of the Republic of Croatia) were interned in the
Morinje camp. The prisoners were daily maltreated (beaten) by YPA
soldiers and officers. The witness was physically maltreated on
several occasions, and once he was beaten to such an extent that
he fainted from the pain. Due to constant maltreatment he has
sustained four damaged vertebrae, six broken ribs, he does not
feel anything in his left leg nor in his both arms, and he
suffers from terrible headaches. After his release, the witness
underwent the medical examination, and was treated in a hospital,
however, his condition has not improved.
PERPETRATORS: Members of YPA Titograd Corps; camp authorities in
Morinje (Montenegro).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness,
supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - OSIJEK - September 17, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering and bodily
harm; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 17, 1991; the village of Dalj, a
building of the "Kooperacija" company (cca 25 kilometres east of
Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of irregular militia called
"Krajina Militia" arrested the following civilians and imprisoned
them in the building of the "Kooperacija" company in Dalj: Slavko
Palinkas (a Croatian villager of Aljmas), Luka Sutalo (a Croatian
villager of Erdut), Pavao Zemljak (a Croatian resident of Beli
Manastir), Vladimir Zemljak (Pavao's son, a Croatian villager of
Batina), a young man called Zeljko from Sotin (a member of the
Croatian police), five villagers from Bilje (whose nationality is
unknown to the witness), Pavao Bek (a Croatian villager of
Erdut), and Haso Bajrovic (a Muslim villager of Erdut). On
September 17, 1991, Zeljko Raznjatovic "Arkan", along with a
large group of his soldiers (members of Arkan's paramilitary
unit) entered the room where prisoners were confined, and
physically maltreated them. As the consequence of such treatment,
a young man from Sotin called Zeljko sustained numerous wounds
all over his body, and his ribs were broken; Pavao Bek sustained
several head injuries, and lost three teeth; and Vladimir Zemljak
sustained a serious eye injury. On September 22, 1991, Goran
Hadzic, one of Goran Hadzic's bodyguards, Zeljko Raznjatovic
"Arkan", and several other persons unknown to the witness came
into the prisoner room and maltreated the prisoners. After a
while, they ordered Luka Sutalo and Slavko Palinkas to leave the
room, under pretense that they were releasing them. Ten minutes
later, Slavko Palinkas returned to the prisoner room with the
intention to give cigarettes to other prisoners, but he found
that the room was empty. He asked a guard about the whereabouts
of the other prisoners and was answered: "They are where they
belong." Slavko Palinkas explained that he wanted to give them
cigarettes. The guard mockingly answered: "They don't need any
cigarettes, they have smoked their last ones."
PERPETRATORS: Members of irregular militia called "Krajina
Militia" from Dalj; members of Arkan's paramilitary unit; Zeljko
Raznjatovic "Arkan"; Goran Hadzic (president of the self-
proclaimed artifice called "SAO Krajina" (Federal Autonomous
Province of Krajina); Goran Hadzic's personal bodyguards.

EVIDENCE: A witness written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vitus' Chapel (in the Miha Picat
Street) was damaged on December 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

002 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Felix' Church (in Ulica Izmedju
Vrata) was damaged on November 12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

003 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Annunciation Church (near the Ploce
gates) was damaged on December 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

004 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Elizabeth's Church (on the
Starcevic road) was damaged on December 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

005 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of the Rosary Church was

damaged on December 6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

006 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Immaculate Conception Seminary Chapel
was damaged on December 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

007 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 2, 1991; Dubrovnik (Dance).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Church (1457) was damaged on November 2, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

008 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 9/10, 1991; Dubrovnik (Pile).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vincent's Church was damaged on
November 9/10, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

009 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 11/12, 1991; Dubrovnik (Pile).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Andrew's Parish Church was damaged
on November 11/12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 61.

010 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik (Pile).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Church (1590) was damaged
on November 12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

011 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 9, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Church was damaged on
November 9, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on
Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - ZADAR - November 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 18, 1991; the village of Skabrnja
(cca 18 kilometres east of Zadar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, the witness reports of
the destruction of the Catholic church in the village of
Skabrnja. A YPA tank fired on the church from the distance of
approximately 20 metres. The tank fired on the house that was
located in the immediate vicinity of the church. One could hear
the loud screaming and moaning from the basement of the house,
which served as a shelter to a large number of villagers. The
witness helplessly watched when two soldiers dressed in the YPA
uniforms pushed a 90 year old Luka Bilaver (Croat) under the army
tank.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - ZADAR - November 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings of civilians;
forcible displacement of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 18, 1991; around 7:00 a.m.; the
village of Skabrnja (cca 18 kilometres east of Zadar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, the witness reports of
an attack launched by YPA members, along with the armed civilians
who wore chetnik fur caps, on the Croat-populated village of
Skabrnja. Upon arriving in the village, YPA soldiers and armed
civilians called upon Croats to leave their shelters (basements).
In front of his shelter, the witness saw the bodies of the
following Croat civilians who were killed on this occasion: Petar
Pavicic nicknamed "Peso", Mile Pavicic, Rade Segaric, Vice
Segaric, Soka Rogic, Ive Razov, Ivica Segaric, Joso Brkic, Marko
Brkic, Marija Brkic, Stanko Vickovic, and Sime Segaric. The
attackers forced the witness to walk to the next shelter
(basement) with his arms raised above his head. There the witness
saw the bodies of the following Croat civilians: Krsto Segaric,
Luca Segaric, Stana Vickovic, Joso Miljanic. The witness reports
that the YPA soldiers forced some 80 civilians (women and
children) into trucks, and transported them to Benkovac, where
they were mentally and physically maltreated.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; armed civilians (who wore chetnik fur
caps).

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - ZADAR - November 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 18/19, 1991; the villages of Skabrnja
and Nadin (cca 18 kilometres east of Zadar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: 48 bodies of civilians killed in the
villages of Skabrnja and Nadin were brought to the Pathological
Laboratory (Pathological Anatomy Department) at the Zadar
Hospital. 35 bodies were brought on November 23, 1991, 10 bodies
were brought on November 26, 1991, and another three bodies on
December 5, 1991. The victims were aged 23 to 92. 15 victims were
females, and 33 males. The autopsy ascertained that three
civilians were killed by fragments of explosive devices, 41
civilians were killed by fire arms, one civilian was run over by
a tank, and two civilians froze to death. Among the victims who
were killed by fire arms, 36 were shot in the head and in the
neck at point blank, 32 had two to thirteen bullet holes, 29 were
shot in the head, 2 were shot in the neck, and 5 were shot in the
head and in the neck. One victim was shot in the head at point
blank and strangled, his left ear was chopped off, his face was
mangled, and his left eye and his testes were smashed. The list
of the Skabrnja victims, who were post mortem examined, is as
follows:
1. Josip Perica (born 1934)
2. Jela Juric (born 1908)
3. Sime Segaric (born 1955)
4. Marija Brkic (born 1943)
5. Zeljko Curkovic (born 1968)
6. Vladimir Horvat (born 1953)
7. Stanko Vickovic (born 1956)
8. Kata Rogic (born 1932)
9. Nikola Rogic (born 1939)
10. Marko Rogic (born 1959)
11. Nediljko Skara (born 1955)
12. Niko Pavicic (born 1922)
13. Stana Vickovic (born 1936)
14. Roko Zilic (born 1929)
15. Ivan Razov (born 1927)
16. Petar Juric (born 1936)
17. Ljubo Perica (born 1932)
18. Gaspar Perica (born 1955)
19. Nediljko Juric (born 1955)
20. Krsto Segaric (born 1927)
21. Tadija Zilic (born 1928)
22. Pavica Zilic (born 1928)
23. Mara Zilic (born 1914)
24. Joso Brkic (born 1924)
25. Grgo Juric (born 1909)
26. Grgica Segaric (born 1911)
27. Slavko Miljanic (born 1956)
28. Vice Segaric (born 1933)
29. Rade Segaric (born 1931)
30. Joso Miljanic (born 1928)
31. Marko Brkic (born 1943)
32. Ivica Segaric (born 1961)
33. Ante Razov (born 1955)
34. Mile Pavicic (born 1965)
35. Petar Pavicic (born 1942)
36. Marija Drazina (born 1920)
37. Marko Zupan (born 1932)
38. Marko Ivkovic (born 1907)
39. Jela Razov (born 1905)
40. Danica Razov (born 1924)
41. Luka Bilaver (born 1899)

The list of the Nadin victims, who were post mortem examined, is
as follows:
1. Ika Cirjak (born 1922)
2. Jakov Sestan (born 1911)
3. Marija Sestan (born 1933)
4. Danka Brzoja (born 1951)
5. Masa Cirjak (born 1921)
6. Stoja Brkic (born 1928)
7. Novica Atelj (born 1965)

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.
EVIDENCE: Pathological Laboratory Report from December 10, 1991,
Zadar Hospital. Document currently kept in the archives of the
Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Ignatius' Jesuit Church (a zero
category monument built in 1725) was hit by artillery shells on
November 12, and further damaged on December 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

002 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik (the city).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The following Catholic churches in
Dubrovnik were damaged in the December 6, 1993 attack: St.
Rochus' Church, St. Sebastian's Church, St. Dominic's Church, St.
Joseph's Church, and St. Luke's Church.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

003 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 9, 1991; Dubrovnik (Gruz).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Church was hit by mortars
on November 9, 1991, and further damaged on November 12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992 p. 61.

004 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 24, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Dominic's Catholic Church (a zero
category monument built in 1314) was damaged on two occasions
(October 24, 1991, and December 6, 1991).
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

005 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 11, 1991; Dubrovnik.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis' Catholic Church (a zero
category monument built in 1343) was damaged on two occasions
(November 11, 1991, and December 6, 1991).
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

006 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vlaho's (patron saint of
Dubrovnik) Capitol Church was damaged in the December 6, 1991
attack.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

007 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Catholic Church "in
arboribus" was damaged in the November 12, 1991 attack.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

008 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Transfiguration of Our Lord Church
(Sigurata) was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, 61.

009 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 9, 1991; Dubrovnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Charity Church-Shrine was
damaged in the November 9, 1991 attack.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.

010 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 11, 1991; Dubrovnik.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Salvation Votive Church (built in
1521) was attacked and damaged on two occasions (November 11,
1991, and December 16, 1991).
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of the Serb irregular units.
EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 61.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

We wish to inform you that our Centre has obtained, from the
Karlovac hospital, medical records of civilian residents of Duga
Resa and Karlovac who were wounded or killed in the period
between March 31, 1991, and September 15, 1993. The acquired data
reveal that 330 civilians were medically treated in the Karlovac
hospital in that period. 30 per cent of victims died, while
others were treated and either hospitalized or released
afterwards. The majority of victims were either wounded or killed
by shell fragments. The attacks on villages and towns in Karlovac
area were aimed primarily at civilians and were launched from
occupied regions of the Republic of Croatia that were at the time
under control of the YPA, Serb insurgents, and members of Serb
paramilitary units (Serb volunteers from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia,
and Montenegro).

I. GENOCIDE

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - OSIJEK - August 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of suffering, and
killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 1, 1991; Dalj (cca 24 kilometres east
of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After the occupation of Dalj, on
August 1, 1991, members of YPA and paramilitary Serb formations
ordered a restricted movement of Croatian and Hungarian civilians
around the area. According to a witness, two Serb residents of
Dalj were particularly notorious for torturing and killing of
Croatian and Hungarian civilians: Bato Puvac and Dana Calosevic
(Dragoljub Calosevic's wife). Bato Puvac bragged in public that
he beat his prisoners with an iron rod, and a device called "ox
sinew" (a sort of a kourbash). He also confirmed that, according
to the Serb plans, whenever Croatian and Hungarian civilians were
intended for execution, they had to dig out their own graves.
Some of them were held in pig-sties before being executed, they
were forced to wallow in pigs' excrements, and were subsequently
ordered to get out because, as chetniks put it "everything was
ready for hog-slaughter. The witness saw when Bato Puvac
maltreated his own father, mother, wife and children, threatening
that he would kill them too like those "ustasha swines". One day,
Bato Puvac arrived in an extreme nervous state, chased his family
from the house, and then committed suicide. Dana Calosevic
bragged in public that she participated in maltreating Croatian
and Hungarian prisoners. "Boy, did I ever get a kick out of
beating those ustasha swines!", said she.
PERPETRATORS: Bato Puvac (a Serb from Dalj); Dana Calosevic (a
Serb from Dalj, Dragoljub Calosevic's wife).

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - OSIJEK - August 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 1, 1991; 4:20 a.m.; the villages of
Aljmas, Erdut and Dalj (east section of Osijek district).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 1, 1991, at 4:20 a.m.,
members of YPA and Serb paramilitary units attacked Aljmas, Erdut
and Dalj (east section of Osijek district) from three directions.
YPA soldiers arrived in Erdut from the direction of Voivodina
(Serbia), after crossing the Danube River at the bridge near the
village of Bogojevo. Along with them came 400 army tanks which
fired shells on civilians and civilian property. Serb
paramilitary units attacked Aljmas from the direction of Bijelo
Brdo, and Dalj from the directions of Bijelo Brdo, and Borovo
Selo. The Croatian and Hungarian villagers fled in panic, during
which time members of Serb paramilitary unit from Dalj opened
sniper fire on them. 60 civilians were killed, and 40 wounded in
this first attack. The bodies of killed civilians were mostly
mutilated. Through mediation of the Red Cross, 25 massacred
bodies were brought from Dalj to the Osijek hospital. Serbs
loaded the other killed and massacred bodies of civilians on a
tractor trailer, and transported them to a Roman Catholic
cemetery in Dalj, where they were buried in several mass graves.
Ilija Galic was killed on the threshold of his house. Serbs left
his body to lie there for four or five days, and then he was
buried at the local Roman Catholic cemetery.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units in
Bijelo Brdo, Borovo Selo, and Dalj.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA - OSIJEK - November/December 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November/December 1991; the village of Dalj
(cca 34 kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After the occupation of Vukovar, the
YPA and members of Serb paramilitary units arrested many Croatian
and Hungarian civilians. According to the witness' statement, he
was in a group of 48 civilians who were arrested by the Serb
self-proclaimed authorities and interned to the Brsadin camp
(west of Vukovar) where they were tortured, maltreated, and
starved. Particularly notorious among the torturers was one
female member of a Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks. After
a certain period of time, all prisoners were transferred from the
camp in Brsadin to Dalj, where they were detained in the building
near the market. On the first night, a group of chetniks entered
the room where 48 civilians from Vukovar were imprisoned, and
they placed an armchair in the centre of the room. They forced
imprisoned civilians to approach the back of the armchair, one by
one, lean on it and spread their legs. Then one of the chetniks,
who had 120 kilos, would charge at a prisoner while he was
standing in this position, and kick him in his testes. According
to the witness, 17 civilian prisoners from Vukovar (that is
everybody but him) were killed in this manner. The witness spent
three days in the prison near the market in Dalj, during which
time he saw how the prisoners jumped from the window in the
neighbouring room in order to save themselves. However, chetniks
were waiting in the yard, and they beat them to death with big
mallets.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - OSIJEK - November/December 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment.

TIME AND LOCATION: November/December 1991; Dalj (cca 24
kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A witness who has survived
imprisonment in the Serb camp in Dalj stresses how the prisoners
were mostly Croatians and Hungarians from the Osijek and Vukovar
districts. They were daily tortured and maltreated, and often
even killed by members of a Serb paramilitary unit from Dalj. The
witness mentions Milorad Stricevic, Branko Gajsovic, and Zeljko
Cizmic (all from Dalj) as the most notorious torturers in the
camp.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary unit from Dalj among
whom were Milorad Stricevic, Branko Gajsovic, and Zeljko Cizmic
(all Serbs from Dalj).

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - GLINA - September 16, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 16, 1991 to March 3, 1992; the
prison in Glina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 12, 1991, a witness, who
was a member of the Croatian Army at the time, was captured near
Hrvatska Kostajnica by members of Serb paramilitary unit called
the Territorial Defense Unit of SAO Krajina (the so-called "Serb
Autonomous Province of Krajina"). Until September 16, 1991, he
and other prisoners (also members of the Croatian Army) were
detained in the village of Kukuruzari (cca 20 kilometres
northwest of Hrvatska Kostajnica), and then they were transferred
by buses to the town of Glina and detained in the former civilian
prison. According to the witness statement, prisoners were kept
in a 9x5 meter room with some 30 beds. Two or three POWs slept in
one bed. All POWs were tortured and maltreated by Serb irregulars
dressed in uniforms. The witness was not able to recognize
insignia on their uniforms, neither could he determine whether
they belonged to a paramilitary unit, or to the YPA. After
approximately two months spent in the camp, the witness lost 12
kilos due to malnutrition. After the arrival of the ICRC
representatives, during November 1991, the entire situation in
the camp and the conduct towards the POWs slightly improved.
According to the witness, 44 imprisoned members of the Croatian
Army were released on October 31, 1991. The witness and another
66 imprisoned members of the Croatian Army (20 of them came from
the camp in Vojnic) were released on March 3, 1992. After this
date, another 7 members of the Croatian Army remained detained in
the Glina prison.
PERPETRATORS: Serb paramilitary units called the Territorial
defense of SAO Krajina (the so-called "Serb Autonomous Province
of Krajina"); camp authorities in Glina.

EVIDENCE: A witness' written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik (Posat).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Catholic Church was damaged
on November 12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

002 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik (Gornji Konal).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Church was damaged on
November 12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

003 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 11, 1991; Dubrovnik (Srednji Konal).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Church was
damaged on November 11, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

004 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 12, 1991; Dubrovnik.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: New Catholic Church and Baptistery on
St. Michael's were damaged on November 12, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

005 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 6, 1991; Dubrovnik (Prijeko).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Church was damaged on
December 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

006 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: February 5, 1992; Dubrovnik (Lopud).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Church was damaged in a
missile attack launched from the chetniks' stronghold in
Brsecine.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

007 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 7, 1991; Gorica (Dubrovnik parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vlach's Votive Chapel was damaged
in the attacks launched on November 7, and November 9, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

008 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 2, 1991; Gorica (Dubrovnik parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Church was damaged on
October 2, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

009 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Gruda.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Parish Church was damaged
on October 1, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

010 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October/November, 1991; Komolac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Spirit Church and Cemetery were
damaged in mid-October; the church was burnt down in November
1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

011 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Komolac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Annunciation Church (situated near a
water-spring) was damaged on October 1, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 62.

012 CROATIA - OSIJEK - September 26, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 26, 1991; the village of Erdut (cca

30 kilometres east of Osijek).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... On September 26, 1991, a group of
members of a Serb paramilitary unit led by Serb residents of
Erdut (Danilo Jankovic, Jordan Vucicevic nicknamed "Trkac", and
Slobodan Dosljanovic nicknamed "Bobo") arrived in front of All
Saints' Church in Erdut. First they planted explosive devices
around and inside the church, and then they warned Serb villagers
who lived near the church to remain in their houses, until they
heard the "good news". Soon after this, there was a strong
detonation, and the local Roman Catholic church was entirely destroyed..."
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb paramilitary unit, led by Serbs
from Erdut (Danilo Jankovic, Jordan Vucicevic nicknamed "Trkac",
and Slobodan Dosljanovic nicknamed "Bobo".

EVIDENCE: A witness' written report currently kept in the

archives of the Centre.^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - July 7, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property; forcible displacement (eviction) of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 7, 1991; 12:00 a.m.; the village of
Celije (cca 18 kilometres northwest of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The Croatian village of Celije (over
95% of Croatian population) is situated between the following
villages: Bobota to east (over 90% of Serb population), Silas to
west (over 90% of Serb population), Tenja to north (over 50% of
Serb population), and Ludjvinci to south (over 75% of Serb
population). On July 7, 1991, 12:00 a.m., a combined infantry and
mortar attack was launched on the village of Celije from two
directions: from the village of Bobota (east of Celije) and from
the village of Silas (west of Celije). The villagers of Celije
hid in the basements of several houses located in the centre of
the village. A witness hid in the basement of a local teacher's
house. This house was soon after hit by mortars and destroyed.
Around 6:00 p.m. everything was quiet again, and YPA tanks and
transporter vehicles entered the village. They allegedly arrived
in order to evacuate the wounded, however, after consulting their
superior officer, they evacuated women, children, and elderly
villagers of Celije. YPA soldiers took women, children and
elderly people half way between Osijek and Tenja, and simply left
them there. After a long walk through woods and fields, civilians
arrived in Osijek. On July 8, 1991, around 3:00 a.m., the village
of Celije was attacked for the second time, and the remaining
male villagers were forced to abandon the village. Ivan Mikac
returned to Celije on July 8, 1991, with the intention to feed
his livestock. He was killed inside of his house, and his body
was set on fire.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; armed Serb civilians from the
villages of Tenja, Bobota and Silas.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 93, under code
name: Witness PR-82. Publishers: Drustvo hrvatskih intelektualki
("Society of Croatian Female Intellectuals") and Institut za
primjenjena drustvena istrazivanja ("Institute for Research in
Applied Social Sciences"). Document currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - NOVA GRADISKA - September 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement (eviction)
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; the village of Gornji Varos
(cca 8 kilometres south of the town of Okucani).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In September 1991, members of YPA
Banja Luka Corps, along with members of Serb paramilitary units
called chetniks and armed Serb residents of Bosnia-Herzegovina,
arrived in the village of Gornji Varos (over 95% of Croatian
population). After their arrival, the life of Croatian villagers
became unbearable. Croatian civilian properties were looted
daily, and several family houses were set on fire in the nearby
villages of Uskoci and Donji Varos. By the end of September 1991,
armed and disguised persons (the witness presumes that they were
Serb residents of nearby villages and towns) ordered Croatians to
leave their houses and properties. Croatian civilians were not
allowed to take with them any of their possessions. Serbs evicted
Croatian civilians across the Sava River, at the bridge near
Bosanska Gradiska, all the way through Banja Luka to Bosanski
Samac. Due to her illness, the witness was admitted to the
Bosanska Gradiska hospital, and after being released from the
hospital care seven days later, she reached Bosanski Samac
through Banja Luka.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers (Banja Luka Corps); members of Serb
paramilitary units called chetniks; armed local Serb civilians.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 111, under code
name: Witness PR-22. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA - September 8, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killings of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 8, 1991; the village of Panjani,
near Hrvatska Kostajnica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to a witness' account,
Nikola Maljak and Jovan Maljak (both Serb villagers of Panjani,
near Hrvatska Kostajnica) fired from an artillery gun on Mladen
Biscan's house and killed four Croatian civilians on September 8,
1991. The names of the victims are as follows: Gojko Badric
(Stanko and Marta's son, born February 5, 1929), Jagoda
Brkljacic, Mladen Biscan, and Jagoda Biscan (Mladen's wife). The
witness states that on September 9, 1991, the killers forced him
and another person to watch while they were pouring gas over the
victims' bodies and setting them on fire. On September 10, 1991,
Orthodox villagers of Panjani arrived and buried into a mass
grave remains of four killed civilians along with the carcasses
of two dogs and two cats. The witness provides the exact location
of this mass grave.
PERPETRATORS: Nikola Maljak and Jovan Maljak (both Serb villagers
of Panjani, near Hrvatska Kostajnica).
EVIDENCE: A witness' written account currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA - September 24, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killings of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991, Hrvatska Dubica (cca 23
kilometres east of Hrvatska Kostajnica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 13, 1991, YPA launched a
mortar and heavy artillery attack on the town of Hrvatska Dubica
from the direction of Bosnia-Herzegovina (the region of Bosanska
Dubica). Numerous Croatian civilians abandoned the town and
sought shelter in safer regions of the Republic of Croatia. On
September 24, 1991, after the second shelling of the town of
Hrvatska Dubica, from the direction of the Republic of Bosnia-
Herzegovina, members of Serb paramilitary units called
Territorial Defense Unit of the so-called "SAO Krajina" and
Martic's unit arrived in the town and started killing Croatian
civilians. According to the witness' account, the following
civilians were killed in Ivan Dragicevic's house: Ivan Dragicevic
(owner of the house, born January 1, 1931, Croat by nationality)
and his neighbour Djordje Uzelac (born 1951, Milan's son, Serb
from Hrvatska Dubica). On the occasion of the murder, the
following members of Serb paramilitary unit were present besides
the murderer: Jovo Mislenovic, Predrag Konjevic, and Nikola
Nikodic.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers, among whom was a YPA captain Svetozar
Trivanovic (Jovan's son); members of Serb paramilitary units
called Territorial Defense Unit of the so-called "SAO Krajina"
and Martic's unit, among whom were Djordje Uzelac (born 1951,
Milan's son) from Hrvatska Dubica, Jovo Misljenovic, and Nikola
Nikodic.

EVIDENCE: A witness written statement currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA - October 14, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killings of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 14, 1991; Hrvatska Kostajnica
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since the beginning of the war in the
district of Hrvatska Kostajnica (during 1991), members of Serb
paramilitary units called Territorial Defense Unit of the so-
called "SAO Krajina", chetniks, and members of irregular militia
unit (Serb) called "SAO Krajina Militia" (Martic's unit) have
been openly cleansing the entire region from the autochthonous
Croatian population. In the period between July 16 and November
27, 1991, Serb paramilitary units and irregular militia killed 82
residents of the Hrvatska Kostajnica district, while another 96
residents were taken in an unknown direction. In the same period,
over 3,500 Croatian civilians were displaced from the region. The
displaced civilians found a temporary shelter in free sections of
the Republic of Croatia.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary units called
Territorial Defense Unit of the so-called "SAO Krajina" and
chetniks, members of irregular Serb militia called "SAO Krajina
Militia" (Martic's unit).
EVIDENCE: The Report of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Commission for Hrvatska Kostajnica District from March 5, 1992.
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - BELI MANASTIR - November 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement (eviction)
of civilians; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 18, 1991; the village of Kozarac (cca
7 kilometres southeast of Beli Manastir).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On November 15, 1991, YPA soldiers,
Serb paramilitary units and armed Serb villagers of Kozarac and
Grubisno Polje, arrived in the village of Kozarac and forcibly
proclaimed the authority of the so-called "SAO Krajina". On
November 18, 1991, the self-proclaimed authorities of the so-
called "SAO Krajina" issued an order according to which 18
Croatian families were forced out of their homes. In order to
successfully evict 18 Croatian families, Serb self-proclaimed
authorities in Kozarac organized the transport of evicted
civilians through Sombor and Novi Sad in the direction of
Bosanski Samac. Before the eviction, members of Croatian families
were not asked to sign, neither they signed any document on the
abandonment of their estates. According to a witness' account,
eight mortars were fired on his daughter's house. The house was
looted and subsequently destroyed. Before armed Serbs destroyed
the house, they had forced its owner to raise a SFRY (Socialist
Federative Republic of Yugoslavia) flag on it. The witness also
reported that armed Serbs killed Ivo Malek (a Croatian villager
of Kozarac).
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; armed Serb villagers of Kozarac and
Grubisno Polje; self-proclaimed authorities of the so-called "SAO
Krajina".
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 102, under code
name: Witness PR-81. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - GLINA - July 26, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Internment to a concentration camp.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 26, 1991; the village Ravno Rasce (cca 8
kilometres southeast of Glina).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to a witness account,
members of Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks arrested six
Croatian villagers of Ravno Rasce and took them in an unknown
direction. On July 31, 1991, one of the arrested Croatians was
released, and he confirmed that five other Croatians were taken
to the Samarica Mountain, where they were imprisoned. Their fate
is yet unknown. The witness provided the names of the imprisoned
men.

PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 132, under code
name: Witness PR-19. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - PETRINJA - August 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: End of August 1991; the village of Hrastovica
(cca 5 kilometres south of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: YPA soldiers, members of irregular
Serb militia called Martic's unit, and armed Serb residents of
Petrinja and Glina districts (YPA reservists from Banija)
attacked civilian villagers of Hrastovica (over 95% of Croatian
population). In the afternoon hours, more than 150 shells were
launched on the village at random. During the first few days of
the attack, the belfry of the local church was damaged in the
shelling, and the entire church was subsequently destroyed.
Croatian villagers of Hrastovica panicked and abandoned the
village, due to constant pressure, threats, and fear for their
lives. At the time of the attack on the Croatian village of
Hrastovica, the following villages were also attacked: Hrvatski
Cutnic (over 90% of Croatian population), Prnjavor Cutnicki (over
95% of Croatian population), Dragotinci (over 75% of Croatian
population), Kraljevcani (over 57% of Croatian population), and
Pecki (some 70% of Croatian population). According to the
witness, a Croatian villager of Hrastovica, Mato Jakopic, was
killed in his yard. Since he was left unburied, his body was torn
to pieces by hogs. All other Croatian civilians were evicted.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of irregular Serb militia
called "Martic's unit"; armed Serbs (members of a reserve YPA
unit from the villages in Petrinja and Glina districts).
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 130, under code
name: Witness PR-14. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 2, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 2, 1991; 11:30 a.m.; the town of
Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During July and August of 1991,
members of Serb paramilitary units called Arkan's and Seselj's
units, along with a large number of Serb YPA reservists from
Banija, gathered in the YPA barracks "Vasil Gacesa" in Petrinja.
The commander of the barracks, YPA Colonel Slobodan Tarbuk
provided them with arms and organized the takeover of the local
government in Petrinja district. On September 2, 1991, at 11:30
a.m., he organized a press conference during which time the
anonymous persons staged an attack on the barracks from the
inside. Under the pretext of defending the barracks, Colonel
Tarbuk ordered an infantry and artillery attack on the town of
Petrinja. Domestic and foreign journalists witnessed when YPA
tanks and armoured vehicles got out of the barracks and into the
streets, and commenced the attack on civilian buildings. Their
prime targets were Croatian owned houses. The first Croatian
meat-processing plant "Gavrilovic" was also attacked. YPA planes
flew over the town and fired on it from machine guns.
Unorganized, unarmed, and surprised by the YPA conduct, the
civilians abandoned the town. The attack was repeated on
September 16, 1991 in order to force the remaining Croatian
civilian residents of Petrinja to leave their houses, apartments
and estates. According to the 1991 census, 7,662 Croatians
resided in Petrinja, while the share of Croatian population in
the Petrinja district was close to the share of Serb population
(15,790:15,969).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units

called Arkan's and Seselj's units, under command of a YPA Colonel
Slobodan Tarbuk.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 127, under code
name: Witness PR-100. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA - September 3, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 3, 1991; 11:00 a.m.; the village of
Stubalj (ca 10 kilometres north of Hrvatska Kostajnica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The shooting started around 11:00 a.m.
Mortars were launched on the nearby village of Grabostani (over
90% of Croatian population). The witness went to his neighbour's
with the intention to find shelter in his house. On the way to
his neighbour's, he noticed that armed persons dressed in YPA
uniforms were entering the village of Stubalj (over 95% of
Croatian population). Soon after soldiers arrived in his
neighbour's house and forced all Croatians into the street. They
did the same in other houses. While a group of soldiers was
lining up Croatian civilians on the road, other soldiers were
firing on houses from small arms, before looting them. They took
away all civilian property, including television sets, house
items, etc. Another group of soldiers confiscated all tractors
and other agricultural equipment, and they set on fire four
houses. All Croatian villagers of Stubalj were evicted to the
village of Panjani (near Hrvatska Kostajnica) where they were
surrendered to members of Serb paramilitary unit called
Territorial Unit of the village of Kukuruzari. At that point
Serbs separated women and children and took them in the direction
of the village of Veliko Krcevo, where they were imprisoned in
the village Co-operative Club. On September 4, 1991, all
imprisoned villagers of Stubalj were released and returned to the
village, except for 17 young men whom the members of Serb
paramilitary unit called Territorial Unit of the village of
Kukuruzari took to the village of Veliko Krcevo on the following
day (September 4, 1991) when all of them were released and
returned to the village of Stubalj.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary unit

called Territorial Unit of the village of Kukuruzari.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 113, under code
name: Witness PR-11. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - GLINA - October 7, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killings of civilians; internment
of civilians to camps.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 7, 1991; the village of Mala Solina
(cca 8 kilometres north of Glina).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 7, 1991, YPA soldiers,
members of Serb paramilitary unit called chetniks and armed Serb
civilians from the Glina district arrived in the village of Mala
Solina (99% of Croatian population). The witness managed to
escape and hide near the village. On October 31, 1991, he
returned to his house in order to feed his livestock. On the way
home, he passed by a forest and there he found the bodies of his
wife and their neighbour. The women were hanged. He arrived home
and was arrested while feeding the livestock. On the same day, he
was taken to Glina and imprisoned. During detention, he was
physically maltreated, he lost several teeth, and all bones in
his right shoulder were broken. He has the X-ray films to prove
it. The witness was released on March 3, 1992. He claims that he
knows which two YPA soldiers killed his wife and neighbour.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary unit

called chetniks; armed Serb civilians from the Glina district;
the authorities in Glina prison.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu
svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 134, under code
name: Witness PR-20. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals and Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - BIOGRAD - December 7, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property; killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 7, 1993; 7:00 p.m.; Biograd.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "On Tuesday, December 7, 1993, around
7:00 p.m., Serb units launched a mortar attack on Biograd.
Besides several mortars, four projectiles (type "Oganj") were
fired on the centre of the city. Bozena Jokic from Biograd (born
1953) was killed during the fierce attack on the city. Civilian
buildings were considerably damaged..." Mortars and "Oganj"
projectiles were launched from the section of the Republic of
Croatia that has been occupied by Serb paramilitary formations,
YPA and irregular militia called "SAO Krajina Militia" during
1991. Since 1992, these occupied territories of the Republic of
Croatia has been under the UNPROFOR control. The attack was
launched from the UNPA zone South.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb paramilitary units stationed in the
UNPA zone South.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: December 9, 1993 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 6. Title: "Granate usmrtile zenu" ("A Woman Killed By
Mortars"). Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Mandaljena.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry of St. Mary Magdalene's
Church (16th century) was damaged on October 1, 1991. The church
was further damaged on October 20, 1991, during which time it was
hit by two heavy artillery shells. YPA soldiers burnt it down on
October 25, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

002 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October/November 1991; Mokosica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Salvation Church, its belfry and
cemetery were damaged during October/November 1991. The
parishioners salvaged the main altar painting "The Ascension of
Our Lord", pierced by two rifle bullets.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

003 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Osojnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Church (1925), and its
steeple were damaged on October 1, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

004 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1 to October 6, 1991; Plocice.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John's Church and rectory were
damaged in the period between October 1 and 6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

005 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 29, 1991; Plocice.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Lazarus' Church was shelled on
September 29, 1991, during which time its belfry and rectory were
damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

006 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1st to 6th, 1991; Postranje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption Church (1888) was damaged
in the period between October 1st and 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

007 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1, 1991; Pridvorje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vlaho's Church (15th century) was

damaged on October 1, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

008 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1st to 6th, 1991; Radovcici.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Luke's Church was damaged in the
period between October 1st and 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

009 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1st to 6th, 1991; Rozat.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption Church (1115) was damaged
in the period between October 1st and 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

010 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1st to 6th, 1991; Rozat.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Franciscan Church was damaged in the period between October 1st
and 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

011 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 23, 1991; Srebrno.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart Church was damaged on
October 23, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

012 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Sustjepan.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Stephen's Church (948 A.D.), a
pious endowment of the Croatian king Stephen Miroslav was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

013 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October/November 1991; Visnjica (Dubrovnik).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jacob's Church (former Benedictine
Abbey) was damaged in the attacks during October 24th, and
November 11th and 12th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

014 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 26, 1991; Vitaljina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Salvation Church (15th century)
was damaged on September 26, 1991. The church cemetery was
ploughed by mortar shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

015 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1st to October 6th, 1991; Vitaljina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Church was damaged in
the period between October 1st and 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.

016 CROATIA - DUBROVNIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September-December 1991; Dubrovnik Diocese.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During YPA and Serb paramilitary
units' attacks on the Dubrovnik region the following sacral
objects have been damaged and/or destroyed: Bishop's Palace
(damaged on November 10, 1991), Roman Catholic Seminary (damaged
on December 6, 1991), Stone Cross on the top of the Srdj Mountain
(destroyed on December 6, 1992), Drzic's and Boskovic's houses
(damaged), numerous cemeteries such as Holy Salvation Church
Cemetery in Vitaljina, Assumption Church Cemetery in Postranje,
Holy Spirit Church Cemetery in Komolac, St. Stephen's Church
Cemetery in Sustjepan, Holy Salvation Church Cemetery in
Mokosica, St. George's Church Cemetery on Osojnik, Assumption
Church Cemetery on Plat, St. Hilarius' Church Cemetery in Mlini,
Jewish Cemetery on Boninovo, and Dubrovnik Holy Cross City
Cemetery.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 62.^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; Lovas (east Croatia, cca 17
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 10, 1991, at 8:00 a.m., YPA
infantry and members of Serb paramilitary units, among whom were
Serb residents of Lovas, entered Lovas. During the first ten days
of the occupation of Lovas, 80 Croatian civilians were killed in
various manners, and buried in several mass graves located in the
vicinity of the local Catholic cemetery. According to the
witness' account, her father I. S., and neighbour S. S. (both
Croatian civilians) were brutally murdered. The witness provides
the names of murdered residents, as well as the names of the
perpetrators who are residents of Lovas.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units,
among whom were Serbs from Lovas.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu

svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 28, under code
name: Witness I-69. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals, and the Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

II. WAR CRIME AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 17, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement (eviction)
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 17, 1991; the town of Ilok (the most
eastern town in the Republic of Croatia, cca 35 kilometres
southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In May 1991, YPA soldiers entered the
town and they frequently fired from heavy machine guns during
night time in order to intimidate residents. The ships which
sailed down the Danube River also frequently fired on the town.
Armed provocations lasted five months, until October 17, 1991.
During the attack of the YPA and various Serb paramilitary forces
on the Republic of Croatia, some 6,000 civilians from Vukovar and
Vinkovci districts found refuge in the town of Ilok. On October
16, 1991, YPA soldiers evicted over 10,000 non-Serb civilians
(mostly Croatians) from Ilok. All persons who were evicted from
Ilok on October 17, 1991 were forced to sign the statement that
they were leaving Ilok "of their own free will", and surrendering
all of their estates to the self-proclaimed Serb authorities in
the town. YPA soldiers singled out young men from the convoy and
took them in an unknown direction. It was not until later that
the witness learnt that those men were taken to the Begejci and
Sremska Mitrovica camps, and to the military prison in Belgrade.
A group of those young men were released in December 1991. The
witness provides names and other personal data of five of them.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu

svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), pp. 21 and 23,
under code names: Witness PR-77, Witness PR-79. Publishers:
Society of Croatian Female Intellectuals, and the Institute for
Research in Applied Social Sciences. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: EC monitors were present during the act of eviction of
Croatian civilians from their rightful homes in the occupied
region of the Republic of Croatia.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 17, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Arrests, and unlawful imprisonment
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 17, 1991, the village of Petrovci
(cca 12 kilometres southwest of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness was arrested in the
village of Petrovci, on November 17, 1991, while she was trying
to escape from Vukovar. Another woman (M. B. from Vukovar) was
arrested along with the witness. During her attempt to escape
from the occupied Vukovar the witness was wounded, and after the
arrest both women were imprisoned in one room and physically
maltreated. On the following day, the arrested women were
transferred to Sremska Mitrovica prison, where the witness was
medically treated by two doctors from the Vukovar hospital: Vesna
Bosanac and Juraj Njavro (also the prisoners). Over 80 women were
imprisoned in the Sremska Mitrovica prison. The witness was
physically maltreated by her interrogators in order to confess
the crimes that she did not commit.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of prison authorities in
Sremska Mitrovica.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu

svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 24, under code
name: Witness L-83. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals, and the Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - PETRINJA - December 13, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Confiscation of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 13, 1993; Petrinja, Ksaver Sandor
Djalski Street.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On December 13, 1993, the UNPROFOR
civilian police vehicle brought to Sisak (free section of the
Republic of Croatia) three Croatian civilians from Ksaver Sandor
Djalski Street, in destroyed and Serb occupied Petrinja: Danica
Fabec (born 1917), Gustav Olovec (born 1921), and Ivanka Moric
(born 1938). The civilians waited over a year for the permission
to cross to the free section of the Republic of Croatia and gain
access to adequate medical treatment. Before leaving Petrinja,
all of three ill persons were forced to sign the statement
according to which they left all of their estates to the self-
proclaimed Serb authorities in Petrinja.
PERPETRATORS: Serb self-proclaimed authorities in Petrinja.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: December 14, 1993 issue of the "Vecernji
List" daily, p. 6. Title: "Izbjeglo troje Petrinjaca" ("Three
Residents of Petrinja Escaped"). Document currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR/CAMPS IN SERBIA - November 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of bodily harm,
inhumane treatment, and killing of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 20, 1991, Stajicevo camp (south of Zrenjanin).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness was a member of the
Croatian police force and was arrested by Serb forces and taken
to the Stajicevo camp near Zrenjanin (Voivodina, the so-called
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), where he was detained in the
period between November 20, and December 23, 1991. During his
imprisonment in the Stajicevo camp he was physically and mentally
maltreated in order to make various confessions. Camp guards set
wild dogs on prisoners and fired from small arms on prisoners
bodies. The witness saw when five Croatian prisoners were
tortured and killed: Ivan Kunc, Branko Kohn, Bozo Kelava, and
another two prisoners whose names he did not know. Camp guards
fired in the chest of a Croatian prisoner named M. (surname
unknown) who managed to survive. The witness was transferred from
the Stajicevo camp to Nis where he was detained between December
23, 1991 and February 16, 1992. From the Nis camp, the witness
was taken to the Sremska Mitrovica prison where he was detained
between February 16 and August 14, 1992. He was released on
August 14, 1992. The witness provides names of the perpetrators.
PERPETRATORS: Camp authorities in Stajicevo and Nis, prison
authorities in Sremska Mitrovica.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu

svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 24, under code
name: Witness L-83. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals, and the Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 30, 1991; Bacin (Dubica parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: All Saints' Chapel was damaged on
August 30, 1991. On September 13, 1991, it was totally destroyed
by tank shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 10.

002 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 3, 1991; Divusa.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Catherine's Church
(1719), along with a part of the church interior, and the
sacristy were destroyed on August 3, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 10.

003 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 13, 1991; Glina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John Nepomuk's Church (1830) was
bombed several times. On August 13, 1991, it was mined, and the
church steeple was seriously damaged on that occasion.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 11.

004 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 26, 1991; Gornja Bucica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony's Church (1836) and its
rectory were damaged during the shelling on September 26, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 11.

005 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 3, 1991; Gvozdansko.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Philip and Jacob's Church (1796)
was completely destroyed on August 3, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 11.

006 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 3, 1991; Hrastovica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Bartholomew's Church (1843) was
attacked by mortar shells several times, and in the YPA heavy
artillery attack on September 3, 1991, the belfry, recently
renovated roof, and the remaining walls were completely
destroyed. Chetniks built the road over the razed church. Five
local chapels were also destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 11.

007 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Hrvatska Dubica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Church (1771) was
shelled, mined and burnt down in September 1991. The Blessed
Virgin Mary Cemetery Chapel was completely destroyed and burnt
down in September 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 11.

008 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Jasenovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry and the entire roof of St.
Nicholas' Church (1st category cultural monument) were destroyed
in early November 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 11.

009 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 3, 1991; Hrvatska Kostajnica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Church (1706) was
damaged by mortar shells on August 3, 1991. St. Anthony's
Franciscan Church was mined and damaged by mortar shells on
August 3, 1991. The church was mined for the second time on All
Saints Day's Eve (October 31, 1991). St. Anne's Cemetery Chapel
was also mined on All Saints Day's Eve (October 31, 1991).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 12.

010 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: Early October 1991; Lasinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Church was
damaged in the mortar attack in early October 1991, during which
time its roof, belfry and walls were seriously damaged. After
that, the church was burnt down and the chetniks turned the
belfry into a sniper nest. St. Elizabeth's Cemetery Chapel was
seriously damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 12.

011 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Maja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Elias' Church was seriously
damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 12.

012 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 3, 1991 to September 13, 1992;
Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Lawrence's Church was first
damaged in the YPA attack on September 3, 1991. The attack was
led from the yard of the rectory, and on this occasion, three
mortars hit the belfry of the church, while the church roof was
also damaged by several mines. St. Lawrence's Church was further
damaged on September 16th and 19th, and on February 22, 1992
(around midnight) it was mined and razed with the ground. St.
Catherine's Church was first damaged on September 14, 1991, and
on September 19/20 the church was almost completely destroyed.
St. Rochus' Cemetery Church was completely destroyed on March 19,
1992, by an explosive device placed inside the church. St. Elias'
Church on the hill above Petrinja was seriously damaged. St.
Benedict's Cemetery Church was completely destroyed on March 19,
1992. On the same day, Holy Trinity Cemetery Church was
completely destroyed and burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 13.

013 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Topusko.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of Mary Church (1830) and
rectory were repeatedly hit by mortar shells, and later on mined
and blown to pieces. The remains were bulldozed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 14.

014 ZAGREB DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of sacral objects and
properties.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; Vukmanic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Church (1789),
the B category cultural monument, was damaged on October 10,

1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", 1992, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, p. 14.

XI. RACIAL AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: National discrimination.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991, Lovas (east Croatia, cca 17
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In her account, the witness reports
the conditions in which Croatian residents of Lovas lived after
being occupied on October 10, 1991, by YPA soldiers and members
of Serb paramilitary unit called "Dusan Silni" (who arrived to
Lovas from the towns of Valjevo, Kragujevac and Bubanj Potok in
Serbia), along with members of Serb paramilitary unit called
Territorial Defense Unit (armed Serb residents of Tovarnik,
Opatovac and Lovas). The self-proclaimed occupying authorities
immediately banned free movement around the town between 00.00
and 10.00 a.m., and between 12:00 and 00.00 a.m., which actually
meant that it was allowed to freely move in the town only two
hours a day. This prohibition applied to Croatian residents only.
Serb self-proclaimed occupying authorities issued orders
according to which every Croatian who remained in the town had to
hoist white flag on his house as a sign of obedience, and he or
she had to wear a white ribbon on his or her sleeve. After a
while, the so-called work obligation was introduced which applied
only to Croatians, between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The witness
was forced to execute hard labour, although she is a seriously
ill person (she has only one kidney).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb paramilitary unit

called "Dusan Silni" (Serbians from Serbia proper); members of
paramilitary unit called Territorial Defense Unit (Serbs from
Tovarnik, Lovas and Opatovac).

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document published in the book "Stotinu

svjedocanstava" ("A Hundred of Testimonies"), p. 27, under code
name: Witness L-67. Publishers: Society of Croatian Female
Intellectuals, and the Institute for Research in Applied Social
Sciences. Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.
NOTE: November 20/21, 1993 issue of "Borba" daily, pp. 3 and 4,
in the section "Tema" ("Topic"). Title: "Sve srpske paravojske"
("All Serb Irregular Forces"). In this article, it is mentioned
that the Serbian People's Revival Party, presided by Mirko Jovic,
formed a paramilitary unit called "Dusan Silni" whose commanders
were Mirko Jovic and Milorad Bastaja (tradesman from Pancevo). It
is also mentioned that the same party formed another paramilitary
unit called "Beli Orlovi" ("White Eagles") under the command of
Dragoslav Bokan. This unit is responsible for the massacre of
Croatian villagers of Vocin (Podravska Slatina county, Croatia).

XIII. ORGANIZING OF PARAMILITARY FORMATIONS

001 SERBIA - BELGRADE - June 4, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Organizing of paramilitary groups
in order to instigate and commit genocide, along with other war
crimes.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 4, 1991; Belgrade (Serbia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... The idea about instituting of the
Serbian Guard cropped up after YPA military collapse in Slovenia
(summer 1990), with the intention to gradually develop into a
Serbian Army. The initiating force was the Serbian Revival
Movement (hereafter: SPO - Srpski pokret obnove) presided by Vuk
Draskovic. In charge of the realization of the Serbian Guard
were: Branislav Matic nicknamed "Beli", a Serbian-European
businessman who gave several thousands of Deutsch Marks for the
"Serbian cause", and who carried Milosevic's pictures at many
antibureaucratic meetings; Djordje Bozinovic nicknamed "Griska"
who did not hide the fact that he committed several important
assassinations while in service of the SFRY State Security
Service; Lale Brkic, a businessman from Australia and a major
financier. Branislav Matic nicknamed "Beli" immediately designed
membership cards and people started joining in by large numbers.
It is presumed that 35,000 people joined in during the first
several weeks. Stevan Jelic alias Steve Rengers (a U.S.A. special
units officer) was in charge of the military training of members
of the Serbian Guard. The training was carried out in the YPA
barracks in Zrenjanin, Backa Topola, Smederevska Palanka,
Petrovaradin, etc. On August 3, 1991, the police attempted to
arrest the first commander of the Serbian Guard, Djordje
Bozinovic nicknamed "Giska", but he jumped off the second floor
of the Slavija Hotel in Belgrade, and escaped. On August 4, 1991,
the review of 2,000 soldiers of the Serbian Guard was held in
Takovo. Upon his return from Takovo, Branislav Matic nicknamed
"Beli" was killed near his house. The SPO President Vuk Draskovic
demanded the suspension of the Serbian Guard operations for an
indefinite period of time. Twenty days later, Djordje Bozovic
nicknamed "Giska" led four companies of guardsmen ("Karadjordje",
"Tanasko Rajic", "Draza Mihajlovic" and "Branislav Matic - Beli")
from Serbia to Croatia, to the Gospic district where Giska was
killed soon after under strange circumstances. Lale Brkic
returned to Australia. In December 1991, the deputy of late
Giska, Branislav Lainovic nicknamed "Dugi" registered the Serbian
Guard with the Serbian Ministry of Justice as an non-ideological
citizens' society. The Serbian Guard units are still fighting in
the Republic of Croatia (in the so-called Republic of Serb
Krajina"), and they are being provided with arms by a YPA Colonel
Stojan Spanovic."
PERPETRATORS: Serbian opposition party called Serbian Revival
Movement; YPA soldiers.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 20/21, 1993 issue of "Borba"
daily, p. 3, in the section "Tema: Sve srpske paravojske"
("Topic: All Serb Irregular Forces"). Title: "Ispracaj uz trubace
i kamere" ("Departure in the Presence of Buglers and Cameras").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

002 SERBIA - BELGRADE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Organizing of paramilitary groups
in order to instigate and commit genocide, along with other war
crimes.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991, Belgrade (Serbia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: When the beginning of the YPA
aggression on the Republic of Croatia, Zeljko Raznjatovic
nicknamed "Arkan" formed a paramilitary unit called "Serbian
Volunteer Guard. The recruitment office was in Belgrade, and most
of the people who joined up were "Delije" (the fans of the
Belgrade soccer team "Crvena Zvezda"). The main staff of the
Serbian Volunteer Guard was transferred from Belgrade to the
village of Erdut (Osijek district) by the end of summer 1991. All
members of this paramilitary unit underwent the military training
in the so-called Erdut Training Centre. According to the "Borba"
daily, over 10,000 persons have been trained in that centre.
Members of this paramilitary unit have obtained infantry and
artillery arms. Under the direct command of Zeljko Raznjatovic
nicknamed "Arkan", members of the Serb Volunteer Guard called
"Arkanovci" ("Arkan's unit") committed numerous war crimes and
grave breached of the humanitarian law in the Republic of Croatia
such as murders, arrests, physical maltreatment, eviction of non-
Serb civilians from Eastern Slavonia and Baranja (Koprivna,
Sodolovci, Borovo Naselje, Tenja, Erdut, Dalj, Vukovar, Beli
Manastir...) Members of this paramilitary unit participated in
the crimes committed in other crisis areas in the Republic of
Croatia (Western Slavonia, Lika, Banija, Kordun, Dalmatinska
Zagora), as well as in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina (an
obvious example is the town of Bijeljina). Due to their extreme
brutality and political differences in Knin (the main
headquarters of Serb insurgents in the Republic of Croatia), it
was published during 1993 that members of the Serbian Volunteer
Guard called "Arkanovci", and their founder and commander "Arkan"
were unwelcome on the territory of the self-proclaimed Serb
artifice in the Republic of Croatia.
PERPETRATORS: Zeljko Raznjatovic nicknamed "Arkan".
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 20/21, 1993 issue of "Borba"
daily, p. 3, in the section "Tema: Sve srpske paravojske"
("Topic: All Serb Irregular Forces"). Title: "Ispracaj uz trubace
i kamere" ("Departure in the Presence of Buglers and Cameras").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

003 SERBIA - BELGRADE - spring 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Organizing of paramilitary groups
in order to instigate and commit genocide, along with other war
crimes.
TIME AND LOCATION: Spring 1991; Belgrade (Serbia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... Volunteers of the Serbian Radical
Party (hereafter: SRS - Srpska radikalna stranka) have been
fighting from the beginning of the war, from spring 1991. The
president of the SRS is Vojislav Seselj. It is presumed that the
SRS have sent between 30,000 and 50,000 of his soldiers (called
"chetniks" or "Seseljevci"-"Seselj's unit") to the front-lines in
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Chetniks are mostly selected in
Belgrade. Their departures to the front-line are often
accompanied with Serbian Television cameras, highly publicizing
in this manner radicals and Seselj. After that radicals are
transported in groups to the nearby YPA barracks where they are
given YPA uniforms and all of the necessary equipment. With the
same buses, they proceed to the front-lines, passing on their way
all local police and military checkpoints. The YPA provide them
with arms in the immediate vicinity of the front-line. The arms
are issued at the receipt and all local YPA units had
documentation on the issued arms. The recruited chetniks'
personal data is kept in the SRS headquarters in Belgrade, where
they are recruited. Most of the chetniks are of peasant origin,
but with the residence in some regional centre (Belgrade,
Smederevo, Leskovac...). The SRS provide chetniks with "military
salaries", financial aid, funeral fees... The military training
of the chetniks is done in the YPA barracks, mostly in the town
of Prigrevica (south of Sombor). They are structured in
companies, units, battalions, and even regiments. Their
commanding officers are called "voivodas". They have insignia on
their caps or fur caps (most often these are cockades or unmarked
Serbian tricolours. They have their black flag with white human
scull and two crossed bones and the inscription "Freedom or
Death" beneath it. Chetniks greet among themselves with "God be
with you brothers chetniks". Certain battalions have their names
such as "Hajduk Veljko". Units have names such as "Petar
Mrkonjic", "Giska and Beli"..."
PERPETRATORS: Serbian opposition party SRS; YPA.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 20/21, 1993 issue of "Borba"
daily, p. 3, in the section "Tema: Sve srpske paravojske"
("Topic: All Serb Irregular Forces"). Title: "Ispracaj uz trubace
i kamere" ("Departure in the Presence of Buglers and Cameras").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

004 SERBIA - BELGRADE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Organizing of paramilitary groups
in order to instigate and commit genocide, along with other war crimes.
TIME AND LOCATION: Belgrade (Serbia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... The first Serbian volunteer that
was killed in the war was Voja Milic. He was killed on May 2,
1991, in Borovo Selo (Vukovar district, Croatia), and he was a
member of the volunteer unit "Dusan Silni", organized by the
Serbian People's Revival Party (hereafter: SNO - "Srpska narodna
obnova") presided by Mirko Jovic. The commander of the "Dusan
Silni" unit is Milorad Bastaja, a tradesman from Pancevo. Members
of this unit wear cockades with two-headed white eagle on their
caps. They have all types of small arms. They recognize the
supreme YPA command. Members of the unit are recruited through
the SNO in Belgrade, and are prone to Milan Babic's political
fraction in Knin. In the armed conflicts in Croatia, several
members of the Main Board of the party have been killed. The SNO
president Mirko Jovic often participated in the military
operations of the "Dusan Silni" unit. The SNO organized the "Beli
Orlovi" comprised of young members of the SNO, and led by
Dragoslav Bokan. In the eyes of the Serbian public, the "Beli
Orlovi" unit are responsible for the massacre of Croatian
villagers of Vocin (Podravska Slatina district, Croatia)..."
PERPETRATORS: Serbian opposition party SNO; YPA.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 20/21, 1993 issue of "Borba"
daily, p. 3, in the section "Tema: Sve srpske paravojske"
("Topic: All Serb Irregular Forces"). Title: "Ispracaj uz trubace
i kamere" ("Departure in the Presence of Buglers and Cameras").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

005 SERBIA - BELGRADE - 1990

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Organizing of paramilitary groups
in order to instigate and commit genocide, along with other war
crimes.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 1990, Belgrade (Serbia).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... Serbian Hawks were formed in
August 1990, at the time of posting barricades on the roads in
the Republic of Croatia (Knin, Benkovac, Obrovac...). Serbian
Hawks are Belgrade students, led by me, who gathered royalist-
prone and patriotic youth with the intention to defend Serbian
nation." These are the words of Sinisa Vucinic, the leader of
this paramilitary formation (November 20/21, 1993 issue of
"Borba" daily, p. 4, article: "Krivci su negdje drugdje"
("Criminals Are Somewhere Else"). Members of this paramilitary
formation participated in the aggression on non-Serb population
in Herzegovina (the village of Ravno), and in the Republic of
Croatia (Dubrovnik, Ston...). The military training of the
members of this paramilitary formation is done in the YPA
barracks in Zubacki Ubli (Montenegro). Serbian Hawks consist of
the following units: "Zute Ose" ("Yellow Wasps"), "Zuti Mravi"
("Yellow Ants"), "Igor Mandic", and "Young Montenegrins Unit". In
early August 1993, seventy members of those units were arrested
by the Mladic's special police from Pale (B-H) and charged with
war crimes committed in Zvornik (B-H), and for the war
profiteering. Among the accused were brothers Vojin Vuckovic
nicknamed "Zuca", and Dusan Vuckovic. After being arrested, they
were detained in the Bijeljina prison, but were soon released
under strange circumstances. According to Vojislav Seselj,
Borislav Jovic (Socialist Party of Serbia - SPS) personally
intervened in their behalf. According to the members of this Serb
paramilitary formation, 20 kilos of melted gold, 50 vehicles
"Golf" (VW), and 600,000 Deutsch Marks were confiscated from them
when they were arrested.
PERPETRATORS: Sinisa Vucinic.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: November 20/21, 1993 issue of "Borba"
daily, p. 3, in the section "Tema: Sve srpske paravojske"
("Topic: All Serb Irregular Forces"). Title: "Ispracaj uz trubace
i kamere" ("Departure in the Presence of Buglers and Cameras").
Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 2, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 2, 1991; Vinogradska Street,
Petrinja (near Evica Cuckovic's store).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Vladimir Kundrata (Ivan's son, born
August 22, 1926) was murdered in Vinogradska Street in Petrinja
(near Evica Cuckovic's store) on September 2, 1991. His body was
buried in the nearby garden.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 3/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 12, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 12, 1991; the village of Hrastovica,
Petrinja district (cca 3 kilometres south of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 12, 1991, Marija Vracan
(Ivan's daughter, born September 10, 1927) and her husband
Stjepan Vracan (Lovro's son, born August 12, 1923) were killed in
their yard in the village of Hrastovica, house no. 64.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 32/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 13, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 13, 1991; the village of Hrastovica,
Petrinja district (cca 3 kilometres south of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Josip Vracan (Matej's son, born
November 18, 1923 in Hrastovica, house no. 66) was killed near
his shed on September 13, 1991, and his body was buried in his
yard.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 20/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 19, 1991; the village of Cepelis,
Petrinja district (cca 2 kilometres south of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 19, 1991, Ivan Dumbovic
(Ivan's son, born September 22, 1943) was killed in his yard in
the village of Cepelis, house no. 78. His body was buried at the
scene of the crime.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 1/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Cerekova Street no. 43-c,
Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Josip Stojanovic (Tomo's son, born
March 8, 1939 in the village of Hrastovica), a resident of
Petrinja, Cerekova Street no. 43-c, was killed in the cellar of
his family house on September 21, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 10/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 22, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 22, 1991; Gupceva Street in
Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Branko Hodalin (Josip's son, born
September 22, 1937 in Petrinja) was killed in Gupceva Street in
Petrinja on September 22, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 5/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

007 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 24, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful imprisonment.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Ivica Cacic (Jakob's son, born
September 28, 1968 in Petrinja) was taken to the Petrinja YPA
barracks "Vasil Gacesa" on September 24, 1991. Since then, no
information has been available about his whereabouts.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 18/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

008 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 24, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; YPA barracks "Vasil
Gacesa" in Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Rudolf Kisur (Rudolf's son, born April
5, 1940 in the village of Vedro Polje, Sisak district) was killed
and subsequently buried in the Petrinja YPA barracks "Vasil
Gacesa" on September 24, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 22/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

009 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 25, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 25, 1991; Radiceva Street in
Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 25, 1991, Kata Miksic
(Josip's daughter, born February 18, 1908) and her husband Pavao
Miksic (Katarina's son, born April 30, 1918) were killed in front
of their family house in Radiceva Street no. 146. The bodies of
the killed spouses were buried in the mass grave that was dug out
by a bulldozer near Dragan Cicic's (from Petrinja) summer house.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 29/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

010 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 25, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 25, 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Ankica Konjuh from Petrinja (a
resident of Vinogradska Street no. 65) was killed and mutilated
on September 27, 1991. The perpetrators chopped off her leg, and
threw the rest of the body into fire.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 217/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

011 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 30, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 30, 1991; the village of Graberje,
Petrinja district (cca 12 kilometres southwest of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Tomo Bunjan (Ivan's son, born July 17,
1949 in the village of Graberje, Petrinja district), a resident
of the village of Graberje, house no. 114, was killed in his
village on September 30, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 165/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

012 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September, 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Josip Roksa (Josip's son, born
November 28, 1945) was killed in Petrinja in September 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 180/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

013 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 3, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 3, 1991; the village of Sibic,
Petrinja district (cca 10 kilometres southwest of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 3, 1991, Magdalena Sostaric
(nee Vrbanac, Nikola's daughter, June 11, 1931) was killed in the
yard of her family house in the village of Sibic, house no. 45.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 24/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

014 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 3, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 3, 1991; the village of Sibic,
Petrinja district (cca 10 kilometres southwest of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 3, 1991, Blaz Drazetic
(Pavle's son, born February 2, 1930 in the village of Sibic) was
killed at the entrance to his yard in the village of Sibic, house
no. 52.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 23/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

015 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 6, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 6, 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Stanko Bugarin (Josip's son, born
April 10, 1945 in Petrinja) a resident of the village of Pecki,
house no. 25, was killed in Petrinja on October 6, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 26/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

016 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; the village of Taboriste,
Petrinja district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 10, 1991, Jelica Palaic
from the village of Taboriste was killed in the immediate
vicinity of the house owned by Bara Tisinic (Ivan's daughter,
born November 4, 1934), and her body was buried in her yard.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 27/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

017 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 17, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 17, 1991; Sisacka Street, Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 17, 1991, Branko Kovacevic
(Luka's son, born March 28, 1927 in Hrvatska Kostajnica) a
resident of Petrinja, Sisacka Street no. 103/2, was killed in his
yard.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 19/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

018 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 20, 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Josip Brnat (Djuro's son, born April
18, 1936 in the village of Pecka, Vrginmost district), a resident
of Petrinja, Stajcerova Street no. 19a, was killed on October 20,
1991, and his body was subsequently buried in the garden of his
family house.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 13/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

019 CROATIA - PETRINJA - November 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1, 1991; Gajeva Street, Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On November 1, 1991, Mato Gener
(Stjepan's son, born February 7, 1904 in Petrinja) was killed
near his family house in Petrinja, Gajeva Street no. 66. His body
was buried in his garden.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 131/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

020 CROATIA - PETRINJA - November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; the village of Glinska Poljana
(cca 14 kilometres west of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Mara Starcevic (nee Rastovski) from
the village of Glinska Poljana, was killed in her yard in Glinska
Poljana, house no. 124, in November 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 12/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

021 CROATIA - PETRINJA - November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, a witness reports that
13 civilians (4 women and 9 men) were killed in Petrinja in
November 1991:
1. Branko Loncarevic (May 5th Street, Petrinja);
2. Kata Vukovic (Vinogradska Street, Petrinja), killed around
November 15, 1991;
3. Milan Mitarevic (Vinogradska Street, Petrinja);
4. Blaz Skriljac (Slavko Kolar Street no. 32, Petrinja);
5. Ivan Hrncevic (Slavko Kolar Street, Petrinja);
6. Ivo Malinac (Stajcerova Street, Petrinja);
7. Kata Malinac (Stajcerova Street, Petrinja);
8. Ivo and Kata Malinac's son (Stajcerova Street, Petrinja);
9. Ivo (a blind switchboard operator who used to work at the
switchboard in the "Gavrilovic" company);
10. Ivo's (under no. 9) wife;
11. Ivo's (under no. 9) son;
12. Stipo Cindric (a dentist), taken to the village of Josevica
(cca 16 kilometres southeast of Petrinja) and killed; his body
was subsequently brought to Petrinja and buried at St. Benedict
Catholic Cemetery;
13. Paula Cindric (Stipo's wife, also a dentist), taken to the
village of Josevica and killed; her body was subsequently brought
to Petrinja and buried at St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 217/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

022 CROATIA - PETRINJA - December 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Stjepan Subic (Petar's son, born
January 1, 1946 in the village of Puska, Novska district), a
resident of Petrinja, R. Korac Street no. 13, was killed in
Petrinja in December 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 234/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

023 CROATIA - PETRINJA - December 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 1991; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, a witness reports that
two civilians were killed in Petrinja in December 1991:
1. Milan Zagorac (Vinogradska Road, Petrinja);
2. Antun Jaso (Vinogradska Street, Petrinja).
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 217/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

024 CROATIA - PETRINJA - January 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: January 1992; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to his account, a witness
reports that three women were killed in Petrinja in January 1992:
1. Stefa Saric (May 5th Street, Petrinja);
2. Jela Krovic (May 5th Street, Petrinja);
3. Mima Aramina (May 5th Street, Petrinja).
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 217/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

025 CROATIA - PETRINJA - March 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: March 1992; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In his account, a witness reports that
two civilians (a woman and a man) were killed in Petrinja in
March 1992:
1. Zvonko Fabac (May 5th Street, Petrinja);
2. Kata Mitarevic (Milan's wife, Vinogradska Street, Petrinja).
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 217/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

026 CROATIA - PETRINJA - April 5, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: April 5, 1992; Popova Suma (Priest's Forest)
in Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Mato Gerdijanic (Stjepan's son, born
February 13, 1918, a disabled person), a resident of Petrinja,
May 5th Street no. 14, was killed on April 5, 1992 in Popova Suma
in Petrinja, where he was subsequently buried.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 4/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

027 CROATIA - PETRINJA - May 19, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: May 19, 1992; K. Knezic Street, Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On May 19, 1992, Miljenko Pezelj
(Juraj's son, born January 20, 1939), president of the Petrinja
District Court, was killed in his family house in K. Knezic
Street no. 7, Petrinja.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 2/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

028 CROATIA - PETRINJA - July 21, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 21, 1992; Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: An employee of the Petrinja District
Court, Vlatka Antic (Vlado's daughter, born September 21, 1946) a
resident of Petrinja, Banija Proletarian Company Street no. 12,
was killed in Petrinja, on July 21, 1992.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 214/93.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

029 CROATIA - PETRINJA - January 2, 1994

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: January 2, 1994; the village of Knez Gorica,
Karlovac district (cca 11 kilometres southeast of Karlovac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On Sunday, January 2, 1994, the bodies
of Evica (40 years old) and her husband Josip (43 years old)
Sepac were found in the village of Knez Gorica. Members of the
UNPROFOR informed the Karlovac authorities of the murder of the
Sepavac spouses and reported that the common investigation of the
UNPROFOR civilian police and the so-called "Krnjak Militia" (the
irregular police unit from the village of Krnjak) was underway.
On January 3, 1994, the official phone conversation between the
Croatian Army liaison officer and Major Dragan Kovacic (the Serb
insurgents representative) was made public during which time
Major Dragan Kovacic stated that the bodies of the murdered Sepac
spouses were buried on January 3, 1994, at the Catholic cemetery
in the village of Vukmanic (cca 12 kilometres southeast of
Karlovac), that they were to be exhumed, brought to Karlovac for
the autopsy, and subsequently buried.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators yet unknown. The official authorities
of the Republic of Croatia shall be informed of their names and
motives after the official investigation of the UNPROFOR police
is completed.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 5, 1994 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 6. Title: "Ubijena obitelj Sepac" ("The Murder of the
Sepac Family"). Document currently kept in the archives of the
Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA - GLINA - September 30, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 30, 1991; Glina prison.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 30, 1991, Stjepan Smisl
(Karlo's son, born May 4, 1942 in Petrinja) was killed in the
Glina prison, where he was taken after his arrest.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 2/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - PETRINJA - October 5, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5, 1991; the village of Gora, Petrinja
district (cca 7 kilometres west of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Mato Stanic (Mato's son, born January
19, 1964 in the village of Kriz Hrastovacki, Petrinja district)
was captured and taken to the village of Gora, where he was
detained in Stevo Dvornekovic's garage, and subsequently killed
on October 5, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 7/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - GLINA - October 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 19, 1991; Glina prison.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 19, 1991, Ivan Palaic
(Ivan's son, born August 23, 1945, from the village of Taboriste,
house no. 2, Petrinja district) was killed in the Glina prison,
where he was imprisoned after his arrest.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators' personal data available at the
Petrinja District Court (presently seated in Sisak), the case no.
R1 a/92.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: July 1993 issue of "Petrinjski Obzor" bi-
annual no. 25, pp. 10-11. Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 VOIVODINA - RUMA - January 1, 1994

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of church interior and
relics.
TIME AND LOCATION: January 1, 1994; Srijem, the city of Ruma (cca
37 kilometres south of Novi Sad).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: According to the Djakovo Diocesan
Ordinariate report, a group of yet unknown perpetrators broke
open the entrance door of the Catholic parish church in Ruma
(Srijem) on New Year's Day, and considerably damaged the church
interior. They scratched the altar picture of the Assumption of
St. Cross and the painting of St. Vendelinus, they broke the
stained-glass window near the sacristy, and tried to break down
the tabernacle door with a church candelabrum. They pulled down
Christmas trees and scattered around the Nativity scene images,
and the images of angels from the main alter. Furthermore, they
capsized the harmonium and broke the organist's booth.
Criminologists of the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia examined
the scene of the crime and discovered the perpetrators'
fingerprints.
PERPETRATORS: Perpetrators are yet unknown.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 5, 1994 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 2. Title: "Oskvrnuta crkva u Rumi" ("Desecrated Church
in Ruma"). Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - August 5, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of

intimidation and terror; looting of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 5, 1991; the village of Ostrovo (cca 6
kilometres north of Vinkovci).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 5, 1991, a group of twenty
members of a Serb irregular unit, dressed in "SAO krajina"
uniforms, stopped a bus full of Croatian villagers of Antin and
Tordinci, who were returning home from Vinkovci after work, on
the road linking the Serb-populated village of Ostrovo, and the
Croatian-populated village of Tordinci. The soldiers beat and
maltreated the passengers, and took away all of their valuable
belongings, jewelry and money. The passengers recognized Serbs
from the Serb-populated village of Markusica among the
perpetrators.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit dressed in "SAO
krajina" uniforms (villagers of Markusica).
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; p. 282. Document currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - EASTERN CROATIA - August 11, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of
intimidation and terror.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 11, 1991; Djakovo, Vinkovci, Zupanja,
Osijek, Vukovar and Ilok.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 11, 1991, 11:00 a. m., a
formation of 18 YPA planes flew from the west, and dived over the
cities of Djakovo, Vinkovci, Zupanja, Ilok, Vukovar and Osijek.
After this incident, three formations of YPA planes (four planes
in each) dived over the railway station in Vinkovci and flew in
the direction of Sid (Vojvodina). The inhabitants of the above
mentioned counties (eastern Croatia) were intimidated by this
action.
PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; p. 285. Document currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 11, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 11, 1991; 6:15 p. m.; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 11, 1991, YPA soldiers
attacked the civilian targets in the city of Vinkovci from the
"Djuro Salaj" army barracks. The alleged cause for this attack
was the escape of 31 YPA reservists on September 11, 1991,
between 12:00 a. m. and 1:00 p. m., who put themselves under the
protection of the Croatian civilian authorities in Vinkovci. The
fugitives were 30 Hungarians and one Serb who were, according to
their own words, brought from Vojvodina (Backa) under pretense
that they were attending a "30 day military training". The
commander of the Vinkovci YPA barracks demanded that the Croatian
authorities in Vinkovci surrender the fugitives, and when this
was not done, he threatened to attack the city. The attack on the
civilian targets (civilians, civilian property, civil
institutions) in Vinkovci started at 6:15 p. m., and it lasted
until late at night. In this attack, YPA soldiers employed
artillery guns, howitzers, heavy machine guns, and other infantry
weapons. Due to timely precautions (various protection measures
and taking shelter in time) there were no casualties.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers stationed in the "Djuro Salaj" YPA
barracks in Vinkovci.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; p. 290. Document currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

004 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 14, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 14, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 14, 1991, YPA soldiers
and Serb irregular units stationed in the Serb-populated villages
of Ostrovo and Gabos (north of Vinkovci) launched an air and
artillery attack on the civilians and civilian property in
Vinkovci. On September 15, 1991, 6:15 p. m., the YPA and Serb
irregular units launched an extensive attack on the city of
Vinkovci, during which time the following residents of Vinkovci
were killed:
1. Pero Gacic (born 1932, resident of Vinkovci, Nazorova Ulica
no. 24, killed by shell fragments near the old supermarket on
September 14, 7:00 p. m.);
2. Becir Cekic (born 1954, resident of Vinkovci, Ulica I.
Kukuljevica no. 2, killed by shell fragments near the old
supermarket on September 15, 9:40 a. m.);
3. Jela Matanovic (born 1956, resident of Vinkovci, Nazorova
Ulica no. 43, killed by shell fragments near the old supermarket
on September 15, 1991, 9:50 a. m.);
4. Vlatka Vuckovic (born 1971, resident of Vinkovci, Ulica M.
Ivanica no. 48, killed by shell fragments in her family house on
September 16, 1991, 4:00 p. m.).
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units
stationed in the villages of Ostrovo and Gabos.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; pp. 290 and 315. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

005 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attacking and killing of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 19, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 19, 1991, YPA planes
bombarded the city of Vinkovci with cluster bombs (250 kilos).
Simultaneously, members of a Serb irregular unit launched an
artillery attack on the city. Two civilians were killed during
the attack:
1. Djuro Nezic (born 1947, resident of Vinkovci, B. J. Soskocevic
block no. 6, killed by shell fragments in front of the Vinkovci
hospital, 7:30 a. m.);
2. Marija Banjevac (63 years old, resident of Vinkovci, killed by
shell fragments near the Vinkovci hospital on September 19, 1991,
9:30 a. m.).
PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots; members of a Serb irregular
unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; pp. 290 and 317. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

006 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attacking and killing of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 21, 1991, around 6:00 p.
m., YPA planes bombarded the city of Vinkovci with cluster bombs
(250 kilos). One of the bombs fell on the family Baric's house in
Ulica H. V. Hrvatinica no. 34 and killed the civilians who hid in
the basement of the house. The following civilians were killed
during the attack:
1. Anka Baric (born November 8, 1954, killed by a bomb explosion,
in the basement of her house on September 21, 1991, 6:00 p. m.);
2. Zvonimir Baric (born April 3, 1946, killed by a bomb
explosion, in the basement of his house on September 21, 1991,
6:00 p. m.);
3. Radivoj Trbovic (born 1931, resident of Vinkovci, Ulica
Kosovara no. 17, seriously wounded by shell fragments in the
street on September 21, 1991, 4:00 p. m., died at the surgery
ward of the Vinkovci hospital on September 21, 1991, 4:55 p. m.);
4. Marko Vukovic (born 1928, resident of Vinkovci, Ulica Bana
Jelacica no. 49, seriously wounded on September 21, 1991, 8:00 a.
m., died at the surgery ward of the Vinkovci hospital at 12:00 p.
m.);
5. Mario Jukic (a minor, resident of Vinkovci, Ulica A. Zrinseka
no. 17, killed in the basement of his building on September 21,
1991, 6:00 p. m.).
PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; pp. 290 and 318. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

007 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 24, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; Vinkovci county.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 24, 1991, YPA planes
attacked Vinkovci and the surrounding villages ten times. They
threw nerve gas on the east section of the city. At 11:05 a. m.,
a fierce artillery attack was launched on the city during which
time the building of the District Court in the city centre burnt
down, along with St. Eusebius and Polion's Church rectory, the
office of the president of the Vinkovci County Assembly, the
local forester's office, the building of the Trade Centre (Riesel
House), the sub-station... The following civilians were killed
during the attack:
1. Stjepan Sarcevic (84 years old, resident of Nustar, Nustarska
Ulica no. 11, seriously wounded by a bomb explosion in his house
on September 24, 1991, 3:20 p. m., died at the surgery ward in
the Vinkovci hospital on the same day, 7:00 p. m.);
2. Anica Agicic (born July 26, 1923, resident of Nustar,
Kolodvorska Ulica, seriously wounded by a bomb explosion in her
house on September 24, 1991, 7:00 p. m., died at the surgery ward
of the Vinkovci hospital on the same day, 9:10 p. m.);
3. Zvonko Saric (49 years old, resident of Nustar, Kolodvorska
Ulica no. 6, killed by an aircraft projectile in his house on
September 24, 1991, 7:00 p. m.);
4. Stjepan Bencic (born January 22, 1944, resident of Antin,
Ulica Z. Sremca no. 9, killed by shell fragments in his car while
he was driving down the Glagoljaska Ulica (Vinkovci) on September
24, 1991, 9:00 a. m.);
5. Tvrtko Basic (born February 15, 1965, resident of Vinkovci
Ulica F. Sisica no. 18, killed by a bomb thrown off a YPA plane
in Duga Ulica on September 24, 1991, 11:30 a. m.).
PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; pp. 290 and 320. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

008 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 30, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 30, 1991; Vinkovci county.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 30, 1991, 400 military
vehicles (tanks, transporter vehicles, trucks...) and a large
number of YPA soldiers departed from the town of Sid (Vojvodina,
near the Croatian border) towards the Vinkovci county in the
Republic of Croatia. YPA soldiers attacked the village of
Djeletovci and set fire to the oil containers.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

009 CROATIA - KORENICA - November 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; the village of Podlapaca (cca
30 kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In November 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Stipe Alar (40 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

010 CROATIA - KORENICA - February 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: February 1992, the village of Podlapaca (cca
30 kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In February 1992, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Mico Corak (63 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

011 CROATIA - KORENICA - June 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: June 1992; the village of Podlapaca (cca 30
kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In June 1992, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Nikola Paun (62 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca. At the time of the murder, the UNPROFOR
headquarters and the battalion from Czech Republic were stationed
in the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

012 CROATIA - KORENICA - July 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 1992; the village of Podlapaca (cca 30
kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In July 1992, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Kaja Begic (60 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca. At the time of the murder, the UNPROFOR
headquarters and the battalion from Czech Republic were stationed
in the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

013 CROATIA - KORENICA - October 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1992; the village of Podlapaca (cca 30
kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In October 1992, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Tomo Corak (70 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca. At the time of the murder, the UNPROFOR
headquarters and the battalion from Czech Republic were stationed
in the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

014 CROATIA - KORENICA - March 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: March 1993; the village of Podlapaca (cca 30
kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In March 1993, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Marija Mesic (80 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca. At the time of the murder, the UNPROFOR
headquarters and the battalion from Czech Republic were stationed
in the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

015 CROATIA - KORENICA - July 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 1993; the village of Podlapaca (cca 30
kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In July 1993, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Ana Vracar (56 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca. At the time of the murder, the UNPROFOR
headquarters and the battalion from Czech Republic were stationed
in the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

016 CROATIA - KORENICA - September 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1993; the village of Podlapaca (cca
30 kilometres southwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In September 1993, members of a Serb
irregular unit killed Nikica Petanovic (24 years old), a Croatian
villager of Podlapaca. At the time of the murder, the UNPROFOR
headquarters and the battalion from the Czech Republic were
stationed in the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: January 20, 1994 issue of "Vjesnik" daily,
p. 8. Title: "Nitko nije mogao zajamciti sigurnost" ("No One
Could Guarantee Safety"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

V. UNLAWFUL WOUNDING OR KILLING OF THE ENEMY

001 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - August 22, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Wounding or/and killing of
Croatian policemen.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 22, 1991; 4:20 p. m.; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 22, 1991, 4:20 p. m., a YPA
plane opened a machine gun barrage on a group of Croatian
policemen during their training class at the "Ljeskovac"
shooting-range, in the Novo Selo suburb of Vinkovci, although the
training class had been properly announced. One policeman (Franjo
Gilja, born 1959, resident of the village of Nustar, Vidova Ulica
no. 5) was killed, and another six policemen were wounded. The
wounded policemen received medical attention at the Vinkovci
Medical Centre, where the bodies of the killed policemen were
post-mortem examined.
PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; pp. 286 and 314. Document currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

VI. EMPLOYMENT OF PROHIBITED MILITARY DEVICES

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - May 2, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Breach of a non-violence
agreement.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 2, 1991; Borovo Selo (cca 8 kilometres
north of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On May 2, 1991, a Croatian police unit
was directed to Borovo Selo with the task to investigate the
incident from the previous night when two regular Croatian
policemen were detained in the village. Before the incident in
which two policemen were unlawfully detained, the representatives
of the local communities and the leading political parties in the
area had agreed upon the cease-fire, the citizens had removed all
the road barricades, and the entire area had been peaceful for
ten days. Therefore, the kidnapping of two policemen who were on
the regular patrol was obviously staged to trap the Croatian
policemen. When the Croatian police unit reached the scene of the
incident, they were ambushed and caught in a cross-fire. They
called the Vinkovci and Osijek police stations for support. In
the two hour confrontation twelve Croatian policemen were killed,
and another 21 policemen were wounded. The names of the killed
policemen are as follows:
1. Stipan Bosnjak (born 1956, resident of Nustar);
2. Zdenko Perica (born 1965, resident of Nustar);
3. Ivan Vucic (born 1961, resident of Vinkovci);
4. Luka Crnkovic (born 1970, resident of Otok);
5. Zoran Grasic (born 1969, resident of Otok);
6. Marinko Petrusic (born 1966, resident of Tovarnik);
7. Antun Grbavac (born 1961, resident of Nijemci);
8. Mladen Saric (born 1969, resident of Novi Jankovci);
9. Zeljko Hrala (born 1968, resident of Ivankovo);
10. Janko Covic (born 1965, resident of Ivankovo);
11. Josip Culej (resident of Jarmine);
12. Mladen Catic (resident of Zupanja).
The Croatian policemen who were wounded in Borovo Selo were
attended by two medical field teams from the Vinkovci Medical
Centre. Members of the Vukovar police station, who were part of
the Vinkovci police staff, arrested one of the perpetrators,
Slavko Arbutina (born 1967, resident of Borovo). He was surprised
at his position during the attack, and the members of the
Croatian police detained him after confiscating his arms. On May
10, 1991, the District Attorney's Office in Osijek brought
charges against Vukasin Soskocanin (president of the Borovo Selo
branch of the Serbian Democratic Party) who participated in
several shows on the Belgrade and Novi Sad televisions and
bragged in public that he had personally led the brutal show-down
with the Croatian police in Borovo Selo. He stated: "I killed six
Croatians, and I shall kill 600 more!" On May 10, 1991,
Soskocanin repeated his allegations in a Novi Sad Television
show. Ilija Gligorijevic (vice-president of the Serbian People's
Revival) stated: "Voja Milic, a member of our party from Nova
Pazova, was killed in the first brunt attack by the Croatian
policemen. He was stationed in the Slavonija, Baranja and West
Srijem regions, along with other 700 members of the "Dusan Silni"
volunteer unit." Vojin Vuletic (secretary general of the Serbian
Chetnik Movement from Serbia) claimed that the Movement had
established its staff in Borovo Selo, and that the chetniks
participated in the attack on the Croatian policemen in Borovo
Selo.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serbian paramilitary formations "Dusan
Silni" and "Chetniks" from Serbia; along with Vukasin Soskocanin
(president of the Borovo Selo branch of the Serbian Democratic
Party) led the attack.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; p. 265; the articles published in May 5,
1991, May 7, 1991, May 12, 1991, and May 17, 1991 issues of
"Vecernji List" daily. Documents currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: End of December 1991; Brezovica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: At the end of December 1991, a YPA
surface-to-surfaced missile destroyed all the stained-glass
windows on the west side of the Carmelite Nuns Convent and
Church.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

002 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: Early November 1991; Cernicka Sagovina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Luke's Chapel was demolished in
the early November 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

003 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 30, 1991; Cernik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Parish Church was damaged
by mortars on December 30, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

004 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: Mid-September 1991; Cerovljani (Hrvatska
Dubica Parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic church in Cerovljani was
heavily damaged in mid-September 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

005 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: Early October 1991; Caglic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Church (built in 1869)
was damaged in the early October 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

006 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 4, 1991; Cetekovec (Nova Bukovica
Parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas Tavelic's Catholic Church
(built 1970) was completely destroyed by hand grenades.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

007 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 27, 1991/January 1992; Cuntic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua's Catholic Church
(built 1699, damaged in World War II, and completely renovated in
1990) was hit by six mortars on July 26th, 1991, but did not
sustain any considerable damage at that point in time. On July
27, 1991, the church and the Franciscan monastery were completely
demolished, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Before the
church had been destroyed, Serbian terrorists took the church
bells (one constructed in 1704, and the other in 1936) and other
precious inventory, and transported them to Serbia. The remaining
walls were mined and blown up by mid-January 1992.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

008 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Daruvar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Church in Daruvar
sustained a considerable damage.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

009 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Desni Stefaneki (Lasinja Parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Chapel
was demolished and burnt down.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

010 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - September 17, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of scientific and
cultural institutions.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 17, 1991; 4:00 a. m.; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 17, 1991, 4:00 a. m., YPA
soldiers and members of Serb irregular units fired incendiary
ammunition on the building of "Narodna knjiznica i citaonica"
("Public Library and Information Centre") and on the building of
"Hrvatski dom" ("Croatian Club"). Over 80,000 volumes of books,
rare publications and manuscripts were destroyed by fire.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; p. 290. Document currently kept in the
archives of the Centre.

X. INSTIGATION TO AGGRESSION AND AN ACT OF AGGRESSION

001 CROATIA - VINKOVCI - August 9, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Verbal instigation to aggression.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 9, 1991; the village of Mirkovci (cca 1
kilometre east of Vinkovci).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 9, 1991, a public meeting
was held in the Serb-populated village of Mirkovci, at which
Jovan Raskovic, Goran Hadzic and Ilija Koncarevic (leaders of the
Serbian Democratic Party) made their public appearance. In their
speeches to the Serb audience, they invited "Slavonian Serbs to
secede from the Republic of Croatia", and as to the manner of
secession they recommended them to establish paramilitary bodies
and use all available means.
PERPETRATORS: Leaders of the Serbian Democratic Party - Jovan
Raskovic, Goran Hadzic, and Ilija Koncarevic.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: "Annual" no. 9, 1991, Ogranak Matice
Hrvatske in Vinkovci; p. 282. Document currently kept in the

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 B-H - BRCKO - May 8, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killings (massacres).
TIME AND LOCATION: May 8, 1992; the villages of Lanista and Ulice
(cca 12 kilometres west of Brcko).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On May 8, 1992, joined forces of
Yugoslav Army (hereafter: YA) and Serb irregular units killed and
massacred 32 civilians and 5 HVO soldiers in the villages of
Ulice and Lanista (where Croat population makes a majority). For
example, members of the Serb irregular units called chetniks
fastened Vlado Stjepanovic to the military transporter vehicle
and dragged him down the macadam road several kilometres between
the villages of Donje Laniste and Ulice. Since Vlado Stjepanovic
still showed signs of life, although large parts of his body were
flayed, chetniks beat him to death.
PERPETRATORS: YA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units called
chetniks.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Report of the Department for Human Rights
and Humanitarian Questions at the Office of the President of the
Croat Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia from October 30, 1993. Document

currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Dobrovac (Lipik parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart Chapel was heavily
damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

002 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - October 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 18, 1991; Dolina (Mackovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mark's Chapel was damaged by
artillery fire on October 18, 1991. The church steeple was
demolished.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

003 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - October 5, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5, 1991; Donja Kupcina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church
(built in 1672) was hit by four mortars on October 5, 1991. The
church steeple, roof, walls and windows were damaged. The church
was further destroyed on November 16th and 17th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

004 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - September 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: Mid-September 1991; Donjani (Hrvatska Dubica
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart Chapel was heavily

damaged in mid-September 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

005 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Dragalic (Gornji Bogicevci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Church was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 10.

006 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - September 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18, 1991; Dvoriste (Vidusevac
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony's Church was heavily
damaged in an heavy artillery attack on September 18, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

007 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - October 4, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 4, 1991; Filipovac (Pakrac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Ascension of Our Lord Chapel was razed
to the ground on October 4, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

008 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - October 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: Early October 1991; Gaj.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Catherine's Catholic Church (built
in 1804) was severely damaged in early October 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

009 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Giletinci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry and roof of St. Matthew's
Church were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

010 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - October 4, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 4, 1991; Gora.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church (built in 1687 upon the antique substructure) sustained
two mortar hits in the steeple on October 4, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

011 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Gorice (Gornji Bogicevci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vitus' Chapel was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

012 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Gornja Obrijez (Donja Obrijez county).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Chapel was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

013 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - September/October 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 7th and 10th/October 1st, 1991;
Gornji Bogicevci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Spirit Church (built in 1830) was
damaged on September 7 and 10, 1991, during which time one side
of the church apse was hit by four mortars. The church steeple
was further damaged on September 21st. On October 1, 1991, the
village of Gornji Bogicevci and the church were completely
destroyed and burnt to the ground.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

014 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - September 6th and 18th, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 6 and 18, 1991; Gornji Rajic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Thomas' Church (built in 1776) was
severely damaged on September 6, 1991, during which time the
church belfry was hit by mortars. In another attack on September
18, 1991, the church and rectory sustained further damage.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

015 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - September 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Ivanovo Selo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart Church was severely
damaged on September 21, 1991, during which time the chetniks
entered the village, shot indiscriminately at the church, threw
the hand grenade into the rectory and destroyed the cemetery in a
mortar attack.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

016 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Jazavica (Gornji Rajic parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Parish was bulldozed by
the YPA.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

017 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - summer 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: Summer 1991; Josevica (Glina parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Chapel, built by emigrants from
America in 1908, was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

018 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - September 21/October 5, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21/October 5, 1991; Kamensko
(Karlovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The front of Our Lady of the Snow
Church was damaged, along with the northern part of the church
belfry, on September 21, 1991. The church was completely
destroyed on October 5, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

019 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - October 7, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 7, 1991; Karlovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry of Holy Trinity Church was
damaged on October 7, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

020 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - November 2, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 2, 1991; Karlovac (Svarca).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis Xavier Church (built in
1752, renovated in 1957 and 1964) was damaged on November 2,

1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

021 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - November 4, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 4, 1991; Karlovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Church was damaged on
November 4, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.

022 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - November 5, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 5, 1991; Karlovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof and the facade of Our Lady of
the Snow Church at Dubovac sustained damage on November 5, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 11.
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VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Knezgorica (Vukmanic parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Chapel (C category
monument) was completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

002 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 29, 1991; Komarevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Catherine's Catholic Church was
first attacked on July 29, 1991. On October 3, 1991, the church
was bombarded by YU-Army planes, during which time its belfry and
roof were damaged by cluster and incendiary bombs. During the
repeated attacks, the church roof, belfry and upper walls were
completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

003 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; Kriz (Hrastovica parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Chapel was hit by several
mortars on September 20, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

004 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18 and 20, 1991; Ladvenjak.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vitus' Catholic Church (built in
the baroque period) was attacked from artillery weapons and
heavily damaged on September 18 and 20, 1991. In the repeated
attacks on October 24 and 29, 1991, the church was almost
completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

005 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Letovanci (Komarevo parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Chapel (built in the 16th
century) was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

006 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 1991; Letovanic (Zazina parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Jesus Passion Chapel was damaged in
December 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

007 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lijevo Sredicko (Lasinja parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry of Visitation of Mary
Chapel was destroyed. The church sustained further damage early
in May 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

008 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 29, 1991; Lipik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
was completely destroyed. Only the church bells remained intact.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

009 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Logoriste (Karlovac-Kamensko
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Dorothea's Catholic Church was
demolished in November 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

010 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lonja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Saviour Church was destroyed by
tank shells, and burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

011 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lucica (Barilovecki Cerovec parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local chapel was demolished.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

012 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 11, 1991; Mackovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mathew's Catholic Church was first
damaged on July 11, 1991. The church belfry was pulled down, and
the church was destroyed in the missile attack in the period
between September 20 and 23, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the YPA Banja Luka Corps; members of

Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

013 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Madjari (Komarevo parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Chapel (built in 1900)
was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

014 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Majur (Kostajnica parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Chapel was mined and
burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

015 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 4-6, 1991; Mala Gorica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Catholic Church sustained
severe damage in the mortar attacks on October 4-6, 1991, during
which time the church roof, the part of the belfry, and the wall
facing the Kupa river were destroyed. On October 6, 1991, a
cluster bomb was dropped on the village of Mala Gorica.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

016 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Mala Svarca (Kamensko parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Dorothea's Catholic Church was
destroyed by 30 tank and mortar shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

017 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Martin (Nasice parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Chapel (built in the 13th
century, zero category monument) was severely damaged on
September 20, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

018 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: December 13, 1991; Miokovicevo (Gjulaves
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Spirit Parish Church was
completely demolished on December 13, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

019 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18, 1991; Moscenica (Petrinja
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jacob's Chapel was severely
damaged on September 18, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

020 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 29, 1991; Mracaj.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Beheading of St. John Chapel was burnt
down on August 29, 1991 (the day of the church feast).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

021 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; Nasice.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
(built in 1707, zero category monument) was severely damaged on
September 20, 1991, during which time the church roof was set on
fire and fell in while the belfry collapsed and the bells melted
in the fire.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

022 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 30, 1991; Nova Gradiska.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Stephen's Church (Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary) was damaged on September
30, 1991, and the church roof and rectory were further damaged on
October 13, 1991. St. Teresa's Catholic Church (built in 1742,
zero category monument) sustained severe damage on November 8,
1991. Assumption of Mary Church was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

023 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 5, 1991; Nova Varos.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Transfiguration of Jesus Catholic
Church (recently built) was completely demolished on September 5,
1991. The baroque chapel in Nova Varos was also destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

024 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 4, 1991; Novska.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Luke's Catholic Church was first
damaged on October 4, 1991. It sustained further damage in the
attacks on October 16 and November 13, 1991. St. Joseph's
Cemetery Chapel was destroyed in mid-October 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

025 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Okucani.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vitus' Chapel was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

026 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 20, 1991; Orubica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Elias' Catholic Church (recently
renovated) was hit by three mortars on November 20, 1991, during
which time its belfry, the west part of the roof and the rectory

were damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

027 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: March 1991; Pakrac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of Mary Church has been
mined and shelled several times since March 1991. The rectory was
destroyed on September 22, 1991. The church roof and one corner
of the church building were bombed on September 23, 1991. The
church was set on fire on September 28, 1991. St. Joseph's Chapel
was completely destroyed on March 15, 1991. St. John Nepomuk's
Chapel was damaged by shells on September 22, 1991, and
completely destroyed on September 29th of the same year.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

028 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: January 1992; Pecki (Cuntic parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Beheading of St. John Chapel (built in
the 18th century) was destroyed early in January 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

029 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION:October 1991; Poljana Pakracka (Gaj parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Chapel was damaged early in

October 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

030 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Poljane (Gornji Bogicevci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Fabian and Sebastian's Chapel was
completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 13.

031 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 3, 1991; Pokupsko.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Ladislaus' Church (built in 1739,
recently renovated and overlaid with copper) was heavily damaged
on October 3, 1991, during which time the church belfry and roof
were destroyed, the church organ burnt, the frescos were damaged,
the church bells melted, and the rectory was also damaged. The
church tower was destroyed on November 2, 1991. The church
sustained further damage in the attack on November 16, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

032 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Recica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
(built in 1739) was attacked on September 21, 1991, during which
time the church belfry was heavily damaged. The church sustained
further damage in the attack on November 1, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

033 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 6, 1991; Savski Bok (Mackovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local chapel was destroyed on October
6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

034 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Sirac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of Mary Catholic Church
(built in 1908) was damaged late in November 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

035 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 5, 1991; Sisak.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Church (built in 1765) was
severely damaged in the attack on November 5, 1991, during which
time the church dome, entire interior, and the shrine were
destroyed, while the church altar was dashed to pieces.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

036 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: March/April 1991; Skakavac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Parish Church and the
rectory were burnt down late in March, or early in April 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

037 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Skela (Glina parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Chapel was burnt along
with the entire village.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

038 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 3-6, 1991; Slana (Sisinac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Catherine's Chapel was completely
destroyed in the period between October 3 and 6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

039 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: May 1-3, 1991; Slavonski Dubocac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Catholic Church was
damaged in the period between May 1 and 3, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

040 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 7, 1991; Stari Brod (Stari Farkasic
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Chapel was demolished on

October 7, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

041 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5, 1991; Stari Farkasic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Parish Church (built in the 19th century) was damaged on October

5, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

042 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 17, 1991; Stari Grabovac (Novska
parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Exaltation of the Holy Cross Chapel
was damaged on October 17, 1991. The church belfry and vaults
were severely damaged on the Christmas Eve of 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

043 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Stara Gradiska.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Catholic Church was

damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

044 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Staza (Sunja parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Chapel was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

045 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 4-6, 1991; Strasnik (Gora parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Simon and Judas' Chapel was razed
to the ground in the period between October 4 and 6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

046 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Struga (Divusa parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local chapel was damaged by mortars.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

047 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 17, 1991; Sunja.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church

(built in 1748) was attacked three times by mortar and tank
shells on August 17, 1991. The church was set on fire during the
attack on November 1, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

048 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Svetice.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Church was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.

049 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Sculac (Barilovecki Cerovec parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local chapel was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 12.

050 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Sisinac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martha's Catholic Church (built in
1771) was hit by a cluster bomb on September 21, 1991. The church
sustained further damage (the dome blown to pieces and the roof
set on fire) on October 5, 1991, during which time it was hit by
two tanks stationed on the other bank of the Kupa river.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 14.^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 B-H SARAJEVO - April 17, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 17, 1992; Sarajevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed and uniformed Serbs under
command of the former police commander in Ilidza, Tomo Knezevic,
searched Croat and Muslim owned houses and apartments, allegedly
for weapons. The witness's wife hid a plastic bag with 220,000 DM
behind the wall unit. However, she was forced to confess where
the money and 1.7 kilo of family jewelry were hidden because the
intruders tortured her by scorching her belly with a hot iron.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serbs under command of Tomo Knezevic.
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a
witness, supplemented by a written statement, currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - SARAJEVO - April 17, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful arrest and imprisonment.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 17, 1992; 10:00 a. m.; Sarajevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: "... It happened on April 17, 1992.
Serbs came after me at 10:00 a. m. They imprisoned me in the Kula
prison at Butmir, which they turned into a real detention camp
for Croat and Muslim civilians. On the following day (April 18,
1992) I saw them bringing in my wife (born 1936), and her two
daughters from the first marriage. One daughter was born in 1983,
and the other in 1979. 52 of us were detained in a small room.
There were both Croat and Muslim civilians from Ilidza and
Sarajevo, who had been arrested in their apartments, houses,
housing settlements..." Tomo Knezevic ordered all the arrests. He
used to work as the police commander in Ilidza, before the war.
PERPETRATORS: Armed Serbs under command of Tomo Knezevic from
Ilidza.
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a
witness, supplemented by a written statement, currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 B-H - SARAJEVO - April 18, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment;
infliction of suffering and bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 18, 1992; Kula prison at Butmir (near
Sarajevo).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After imprisoning civilians in the
Kula prison at Butmir, Serbs carried out extensive
interrogations. During the interrogation, the witness was so
brutally maltreated that he fainted several times. He was
repeatedly maltreated on the following day as well (April 19,
1992). Soon after, his wife (born 1936), and her two daughters
from the first marriage (born 1983 and 1979) were also
maltreated. The witness reported that his wife and stepdaughters
were sexually abused by 17 Serbs, among whom the witness
recognized the following individuals: Slobodan Lazic, Predrag
Zivanovic, Jovo Jovanovic, Nenad, Dragan, a person called
Karisik, and a person nicknamed "Zuco". The witness was able to
report in detail the raping of his wife and stepdaughters,
because he was forced to watch them being sexually abused.
Furthermore, the witness reported that he (although a man) was
also raped by the same Serb individuals.
PERPETRATORS: Slobodan Lazic, Predrag Zivanovic, Jovo Jovanovic,
a person called Nenad, a person called Dragan, a person called
Karisik, a person nicknamed "Zuco".
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a
witness, supplemented by a written statement, currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

002 B-H - SARAJEVO - April/May 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of prisoners.
TIME AND LOCATION: April/May 1992; Kula prison at Butmir (near
Sarajevo).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The witness reported the details of
his family being sexually abused by Serbs. He was bound and
forced to watch his wife (born 1936) and two stepdaughters (born
1983 and 1979) being raped, wounded (the Serb perpetrators
stripped them naked and slashed their bosoms, necks and lower
part of the abdomens), and killed. According to the witness'
account, he was present when the Serbs killed his wife and
stepdaughters by knife, however he could not remember the exact
date when the crime was committed.
PERPETRATORS: Slobodan Lazic, Predrag Zivanovic, Jovo Jovanovic,
a person named Nenad, a person named Dragan, a person named
Karisik, a person nicknamed "Zuco".
EVIDENCE: Video and audio tape recording of an interview with a
witness, supplemented by a written statement, currently kept in

the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5, 1991; Sisljavic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the
rectory were damaged on October 5, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

002 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Taboriste (Hrastovica parish).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Chapel (built in 1710, in
the early baroque period) was burnt down on September 2, 1991 (or
on October 4, 1991). Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Chapel (a wooden
chapel built in 1897, recently renovated) was destroyed and burnt
down in the period between September 10th and September 20th,

1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

003 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Tanac (Jasenovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Elias' Chapel was completely
destroyed, along with the village of Tanac.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

004 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18, 1991; Varazdin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry and the roof of St. Fabian
and Sebastian's Church were damaged on September 18, 1991.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church was damaged on the
same day.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

005 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Veliki Bastaji (Miokovicevo parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Chapel was

completely destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

006 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Vidusevac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis Xavier Church and the
rectory were hit and severely damaged by mines and mortar fire on
September 8, 1991, during which time YPA soldiers launched an
artillery gun fire on the church from their positions in Glina.
In the September 19/20, 1991 attack, the church was completely
demolished. On September 30, 1991, YPA soldiers entered the
church in a tank, after crushing the side wall.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

007 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Visoka Greda (Mackovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel was

demolished.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

008 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1991; Vocarica (Novska parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: All Saints' Chapel was completely
demolished early in October 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

009 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Vocin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of Mary Church (built in
the 14th century) and the rectory were broken into on September
11, 1991. Chetniks turned the church belfry into a sniper nest,
and the church interior into an ammunition dump. On December 13,
1991, the church was blown up.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers, members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.

010 CROATIA - ZAGREB ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 7, 1991; Zagreb.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mark's Church sustained few minor
damages (broken windows and several damaged roof tiles) during
the YPA air force attack on the nearby Presidential Palace.

PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - PAKRAC - October 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 1991; Pakracki Vinogradi (east section
of Pakrac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: By mid-October 1991, in the Pakracki
Vinogradi area, the following Croatian civilians were killed:
1. Lucija Kroupa;
2. Zvonko Miler;
3. Zvonko Hunjat;
4. Dragica Hunjat;
5. Lazo Grubenic;
6. Ivo Smidt;
7. Zdravko Smidt;
8. Roza Tetes;
9. Djuro Tetes;
and another three unidentified persons.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular unit called "Territorial
Defense Unit of Western Slavonia": Nenad Bojic; Milan Kovacevic;
Predrag Sarajlija; Rajko Loncarevic; Drago Kovacevic, and Boro
Relic. This murder of civilians was ordered by Branko Pavic, a
former deputy commander of the Pakrac police station.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

002 CROATIA - PAKRAC - December 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 15, 1991; the village of Japaga,
Pakrac district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On December 15, 1991, the following
Croatian civilians were killed in Marina Zvonaric's house in the
village of Japaga:
1. Vlado Zvonaric;
2. Ankica Zvonaric;
3. Ante Validzic;
4. Ivo Latinski;
while another two persons were seriously wounded:
1. Marina Zvonaric;
2. Marija Validzic.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular unit called "Territorial
Defense Unit of Western Slavonia": Mirko Djuric; Zeljko
Sokolovic.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 CROATIA - BENKOVAC - December 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 21, 1991; the village of Bruska (cca
14 kilometres northwest of Benkovac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On December 21, 1991, around 7:30 p.
m., members of Serb irregular unit (31 soldiers, among whom was
Bogdan Bagic) killed ten civilian villagers of Bruska (nine
Croatians and one Serb) in the village of Bruska, Benkovac
district. Members of Serb irregular unit physically maltreated,
and forcibly evicted other villagers of Bruska.
PERPETRATORS: Slobodan Bogunovic, Mile Bogunovic, Momir
Bogunovic, Mirko Bogunovic, Darko Bogunovic, Dragan Bogunovic,
Bogdan Gagic, Cedo Gagic, Neven Gagic, Dalibor Lukic, Stevo
Milanko, Bogdan Milanko, Milos Milanko, Miladin Milanko, Djordje
Milanko, Mirko Milanko, Lazo Pupovac, Zeljko Pupovac, Mile
Pupovac (I), Veljko Pupovac, Gnjatija Pupovac, Milan Pupovac,
Mile Pupovac (II), Drago Pupovac, Slobodan Skokna, Dusan Skoric,
Zoran Skoric, Nikola Skoric, Cedo Skoric, Cedomir Skoric, Ruzica
Vojvodic.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 16, 1991; Djakovo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral was
attacked on September 16, 1991, during which time the church
front and roof were damaged. Bishop's Palace (windows), Chapter
House (front and windows) and Seminary (windows) were also
damaged in the same attack. Sisters of Holy Cross Catholic Church
(B category monument) was slightly damaged on September 22, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

002 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Djeletovci (Nijemci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John Capistrano Subsidiary Church
was attacked, during which time the church roof, walls, and the
belfry were severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

003 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Erdut (Dalj parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: All Saints' Catholic Church was

destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

004 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ernestinovo (Jovanovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Church was severely
damaged, during which time its recently built belfry was

destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

005 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Gornja Bebrina (Klakar parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local church was damaged, during which
time all of the church windows were broken.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

006 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; Hrastin (near Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local church was damaged on September
24, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

007 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Ilaca.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jakob's Church (built in 1780) was
severely damaged in the September 21, 1991 attack, during which
time the church roof and the rectory were destroyed, while the
walls and the bells were damaged. Blessed Virgin Mary Church
(built in 1866, recently renovated) was damaged on September 21,
1991. On September 23, 1991, YPA tanks levelled the church. YPA
soldiers and chetniks consequently burnt down the church ruins.
Holy Cross Cemetery Church was demolished on September 23, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

008 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 27, 1991; Ilok.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John Capistrano Catholic Church
was shelled twice, during which time the apse roof tiles and the
edge of the roof were destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

009 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Jarmina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vendelin's Church (built in 1846,
a registered cultural monument) was attacked during which time
the church roof, belfry, walls and the rectory were damaged. The
church was further damaged in the repeated attack on April 9,
1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

010 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Josipovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Parish Church was
slightly damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

011 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Jovanovac (Ivanovac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rosalia Parish Church (built in
1904) was attacked, during which time the church belfry, and roof
were destroyed, while the church walls were severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 17.
^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 1991; Borovo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church was
first attacked on August 2, 1991. On August 13, 1991, it was hit
by two shells, during which time the church roof was damaged and
all windows were broken. In the further attacks, the church was
completely destroyed. St. Joseph the Worker Chapel was severely
damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

002 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Branjin Vrh.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Parish Church (built in
1799, and renovated in 1979, the registered cultural monument)
sustained a considerable damage. The church front and the roof
were damaged, and the side wall was pierced in a mortar attack.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

003 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 22, 1991; Ceric (Nustar parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Catherine's Chapel was damaged on
September 22, 1991, and later it was hit at close range from a
tank and completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

004 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ceminac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (built in
1906, and renovated in 1990) was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

005 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: April 21, 1992; Cepin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Resurrection of Christ Church (built
in 1970) was severely damaged in a mortar attack on April 21,
1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

006 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 7, 1991; Celije (Tordinci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sacred Heart Church interior was
completely destroyed on July 7, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

007 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 1, 1991; Dalj.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Church (built in 1912)
was severely damaged on August 1, 1991, during which time a
massacre was committed against the Croatian civilian villagers of
Dalj.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

008 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Darda.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Parish Church
(built in 1715, the registered cultural monument) was severely
damaged, while the rectory was burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

009 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Divosevci (Velika Kopanica parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local chapel in Divosevci was heavily
damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

010 CROATIA - DjAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Donje Novo Selo (Nijemci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local church in Donje Novo Selo was
heavily damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.

011 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Dubosevica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church (the 1st category monument) was damaged, and its entire
inventory was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 16.
^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

O01 CROATIA - KORENICA - October 8, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 8, 1991; the village of Vaganac (cca
23 kilometres north of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On October 8, 1991, YPA soldiers and
members of Serb irregular units launched an artillery attack (by
means of howitzers, mortars, armoured vehicles, tanks) on the
Croatian populated section of the village of Vaganac, from the
direction of Licko Petrovo Selo, Resetari and Arapov Dol (those
villages are located 3 to 5 kilometres south of the village of
Vaganac). The most of the villagers abandoned the village, which
was thereafter occupied by Serb forces. Serb forces looted
civilian property, set fire to a large number of family houses
and farm buildings, and killed seven Croatian villagers. The
killed villagers are as follows:
1. Kata Bilen;
2. Manda Cancar;
3. Dane Jandric;
4. Milka Kukuruzovic;
5. Stipe Kukuruzovic;
6. a woman whose last name is Kukuruzovic, nicknamed "Krekusa";
7. Jelka Mikuljan.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

O02 CROATIA - KORENICA - October 8, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 8, 1991; the village of Smoljanac (cca
26 kilometres north of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between October 8th and
late December 1991, members of a Serb irregular unit killed nine
Croatian villagers of Smoljanac, looted their property and set
fire to their houses. The killed villages are as follows:
1. Jure Bicanic;
2. Roza Bicanic;
3. Ana Bujadinovic;
4. Joso Matavina;
5. Marko Mesic;
5. Ivica Rosandic;
7. Ane Rumanovic;
8. Marko Vukovic;
9. Mira Vukovic.

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

O03 CROATIA - KORENICA - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack and occupation of the
village; eviction and/or execution of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; the village of Poljanak (cca
30 kilometres northwest of Korenica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During October 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit launched an attack on the village of Poljanak.
After occupying the village, they executed eleven Croatian
villagers of Poljanak, while another two villagers were killed
under mysterious circumstances. Other villagers were forcibly
evicted from the village. Serb irregular forces looted the
civilian property and set fire to the most of the Croatian owned
houses and farm-buildings. The executed villagers are as follows:
1. Ivan Loncar;
2. Mile Loncar;
3. Joso Matovina;
4. Nikola Matovina;
5. Dane Vukovic;
6. Ivica Vukovic;
7. Lucija Vukovic;
8. Milka Vukovic;
9. Nikola Vukovic;
10. Slavko Vukovic;
11. Tomo Vukovic.
The following villagers were killed under the mysterious
circumstances:
1. Ana Sertic;
2. Ankica Sertic.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom were:
1. Milos Cujic;
2. Bosko Grbic;
3. Mico Grbic;
4. Momcilo Grbic;
5. Slavko Grbic;
6. Vinko Grbic;
7. Vladimir Grbic;
8. Dane Rodic;
9. Bosko Zujic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

O01 CROATIA - GRUBISNO POLJE - September 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Ivanovo Selo (cca 8
kilometres east of Grubisno Polje).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 21, 1991, members of the
"Bilogorski Odred" (the "Bilogora unit"), part of the Serb
irregular "12. Slavonska Udarna Brigada" (the "12th Slavonian
Shock Brigade"), launched a mortar and infantry attack on Ivanovo
Selo, during which time approximately 100 mortar shells were
fired on the village. Eight Croatian villagers were killed, while
another nine villagers were wounded during the attack. The killed
villagers are as follows:
1. Josip Besprksa;
2. Ivan Cvek;
3. Franjo Frantal;
4. Zdravko Frantal;
5. Josip Horak;
6. Ivica Kovacic (killed by knife);
7. Josip Sedlacek;
8. Antun Tanac.
Mrs Josipa Horak died subsequently, due to serious wounds
sustained during the attack. I. B., V. F., V. P., J. P., I. S.,
A. T., J. T. and F. V. were lightly wounded.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit called "Bilogorski
Odred", among whom were:
1. Ranko Aleksic;
2. Nenad Bizic;
3. Nikola Bobic;
4. Bozo Borota;
5. Ivica Capac;
6. Rade Cakmak;
7. Rajko Cakmak;
8. Lazo Colic;
9. Manja Gelic;
10. Mirko Knezevic;
11. Nenad Lolic;
12. Uros Ljubicic;
13. Stojan Miscevic;
14. Nenad Peulic;
15. Slobodan Peulic;
16. Stevo Popovic;
17. Aleksandar Pribjegovic;
18. Djuro Raseta;
19. Drago Savatovic;
20. Tomislav Sladojevic;
21. Cedo Stojic;
22. Milenko Stojic;
23. Ilija Stojic;
24. Goran Tulum;
25. Milivoj Tvrdorijeka;
26. Vaso Tvrdorijeka.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

O02 CROATIA - SINJ - September 30, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting and destruction of
civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 30, 1991; the village of Vrlika (cca
38 kilometres northwest of Sinj).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between September and
October 1991, individuals of Serb nationality looted Croatian
property, and set fire to the most of the Croatian owned houses
and farm-buildings in the village of Vrlika.
PERPETRATORS:
1. Ljubomir Babic;
2. Jovan Dragic;
3. Dusan Dragic;
4. Djordje Dragic;
5. Milan Dragic;
6. Boja Djurdjevic;
7. Djoko Djurdjevic;
8. Mihajlo Knez;
9. Milan Knez;
10. Petar Paspalj;
11. Djuro Smiljanic;
12. Petar Stojic;
13. Djuro Tojagic;
14. Slavica Travica;
15. Djuro Trivic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

V. UNLAWFUL WOUNDING OR KILLING OF THE ENEMY

001 CROATIA - PAKRAC - September 8, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Wounding and/or killing of
disarmed soldiers.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 8, 1991; the village of Kusonje (cca
1 kilometre east of Pakrac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 8, 1991, YPA soldiers and
members of Serb irregular units conducted fierce battles against
Croatian Army soldiers in the Pakrac county. Twenty Croatian
soldiers were sent in an armoured vehicle to inspect the enemy
military power in the village of Kusonje. Upon their arrival in
Kusonje, the Croatian Army armoured vehicle was attacked and hit
by an armour-piercing shell, during which time several Croatian
soldiers lost their lives, while several others were wounded. The
survived Croatian soldiers took shelter in a nearby house, and
resisted until they ran out of ammunition. After an uneven fight,
the remaining Croatian soldiers were captured by the enemy,
brutally tortured, battered with various objects, parts of their
bodies were hacked, and lastly they were battered on the heads
with dull objects until they died. After the execution, their
dead bodies were buried in the nearby forest, beside the local
road in the direction of Brusnik (south of the village of
Kusonje), about 450 metres away from the Pakrac-Slavonski Brod
highway. The killed Croatian soldiers are as follows:
1. Nikola Benkus;
2. Zeljko Besek;
3. Marinko Crnogaj;
4. Mato Cancar;
5. Miroslav Cernak;
6. Marijan Dukic;
7. Stipe Gadza;
8. Petar Grubesa;
9. Anto Ivandic;
10. Stjepan Kolar;
11. Vladimir Krivacic;
12. Stjepan Mamic;
13. Tadija Markic;
14. Ivan Palic;
15. Zlatko Pavlovic;
16. Nedeljko Pekic;
17. Mario Posaric;
18. Igor Stipic;
19. Dubravko Stefulinac;
20. Ante Tandara.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of a Serb irregular unit
stationed in the Pakrac county.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

O01 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Petlovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Catholic church in Petlovac was
severely damaged. The church roof and belfry were destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O02 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Petrijevci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
(1754, cultural monument) was slightly damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O03 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Popovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Catholic church in Popovac was
destroyed (unconfirmed).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O04 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Privlaka.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Catholic Church (recently
built) was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O05 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Podgradje (Nijemci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic subsidiary church in
Podgradje was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O06 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Racinovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Church (1814,
cultural monument) was slightly damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O07 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 12th to 8th, 1991; Sarvas.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Church (1896, cultural monument) and the rectory were completely

destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O08 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Semeljci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Parish
Church (1784) was slightly damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O09 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Slakovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Catholic Church (1782,
cultural monument) was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O10 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Slavonski Brod.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas Tavelic's Church (still
unfinished) was damaged by mortar shells fired from the Bosnian
side of the border. The church was also being fired on from the
YPA city barracks. The church roof was pierced through in several
places.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O11 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Slavonski Samac (Krusevica parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic subsidiary church in
Slavonski Samac was slightly damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O12 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Sotin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Mary the Helper of Christians Church
(1768, cultural monument) sustained damage to the belfry and the
roof.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O13 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Stari Jankovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The front, roof and walls of
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (1780, cultural
monument) were severely damaged. On September 21, the church

belfry was destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.

O14 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Sarengrad.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The interior of the local parish
church in Sarengrad was demolished.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, 1991, p. 18.^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

O01 CROATIA - PODRAVSKA SLATINA - August 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful arrest, physical
maltreatment and torture; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 19, 1991, Vocin (cca 25 kilometres
southwest of Podravska Slatina).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In June 1990, the branch office of the
Serbian Democratic Party was established for the Podravska
Slatina district under the direction of Ilija Sakic, a lawyer by
occupation. Since then, the local members of the Serbian
Democratic Party and Serb civilians have armed themselves. The
Serbian Democratic party founded the training centre for members
of Serb irregular units in the villages of Vocin, Bucje,
Sekulinci, Zvecevo and Ceralije.
On August 19, 1991, a Serb irregular unit led by Borivoj Lukic
and Borivoj Radosavljevic attacked and occupied the police
station in the village of Vocin, during which time they disarmed
and maltreated all policemen of Croatian nationality.
On the same day, members of Serb irregular unit encircled the
Croatian-populated residential area "Prevenda" in Vocin, searched
all family houses, and maltreated their Croatian owners. Since
that day, Croatian population have been held in isolation. Free
movement, meeting and communication have been restrained. During
the occupation of the Vocin area, Croatian civilians were
arrested, physically maltreated and tortured.
During the withdrawal of Serb irregular units from the villages
of Vocin, Hum, Bokane, and Kraskovic, on December 12/13, 1991,
they committed the mass killing of 43 Croatian civilians.
Furthermore, 44 civilians were maltreated, and 4 civilians
lightly and 2 civilians seriously wounded. The killed are as
follows:
1. Veronika Ament;
2. Mirjana Bacic;
3. Ivo Banovac;
4. Ivica Bon;
5. Ante Buljevac;
6. Paulina Doric;
7. Marijan Djuzel;
8. Drago Ivankovic;
9. Marica Ivankovic;
10. Stjepan Jurmanovic;
11. Miro Koscak;
12. Ana Kovac;
13. Djuro Kovac;
14. Pista Kovac;
15. Zlatko Kovac;
16. Marija Majdancic;
17. Ana Majic;
18. Stipan Majic;
19. Katica Martinkovic;
20. Tomislav Martinkovic;
21. Franjo Matanci;
22. Marija Matanci (I);
23. Marija Matanci (II);
24. Stjepan Matanci;
25. Branko Medic;
26. Mirko Medved;
27. Stojan Nenadovic;
28. Josip Pajtl;
29. Alojzije Persic;
30. Franca Persic;
31. Roman Ridl;
32. Goran Salac;
33. Vlado Supan;
34. Ivan Simic;
35. Jaga Simic;
36. Julka Simic;
37. Marija Simic;
38. Angelina Stimac;
39. Jakob Stimac;
40. Stjepan Stimac;
41. Rozalija Tomola;
42. Dragutin Volf;
43. Marko Vukovic.
PERPETRATORS:
1. Jovan Alincic;
2. Goran Bjelovuk;
3. Milenko Bogatic;
4. Rajko Bojcic;
5. Mile Bolic;
6. Slobodan Bosanac;
7. Predrag Bosanac;
8. Dragoslav Buncic;
9. Jovan Cvetic;
10. Nikola Cevizovic;
11. Dalibor Desancic;
12. Slobodan Dlazic;
13. Bozo Dobric;
14. Dragan Dobrojevic;
15. Stanko Dobrojevic (I);
16. Stanko Dobrojevic (II);
17. Milan Dragizevic;
18. Borislav Dragojevic;
19. Branko Dragojevic;
20. Djuro Djuric;
21. Marinko Ergarac;
22. Dmitar Ergarac;
23. Milorad Ergarac;
24. Damir Filipovic;
25. Richard Glusac;
26. Milan Graovac;
27. Jovan Grkinic;
28. Milorad Grkinic;
29. Rade Ivanovic;
30. Blagoja Ivanovic (I);
31. Blagoja Ivanovic (II);
32. Radislav Jokic;
33. Zoran Jorgic;
34. Zoran Jovakaric;
35. Zeljko Koralija;
36. Mladen Kulic;
37. Borivoj Lukic;
38. Ranko Lukic;
39. Ivan Malkoc;
40. Goran Mihajlov;
41. Milan Milivojevic;
42. Zoran Miscevic;
43. Bozidar Momcilovic;
44. Ljubisko Novakovic;
45. Goran Novkovic;
46. Djordje Obradovic;
47. Lazar Ojkic;
48. Pavao Pasic;
49. Zivojin Petrusic;
50. Nikola Plavsic;
51. Jovo Radetic;
52. Ranko Radmilovic;
53. Borivoj Radoslavljevic;
54. Savo Radosevic;
55. Vojislav Repic;
56. Dusko Samac;
57. Ilija Sasic;
58. Vlado Savic;
59. Mitar Simic;
60. Miroslav Simic;
61. Ranko Skobric;
62. Drago Starijas;
63. Nenad Sakic;
64. Tode Sevo;
65. Stevo Simic;
66. Diko Tanovic;
67. Gojko Tomasevic;
68. Borislav Tomasevic;
69. Krsta Tomasevic;
70. Jovan Trbojevic;
71. Sreto Vasiljevic;
72. Stevo Vrcelj;
73. Rajko Vuckovic;
74. Djuro Vukojevic;
75. Radovan Vukojevic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Documents currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

002 CROATIA - ZADAR - December 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; killing of civilians; rape.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 20, 1991; Paljuv (Zadar district, cca
27 kilometres northeast of Zadar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During 1991 and in early 1992, members
of Serb irregular units and the irregular police called "Martic's
Militia" participated in the killing of civilians, setting fire
to Croatian-owned family houses, and forcible displacement of
Croatian civilians in the villages of Smilcic, Sopot, and Paljuv.
On December 20, 1991, five Croatian civilians were killed, and T.
M. was raped in the village of Paljuv.
The killed are as follows:
1-2. Arbanas spouses;
3. Lujo Knez;
4. Branko Zrilic;
5. Milica Savkovic.
PERPETRATORS:
1. Grozdan Ardalic;
2. Sasa Bubalo;
3. Slavko Draca;
4. Branko Graovac;
5. Bosko Lacmanovic;
6. Gojko Lacmanovic;
7. Jovan Pozder;
8. Petar Susak.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Documents currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

003 CROATIA - KARLOVAC - June 1, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 1, 1992, the village of Catrnja (Karlovac
district, cca 30 kilometres south of Karlovac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Grujica Sajinovic, a member of the
special unit of the irregular police called "Martic's Militia",
along with members of Serb irregular unit called "Territorial
Defense of SAO Krajina" repeatedly visited the village of Catrnja
and maltreated Croatian villagers.
Sajinovic intimidated Ante Vukovic (a Croatian civilian), and he
killed with a knife three Croatian female villagers: Jela
Bicanic, Nada Bicanic, and Jela Spehar. He drenched their bodies
with gas and set them on fire.
On June 1, 1992, Grujica Sajinovic returned to the village of
catrnja and killed with a knife Ante Vukovic nicknamed "Crni"
("Blackie"), a Croatian civilian.
PERPETRATORS: Grujica Sajinovic (a member of the special unit of
the irregular police called "Martic's Militia").
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Documents currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - KNIN - May 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; unlawful imprisonment of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 15, 1991; the village of Ervenik (Knin
district, cca 29 kilometres northwest of Knin).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between May 15, 1991 and
January 20, 1992, members of the irregular police called "SAO
Krajina Militia" launched a series of attacks against the
Croatian villagers of Ervenik, during which time they insulted
and maltreated them, and destroyed their property.
On June 15, 1991, the perpetrators arrived in Pavle Djakulovic's
house in Ervenik and captured Slavko and Branko Djakulovic
(Pavle's sons). They took their captives to the so-called
"Tvrdjava" ("The Fort") prison in Knin, where they physically
maltreated them.
On January 18, 1992, the same perpetrators attacked Croatian-
populated area of the village of Ervenik. They fired on the
Croatian-owned houses, set fire to them, and killed domestic
animals.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular police called "SAO
Krajina Militia":
1. Mirko Arambasic;
2. Branko Balac;
3. Bosko Kovacevic;
4. Gojko Kovacevic;
5. Nebojsa Kovacevic;
6. Slobodan Kovacevic;
7. Stanko Kovacevic;
8. Veljko Macura;
9. Ilija Matijevic;
10. Petar Medic;
11. Sreten Peslav;
12. Dragomir Romanic;
13. Voislav Romic;
14. Milan Subotic nicknamed "MIle";
15. Sretko Subotic;
16. Zeljko Subotic;
17. Milivoj Sasic;
18. Sava Sasic;
19. Vujo Sasic;
20. Damir Travica;
21. Dinko Travica;
22. Dragan Travica;
23. Miroslav Travica;
24. Nebojsa Travica;
25. Nikola Travica;
26. Veljko Travica;
27. Veselin Travica;
28. Zeljko Travica;
29. Goran Vujanic;
30. Dusan Zezelj.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Documents currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Oprisavci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church
Catholic Church (1830) was considerably damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

002 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991/1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991/1992; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
was repeatedly damaged:
August 19, 1991 - hit by two mortar shells - all the stained-
glass windows broken;
September 5, 1991 - ten mortar shells fired on the church -
further damage;
September 14, 1991 - further damage;
September 26, 1991 - mortar fire opened at the church - further
damage to the stained-glass windows, walls and the northern apse
roof;
November 10, 1991 - the church front heavily damaged;
November 21, 1991 - further damage;
November 23, 1991 - further damage to the belfry, roof, walls,
substructure and stained-glass windows;
February 12, 1992 - the church and the rectory hit by mortar
shells;
March 18, 1992 - further damage;
April 9, 1992 - further damage;
April 27, 1992 - further heavy damage.
The total damage: cca 10,000,000 DM.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

003 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Osijek.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Catholic Church in

Tvrdja (1725) was damaged on three occasions:
September 5, 1991 - hit by mortar shells - the church roof
damaged;
September 14, 1991 - further heavy damage to the roof and walls;
September 26, 1991 - a mortar shell pierced the wall above the
church entrance and hit the chancel.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

004 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church
(1792, renovated in 1988, cultural monument) was attacked, during
which time the church walls, roof, belfry and rectory were

damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

005 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Family Franciscan Church was
attacked during which time the church belfry, walls, windows and
rectory were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

006 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 14, 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The walls and windows of St. Anne's
Cemetery Chapel were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

007 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 13-16, 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Several mortar shells exploded near
the Sacred Heart Shrine on September 16, 1991, during which time
all stained-glass windows were broken.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

008 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November/December 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jacob's Church (Capuchins)
underwent the mortar attack on November 1, 1991 (All Saints'
Day). The attack was launched during the 9 a. m. mass, during
which time the church roof and interior were damaged, along with
the monastery. In December the church was hit by twenty-two
mortar shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, pp. 17-18.

009 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Church in Tvrdja was

damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

010 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Chapel was slightly

damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

011 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Chapel was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

012 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Snows Chapel was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 17.

013 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Osijek.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The church front, roof and the
interior of Novi Osijek Cemetery Chapel were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target, Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - OSIJEK - August 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of

intimidation and terror; unlawful imprisonment; forcible
displacement of non-Serb civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 1 - October 8, 1991; Dalj, Erdut and
Aljmas (cca 25 to 30 kilometres east of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between August 1st and
October 8th, 1991, members of Serb self-proclaimed local
government unlawfully arrested and imprisoned Croatian and
Hungarian civilians in the villages of Dalj, Erdut and Aljmas.
Furthermore, they evicted non-Serb from their homes. In those
three villages, a large number of non-Serb civilians was killed,
and their bodies were transferred in trucks to Voivodina (near
the village of Irig - cca 20 kilometres south of Novi Sad) where
they were buried. Among the killed civilians were as follows:
1. Pjetar Djevlekaj;
2. Ilija Galic;
3. a man nicknamed "Pista";
4. Stjepan Penic;
5. Nikola Tadijan.
On October 4, 1991, members of Serb self-proclaimed local
government of the so-called "Serb Autonomous Province of
Slavonia, Baranya and West Srijem" issued a declaration in the
village of Dalj. According to this declaration, all Croatian and
Hungarian owned personal and real estate in this region were
nationalized, while the owners were evicted. The chairman of the
meeting of the self-proclaimed local government was Milorad
Stricevic - unlawfully elected minister for national questions in
Dalj.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb self-proclaimed local government
among whom were:
1. Zeljko Cizmic - unlawfully elected commander of irregular
police force of Dalj;
2. Slobodan Dosljanovic;
3. Danilo Jankovic;
4. Marko Loncarevic - unlawfully elected commander of irregular
armed forces of the so-called "Serb Autonomous Province (SAO)
Slavonia, Baranya and West Srijem";
5. Zarko Medic, doctor - issued pro-forma death certificates for
killed non-Serbs, under the diagnosis of a carcinoma.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - October 11, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Physical and mental maltreatment;
forcible eviction and/or killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 11 to December 24, 1991; Lovas (cca 17
kilometres southeast of Vukovar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: After the occupation of Lovas, YPA
soldiers and members of a Serbian irregular unit called "Dusan
Silni" (from Serbia) physically and mentally maltreated, forcibly
evicted and/or killed Croatian civilians (villagers of Lovas), in
the period between October 11 and December 24, 1991. In this
period, one woman was raped, the entire civilian property looted,
Croatian owned houses set on fire, and Croatian civilians
unlawfully imprisoned and forced to hard labour. Members of the
occupying force made fifty Croatian male civilians to walk across
a mine field. On that occasion, 17 Croatian civilians were killed
and another 13 were wounded in the mine explosions. In the period
between October 11 and December 24, 1991, members of the
occupying force killed 66 Croatian civilians:
1. Mato Adamovic;
2. Zivan Antolic;
3. Cecilija Badanjak;
5. Katica Balic;
6. Luka Balic;
7. Luka Balic;
8. Marin Balic;
9. Mijo Bozic;
10. Zlatko Bozic;
11. Ivan Conjar;
12. Marko Damjanovic;
13. Andrija Devcic;
14. Pavao Djakovic;
15. Mirko Grgic;
16. Mato Hodak;
17. Rudolf Jonak;
18. Anka Jovanovic;
19. Ante Jovanovic;
20. Joso Jovanovic;
21. Mato Keser;
22. Ivan Kraljevic;
23. Josip Kraljevic;
24. Alojzije Krizmanic;
25. Djuka Krizmanic;
26. Vid Krizmanic;
27. Zoran Krizmanic;
28. Slavko Kuzmic;
29. Milan Latas;
30. Anica Lemunovic;
31. Ante Luketic;
32. Djuka Luketic;
33. Marija Luketic;
34. Petar Luketic;
35. Stipo Luketic;
36. Stipo Madjarevic;
37. Marijan Markovic;
38. Marinko Markovic;
39. Ivan Ostrun;
40. Ivan Palijan;
41. Franjo Pandza;
42. Antun Panjik;
43. Zlatko Panjik;
44. Kata Pavlicevic;
45. Darko Pavlic;
46. Zeljko Pavlic;
47. Jozefina Pavosevic;
48. Marijana Pavosevic;
49. Slavica Pavosevic;
50. Dragutin Peic;
51. Stipo Peic;
52. Alojzije Polic;
53. Josip Poljak;
54. Juraj Poljak;
55. Josip Rendulic;
56. Pero Rendulic;
57. Ivan Sabljak;
58. Marko Sabljak;
59. Tomislav Sabljak;
60. Darko Solakovic;
61. Mijo Salaj;
62. Slavko Strangarevic;
63. Josip Turkalj;
64. Bozo Vidic;
65. Ivica Vidic;
66. Marko Vidic.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of a Serb irregular unit

called "Dusan Silni", among whom was Ljuban Devetak.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 CROATIA - OSIJEK - April 20, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: April 20, 1992; Tenja (cca 8 kilometres
southeast of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On April 20, 1992, eight members of a
Serb irregular unit displaced 75 Croatian villagers of Tenja.
Croatian civilians were forcibly loaded on a bus and driven to
the first front-line (near the local college of agriculture) on
the Tenja road. The displaced Croatian civilians were taken in
and provided for by Croatian Army soldiers.
PERPETRATORS: Eight members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom
was Goran Hadzic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - GRACAC - August 5, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; infliction of bodily harm; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 5, 1991; Lovinac (cca 20 kilometres
northwest of Gracac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 5, 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit called "Velebitska Jedinica" ("Velebit Unit")
launched a mortar attack on the village of Lovinac, during which
time they killed one civilian. One reserve policeman and one
civilian were wounded. Houses and farm-buildings owned by the
villagers of Lovinac were considerably damaged. That same day,
members of a Serb irregular unit took five villagers of Lovinac
from their homes and killed them on the location near the railway
road, two kilometres of Lovinac in the direction of the village
of Raduc (northwest of Lovinac). The list of the casualties from
August 5, 1991:
1. Milan Dobric (injured);
2. Ivan Ivezic (killed);
3. Stjepan Katalinic (killed);
4. Marko Pavicic (killed);
5. Jura Sekulic (killed);
6. Milan Sekulic (killed by shell fragments);
7. Kaja Saric (injured);
8. Martin Saric (killed).
On August 20, 1991, members of a Serb irregular unit called
"Velebitska Jedinica" launched another mortar attack on Lovinac,
during which time they killed Marija Mataic from Lovinac.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit called "Velebitska
Jedinica" among whom were:
1. Petar Ajdukovic;
2. Bogdan Cubrilo;
3. Milan Cubrilo;
4. Milorad Cubrilo;
5. Radoslav Cubrilo;
6. Gojko Mrkailo;
7. Rade Ratulj;
8. Bogdan Sobat;
9. Milorad Zegarac.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

000 CROATIA - GRUBISNO POLJE - August 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful arrest and imprisonment;
infliction of heavy bodily harm; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 20, 1991; the village Topolovica (cca
18 kilometres north of Grubisno Polje).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 20, 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit "Bilogorski Odred" ("Bilogora Unit") encircled the
village of Topolovica. After cutting off all road accesses, they
entered the village, and arrested eight Croatian villagers. At
that time, they fired from automatic guns on the windows and roof
of Anka Kotaran's house, and threw two hand grenades inside the
house. J. S. and Anka Kotaran were seriously wounded by fragments
of the hand grenade. Mrs. Anka Kotaran died soon after. The
arrested Croatian civilians were as follows:
1. Matej Kotaran;
2. Vlado Lovrenec;
3. Zeljko Lovrenec;
4. Zdravko Mihalina;
5. Zeljko Selesi;
6. Milan Sraga;
7. Stjepan Sraga.
Members of a Serb irregular unit took seven arrested Croatian
civilians to the village of Velika Peratovica and detained them
in the old primary school. The village of Velika Peratovica is
the headquarters of a Serb irregular unit called "Bilogorski
Odred". After the retreat of the Serb irregular unit from the
Grubisno Polje district, all arrested civilians from the village
of Topolovica disappeared. Only a dead body of Zeljko Selesija
was found in the basement of the Velika Peratovica primary
school.

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit called "Bilogorski

Odred", commanding officer was Rade Cakmak.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 CROATIA - SLAVONSKI BROD - July 2 to July 31, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; infliction of bodily harm; killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: July 2-31, 1992; Slavonski Brod.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between July 2nd and
31st, 1992, members of a Serb irregular unit called "Vojska
Republike Srpske" ("The Army of Serb Republic") launched
artillery attacks on the civilians and the civilian property of
the Slavonski Brod district from the territory of the Republic of
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Five civilians were killed, and 27 other
persons wounded in the attacks. Many private and public buildings
were considerably damaged. The killed civilians were as follows:
1. Dragan Golic;
2. Jozo Knezevic;
3. Luka Mihalj;
4. Ivica Sprehaj;
5. Mijo Varoscic.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit called "Vojska
Republike Srpske", stationed in the Republic of Bosnia-
Herzegovina (Bosanska Posavina).

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Tenja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anne's Church was blown up in
November 1991. On January 15, 1992, the remains of the church
were burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

002 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Tenjski Antunovac (Jovanovac parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Catholic church in Tenjski
Antunovac was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

003 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Tompojevci.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mary Magdalene's Catholic Church

(1856) was severely damaged, during which time the church front

and belfry were destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

004 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 14, 1991; Tordinci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Matthew's Catholic Church (8th
century) was severely damaged on August 14, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

005 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Torjanci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Parish Church (1850) was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

006 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 22, 1991; Tovarnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Matthew's Church (1804) was
attacked from a tank at close range, and later on completely
destroyed and burnt down. The church cemetery was desecrated.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

007 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Valpovo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Church and the rectory were slightly damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 18.

008 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 19/20, 1991; Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry of St. Philip and Jacob's
Church (1736, cultural monument) was set on fire on September
19/20, 1991. The church was repeatedly attacked and damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 19.

009 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Cemetery Chapel was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 19.

010 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; Vukovar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Church was entirely
destroyed in November 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", The Croatian Information Centre, 1992, p. 19.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - PETRINJA - August 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians; mutilation.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 15, 1991; Kraljevcani (cca 17
kilometres south of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 15, 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit launched an armed attack on civilian villagers of
Kraljevcani, during which time most of the villagers abandoned
the village. Upon arriving in the village, the attackers killed
five Croatian civilians (villagers of Kraljevcani):
1. Marija Pipalovic;
2. Nikola Pipalovic;
3. Ana Sustic;
4. Nikola Sustic;
5. Marija Turkovic.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

002 CROATIA - PETRINJA - August 16, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians; mutilation.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 16, 1991; Pecki (cca 9 kilometres
southwest of Petrinja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 16, 1991, members of Serb
irregular units arrested four Croatian civilians (villagers of
Pecki), who returned to the village of Pecki with the intention
to feed their livestock, killed them and mutilated their bodies:
1. Ivan Bugarin;
2. Djuro Horvat;
3. Mato Horvat;
4. Stjepan Horvat.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 CROATIA - OBROVAC - September 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement and/or
killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 20, 1991; Obrovac district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In 1991 (beginning with September 20,
1991), members of Serb irregular units and members of irregular
police called "SAO Krajina Militia" or "Martic's Unit" committed
a series of crimes against the Croatian civilians in Obrovac
district: they forcibly displaced civilians, unlawfully arrested
civilians, looted and destroyed civilian property, destroyed
churches (Catholic), killed Croatian civilians. 48 Croatian
civilians were killed in Obrovac district:
- 12 civilians were killed in the village of Zaton Obrovacki;
- 2 civilians were killed in the town of Obrovac;
- 8 civilians were killed in the town of Jesenice;
- 4 civilians were killed in the town of Krusevo;
- 22 civilians were killed in the village of Medvidja.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units; members of
irregular police, among whom were:
1. Cedo Alavanja;
2. Predrag Alavanja:
3. Simo Alavanja;
4. Stevo Alavanja;
5. Bosko Badza;
6. Slobodan Badza;
7. Zeljko Badza;
8. Sretko Cavlin;
9. Dusan Colakovic;
10. Boro Cude;
11. Petar Cude;
12. Strahinja Dobric;
13. Damir Dopudj;
14. Ilija Dopudj;
15. Pajo Dopudj;
16. Petar Dragicevic;
17. Darko Dubroja;
18. Bogdan Gagic;
19. Bosko Gagic;
20. Mile Gak:
21. Vasilj Gak;
22. Jovica Gnjatovic;
23. Milan Guzvica;
24. Djurko Jaksic;
25. Djordje Jelic;
26. Branko Jokic;
27. Pajo Jokic;
28. Stojan Jokic;
29. Dragan Komazec;
30. Todor Komazec;
31. Zdravko Komazec;
32. Stevo Macakanja;
33. Stanko Macura;
34. Darko Milanko;
35. Mima Milanko;
36. a person called Milanko (nicknamed "Ticar");
37. Predrag Milanko;
38. Sretko Milanko;
39. Stevo Milanko;
40. Branko Oluic nicknamed "Coin";
41. Milos Oluic;
42. Petar Oluic;
43. Zeljko Paravinja;
44. Jovan Poljak;
45. Dule Prso;
46. Djurdjica Prso;
47. Mileta Prso;
48. Stanko Prso;
49. Bosko Pupovac;
50. Mile Pupovac;
51. Hamzo Tokalic;
52. Petar Veselinovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

004 CROATIA - ZADAR - November 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 18, 1991; Skabrnja (cca 18 kilometres
east of Zadar).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On November 18, 1991, members of Serb
irregular units killed 41 Croatian civilians in the village of
Skabrnja, by means of heavy and light fire arms, knives and hand
grenades. Bodies of the killed civilians remained unburied.
Traces of mutilation and torture were found on several bodies.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units, among whom were:

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

005 CROATIA - SIBENIK - March 1, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: March 1-26, 1992; Piramatovci (cca 33
kilometres north of Sibenik).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: March 1-9, 1992, members of Serb
irregular units killed by knife spouses Ceronja (Croatian
civilians) in their family house in the village of Piramatovci.
March 10-12, 1992, members of Serb irregular units threw into a
deep well Milan Pipunic, a Croatian civilian, in the village of
Piramatovci. The victim drowned.
March 20-26, 1992, members of Serb irregular units set fire to
Ceronja family house in the village of Piramatovci, during which
time the bodies of the killed spouses were also burnt down.
The following civilians were killed in the village of
Piramatovci:
1. Mara Ceronja - killed by knife;
2. Jere Ceronja - killed by knife;
3. Milan Pipunic - drowned in a well.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - PODRAVSKA SLATINA - August 26, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful arrest and imprisonment;

physical and mental maltreatment; rape.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 26, 1991; Sekulinci (cca 25 kilometres
southwest of Podravska Slatina).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 26, 1991, seven members of a
Serb irregular unit (dressed in YPA uniforms) forcibly entered I.
N.'s house in the village of Kraskovic (west section of Orahovica
district). They were led by Drago Starjas. Upon entering the
house, they arrested B. N., forcibly took her and locked her up
in a metal container in the village of Sekulinci (where the main
headquarters of Serb irregular units in west Slavonia was
located). The victim was detained there for 38 days. During the
detention period, B. N. was repeatedly raped and maltreated both
physically and mentally.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit led by Drago
Starjas.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA - GLINA - September 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Inhuman treatment towards
prisoners; infliction of serious bodily harm.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 1, 1991; Glina prison.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Members of a Serb irregular unit,
Ranko Pralica and Stanko Palancan, spent the period between early
September 1991 and February 1992 in the Glina prison, where they
interrogated imprisoned Croatian civilians and members of the
Croatian Army. They brutally physically and mentally maltreated
prisoners during the interrogation procedures. Three prisoners
were beaten to death:
1. Ivan Gregurevic;
2. Ivan Palajic;
3. Stjepan Simsl.
Another three prisoners disappeared after the maltreatment:
1. Joso Kauric;
2. Borislav Litvic;
3. Milan Litvic.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

002 CROATIA - GRUBISNO POLJE - September 17, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of imprisoned civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 17, 1991; Bukovica forest (cca 19
kilometres northeast of Grubisno Polje).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On April 9, 1993, members of the
Grubisno Polje police station found bodies of 14 civilians killed
by members of the Serb irregular "Bilogorski Odred" ("Bilogora
Unit") in the Bukovica forest (located between the villages of
Loncarica and Turcevic Polje). The victims were killed
approximately on September 17 or 18, 1992. Shreds of clothes were
found beside their bodies. Their arms were tied, and they were
shot in the heads, point blank. 13 victims were identified in the
Zagreb Institute for Forensic Medicine and Pathology. The
fourteenth victim could not be identified. The victims were
Croatian civilians, residents of the villages in the Grubisno
Polje district, who were abducted from their homes and fields by
members of the Serb irregular "Bilogorski Odred", late August,
early September 1991, and were held in detention in the village
of Velika Peratovica (the unit headquarters). The victims are as
follows:
1. Milan Bilovic (born 1956) from the village of Velika Barna;
2. Martin Grdic (born 1939) from the village of Velika Barna;
3. Ivan Jan (born 1956) from the village of Velika Barna;
4. Matej Kotoran (born 1935) from the village of Topolovica;
5. Josip Kujek (born 1951) from the village of Zrinska;
6. Ivan Leksic (born 1942) from the village of Gornja Rasenica;
7. Vlado Lovrenc (born 1965) from the village of Topolovica;
8. Zeljko Lovrenc (born 1963) from the village of Topolovica;
9. Damir Ljubicic (born 1966) from the village of Topolovica;
10. Zdravko Mihalina (born 1966) from the village of Topolovica;
11. Milan Sraga (born 1953) from the village of Topolovica;
12. Stjepan Sraga (born 1948) from the village of Topolovica;
13. Vladimir Spiranac (born 1955) from the village of Velika
Barna.
Remains of the victims were buried on April 20, 1993, at the
Catholic cemetery in Grubisno Polje.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units called "Bilogorski
Odred" ("Bilogora Unit").
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: April 13, 1993 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, p. 8. Title: "Tied and Shot in the Head". April 21, 1993
issue of "Vecernji List" daily, p. 6. Title: "Sad Day in Grubisno
Polje". Documents currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Eusebius and Polion's Church
(1772, cultural monument) was repeatedly attacked and damaged.
September 14, 1991, the church roof and belfry were hit and
damaged.
September 18, 1991, further damage.
September 24, 1991, cluster bomb dropped directly on the rectory.
November 20, 1991, the top of the belfry destroyed; the walls and
stained-glass windows damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 18.

002 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas the Wayfarer Church hit
by a shell on September 24, 1991, the rectory damaged as well.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, pp. 18-19.

#003 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 7, 1991; about 11:00 a. m.; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Heart of Mary Church and
monastery were hit from a multiple rocket launcher on September
24, 1991. Huge hole (3 metres wide) was made on the church roof.
All the windows were broken.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 19.

004 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Vincent Palotti's Church (recently
built) was hit by a shell. The church interior and stained-glass
windows were destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 19.

005 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Cyril and Methodius' Church
(recently built) was hit by a hit by a mortar shell launched from
the direction of Mirkovci on September 24, 1991. The church roof,
windows and walls were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 19.

006 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Subsidiary Church was
heavily damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 19.

007 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local cemetery chapel was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 19.

008 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Sisters Adorators of Little Jesus
Chapel was severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 18.

009 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 17, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John Nepomuk's Catholic Church (B
category monument) was damaged on September 17, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 18.

010 CROATIA - DJAKOVO DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 19/20, 1991; Vinkovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Philip and Jacob's Church (1736,
cultural monument) was damaged on September 19/20, 1991, during
which time the church belfry was set on fire. The church was
repeatedly damaged later.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 19.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - PAKRAC - August 19, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property; killing, imprisonment, forcible displacement
of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 19, 1991; Pakrac, Lipik, Prekopakra.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 19, 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit called "12. Slavonska Udarna Brigada" ("12th
Slavonian Shock Brigade" launched an artillery and infantry
attack on Pakrac, Lipik and Prekopakra. After occupying parts of
the above-mentioned towns, members of the Serb irregular unit
terrorised Croatian civilians, carried out unlawful arrests and
imprisoned several civilians in the Bucje concentration camp,
where some of them were killed. The civilian property was either
stolen or destroyed. During the armed attack on the above-
mentioned towns, the considerable damage was done, and a large
number of persons were killed or seriously wounded.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the Serb irregular unit called the "12.
Slavonska Udarna Brigada", among whom were:
1. Ninko Adamovic;
2. Milos Bajic;
3. Ljubomir Banjeglav;
4. Ilija Bodegrajac;
5. Stevo Bojceta;
6. Cedomir Bojcic;
7. Savo Bosanac;
8. Vladimir Bosic;
9. Bogdan Dabic;
10. Milan Drakulic;
11. Nikola Dragusin nicknamed "Niger"
12. Veljko Dzakula;
13. Dobrivoj Ecimovic;
14. Stevo Kojadinovic;
15. Nikola Kosijer;
16. Luka Krajnovic;
17. Milan Loncar;
18. Bosko Malenic;
19. Slobodan Milicevic;
20. Simeon Milkovic;
21. Vladimir Pavlica;
22. Milan Petkovic;
23. Dusan Popovic;
24. Bosko Pralica;
25. Dragan Prodanovic;
26. Zeljko Prodanovic;
27. Dragan Rusmir;
28. Ranko Slavujevic;
29. Nenad Srdjenovic;
30. Milan Stojanovic;
31. Sava Seatovic;
32. Stojan Teodorcevic;
33. Teso Tesic;
34. Nikola Tomic;
35. Ljuban Vezmar;
36. Vladimir Vukasovic;
37. Veljko Vukovic;
38. Nenad Vurdelja;

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

002 CROATIA - BELI MANASTIR - August 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Psychophysical maltreatment,
forcible displacement and/or killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 20, 1991; Beli Manastir district
(Baranja).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 20, 1991, YPA soldiers
occupied the Beli Manastir district (part of Croatia called
Baranja), and established illegal civilian authorities consisting
exclusively of militant Serbs. Since that day, members of the
illegal Serb authorities have committed numerous crimes against
civilians of Croatian and Hungarian nationality (who lived in
Beli Manastir district). Those crimes included psychophysical
maltreatment, threats and intimidation, groundless dismissals
from work, forcing to hard work, eviction from houses, looting of
civilian property, and murders, and they were carried out with
the intention to displace Croat and Hungarian civilians from Beli
Manastir district and in this way create ethnically clean Serb
area.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular authorities
among whom were:
1. Mile Bekic;
2. Milan Bogunovic;
3. Stevan Delic;
4. Bosko Dubaic;
5. Mladen Horvat;
6. Blagoja Kusic;
7. Milutin Lazar;
8. Jakov Malivuk;
9. Slavko Marjanovic;
10. Milos Markovic;
11. Bosko Miljevic;
12. Branko Miljevic;
13. Milan Mrdja;
14. Dragisa Radic;
15. Bosko Radovanovic;
16. Savo Stojanovic;
17. Dragomir Tosic;
18. Radoslav Zdjelarevic;
19. Borivoj Zivanovic;
20. Damir Zuzic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: The Census Commission of the Beli Manastir district
gathered the following data on the basis of the results of the
census, and by order of the illegal Serb authorities in the
district (administered by Borivoje Zivanovic), and published them
in the so-called "Sluzbeni List" ("Official Bulletin") of the
Beli Manastir district. According to those data, the total number
of the residents of the Beli Manastir district until March 25,
1992 was 39,482: 23,458 Serbs, 7,689 Croatians, 6,926 Hungarians,
213 Montenegrins, 1,196 others.
According to the official results of the 1991 census, published
by the Republic Institute for Statistics in April 1992, under no.
881, p. 48, it is evident that the total number of residents who
lived in the Beli Manastir district until March 31, 1991 was
54,265: 22,740 Croatians, 13,851 Serbs, 8,956 Hungarians, 240
Montenegrins, 8,478 others.
Upon comparing the results of those two censuses (1991 and 1992)
it becomes evident that 24,390 persons is missing: 15,051
Croatians, 2,030 Hungarians, 27 Montenegrins, and 7,282 others.
One the other hand, the number of Serb residents increased by
9,607.

003 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - September 11, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Forcible displacement of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 14, 1991; the village of Ponikvari
(cca 20 kilometres southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between early August
1991 and September 14, 1991, members of a Serb irregular unit,
led by Simo Roknic, set on fire and destroyed residential and
farm buildings owned by local Croatians, during which time they
caused a considerable damage. By such actions of members of a
Serb irregular unit made life to Croatian civilians unbearable
and those civilians were forced to abandon their village and move
to free sections of the Republic of Croatia. Since September 14,
1991, there have been no Croatian residents in the village of
Ponikvari.

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom were:

1. Milan Bakic;
2. Nikola Bakic;
3. Stanko Cica;
4. Milutin Dotlic;
5. Miodrag Dotlic;
6. Ratko Jugovic;
7. Djuro Kolundzija;
8. Jovan Ljubicic;
9. Dubravko Rodic;
10. Simo Roknic;
11. Borivoje Sapic:
12. Bogdan Trkulja.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: According to the data of the 1991 census, the village of
Ponikvari had 712 inhabitants: 353 Croatians, 324 Serbs, 35
others.

004 CROATIA - OSIJEK - February 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful arrest and imprisonment
of civilians; forcible displacement of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: February 15, 1992; the villages of Sodolovci
and Koprivna (cca 15 kilometres south of Osijek).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On February 15, 1992, members of a
Serb irregular police unit called "Arkan's Militia", provided
with small arms, barged into Croatian owned houses in the
villages of Sodolovci and Koprivna. Eight Croatians were forcibly
evicted from their homes and imprisoned in Mile Radovic's house.
The prisoners were afterwards moved to Kojo Stanisavljevic's
house, where they were detained two days and two nights, during
which time they were maltreated, humiliated and interrogated by
members of the irregular "Arkan's Militia". On February 17, 1992,
another 15 Croatian civilian villagers of Sodolovci and Koprivna
were brought and imprisoned in Koja Stanisavljevic's house. On
February 18, 1992, members of the irregular "Arkan's Militia"
took 23 prisoners from the house, loaded them on the trucks
covered with canvas and escorted them to the village of Paulin
Dvor, where they were taken off the trucks, lined up and forced
to walk towards the village of Hrastin, controlled by the
Croatian Army. The prisoner at the head of the column had to
carry a white flag.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the irregular police unit called
"Arkan's Militia" among whom were:
1. Luka Milosavljevic;
2. Milan Miljkovic;
3. Srecko Radovanovic;
4. Zeljko Raznjatovic nicknamed "Arkan";
5. Zoran Stojcic;
6. Stojan Zivkovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - August 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mental and physical maltreatment
of civilians; looting and destruction of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 15, 1991; the village of Ponikvari (cca
20 kilometres southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In August 1991, Gojko Kljajic, a
member of a Serb irregular unit, participated in mental and
physical maltreatment of Croatian civilian villagers of
Ponikvari, looting of their property, and setting their houses on
fire.
In the same period, Petar and Simo Marjanovic, also members of a
Serb irregular unit, forcibly entered a family house in the
village of Ponikvari (owned by a married couple of Croatian
nationality) and unlawfully searched the place. Then they
forcibly took the owners of the house to the nearby hedge, where
they tied them, humiliated them and maltreated them both mentally
and physically.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit: Petar Kljajic,
Petar and Simo Marjanovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

002 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - August 25, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property; destruction of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 25, 1991; the village of Ponikvari (cca
20 kilometres southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In early July 1991, Serb villagers
organized themselves, abandoned Ponikvari and formed an irregular
unit. On August 25, 1991 they launched an attack on Croatian
civilians and civilian property in the village of Ponikvari.
During the attack one person was wounded, while many residential
and farm buildings were set on fire and destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom were:

1. Dragan Divic;
2. Dragica Divic;
3. Dusan Divic;
4. Ilija Divic;
5. Pajo Divic;
6. Petar Divic;
7. Stojanka Divic;
8. Gojko Miscevic;
9. Marko Miscevic;
10. Milan Miscevic;
11. Mile Miscevic;
12. Pavao Miscevic;
13. Slavko Miscevic;
14. Stevan Miscevic;
15. Vlado Miscevic;
16. Tihomir Rakaric;
17. Jovan Zutic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - August 28, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mental and physical maltreatment
of civilians; destruction of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 28, 1991; the village of Ponikvari (cca
20 kilometres southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 28, 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit, led by Zoran Dotlic and armed with automatic
guns, entered the village of Ponikvari, unlawfully searched a
Croatian owned family house, and mentally and physically
maltreated members of a household. After that they set hay stacks
to fire.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit among whom were:
1. Petar Divic;
2. Zoran Dotlic;
3. Mico Ivosevic;
4. Bogdan Jarcov;
5. Ratko Jugovic;
6. Petar Marjanovic;
7. Simo Marjanovic;
8. Milan Roknic;
9. Aleksandar Vorkapic;
10. Gojko Vorkapic;
11. Stevo Vorkapic;
12. Milan Zutic;
13. Nikola Zutic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

004 CROATIA - BJELOVAR - September 29, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians and
civilian property; wounding and/or killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 29, 1991; Bjelovar district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 29, 1991; Milan Tomic and
other YPA officers ordered their soldiers to fire on the
civilians and civilian property, private and community owned
buildings in Bjelovar, from all available arms. 43 persons were
killed during the attack, and several buildings were considerably
damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers among whom were:
1. Milan Aleksic;
2. Moman Andreic;
3. Miroslav Anicic;
4. Todor Ankijev;
5. Nikola Antonovic;
6. Mijo Arlovic;
7. Sasa Babic;
8. Robert Beker;
9. Ranko Bolta;
10. Vuk Brajkovic;
11. Dragan Branovic;
12. Pravoslav Cepic;
13. Djordji Conevski;
14. Boro Cujic;
15. Dejan Cukljevic;
16. Petar Dimitrijevic;
17. Bozidar Dobricic;
18. Branimir Dragan;
19. Zlatko Djuric;
20. Ilija Evic;
21. Slavko Gasic;
22. Boris Gavranovic;
23. Radivoj Glusac;
24. Dragan Gnjatovic;
25. Dragan Golic;
26. Stanimir Golubovic;
27. Suad Hamidovic;
28. Nermin Haracic;
29. Zehrudin Hodzic;
30. Dusan Ignjatic;
31. Dragoslav Ilic;
32. Radivoje Jovic;
33. Muharem Jusic;
34. Tibor Kristovac;
35. Branislav Krstic;
36. Djordje Kulezic;
37. Radovan Kumric;
38. Nenad Maricic;
39. Stevica Markov;
40. Branko Markovic;
41. Goran Markovic;
42. Mihil Marku;
43. Spiro Matijevic;
44. Zoran Matovic;
45. Milan Mihic;
46. Milanko Milic;
47. Vojo Milosevic;
48. Adam Milovanovic;
49. Dragan Mitic;
50. Mehmed Mulalic;
51. Ilija Nikic;
52. Dragan Nikolic;
53. Naum Nikolov;
54. Dragan Novakovic;
55. Vladimir Paramentic;
56. Gojko Pavlovic;
57. Sreto Pavlovic;
58. Zivota Pavlovic;
59. Radoslav Perisic;
60. Jovica Petkovic;
61. Goran Petrovic;
62. Stojan Popovic;
63. Vladimir Prelic;
64. Dragoljub Radovic;
65. Slavisa Raic;
66. Boro Randjelovic;
67. Dusan Rankovic;
68. Goran Rastovic;
69. Ratko Ravojski;
70. Vlade Ristevski;
71. Zeljko Rjasnoj;
72. Robert Senevski;
73. Elvir Smajlovic;
74. Sladjan Stamenkovic;
75. Stojadin Stamenkovic;
76. Vukasin Stanisavljevic;
77. Dragan Stankovic;
78. Milan Stevanovic;
79. Milos Stevanovic;
80. Dobrivoje Stoiljkovic;
81. Momcilo Stojanovic;
82. Zvezdan Stojiljkovic;
83. Branko Stojkovic;
84. Zoran Santic;
85. Saner Serifi;
86. Nenad Sindrak;
87. Dragan Todoric;
88. Slavko Todorov;
89. Sasa Todorovic;
90. Milan Tomic;
91. Milorad Tomic;
92. Adem Tukic;
93. Rasim Veladzeic;
94. Miljan Veselinovic;
95. Slavko Vinaji;
96. Zoran Vujinovic;
97. Dane Vujnovic;
98. Goran Zagorac;
99. Dragan Zaklan;
100. Djuro Zastavnikovic;
101. Kemal Zukurlic;
102. Vladimir Zivkovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Bilaj.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Jacob's Catholic Church was
severely damaged in a mortar attack on September 8, 1991. On
September 11, 1991, the church was completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

002 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Brlog.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Church in Brlog was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

003 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1991; Canak.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rosalia's Catholic Church was
damaged in October 1991. Further damage followed in the period
between December 6 and 12, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

004 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 8, 1991; Dreznik.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

was damaged on October 8, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

005 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 30, 1991; Gospic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Catholic Church was damaged on August 30, 1991, during which
time the top of the church belfry was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

006 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Kompolje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Stephen's Catholic Church was
damaged on September 23 or 24, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

007 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 17, 1991; Kuterevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was
damaged on October 17, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

008 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Licki Novi.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Church was

damaged on September 12, 1991. The church was set on fire on
September 17, 1991, during which time the church walls were
damaged in part, while the St. Anthony statue burnt down, and the
church belfry was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

009 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 29, 1991; Licki Osik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Catholic Church (recently
renovated) was initially damaged on August 29, 1991. On September
1, 1991, the church was further damaged in a heavy artillery and
mortar attack.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

010 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Licko Lesce.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
in Licko Lesce was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 56.

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.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - GRACAC - June 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Arming of the specific national
group; attack on civilians and civilian property; maltreatment
and forcible resettlement of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 15, 1991, northwest section of Gracac
district (villages of Lovinac, Ricica, Sveti Rok and Licko Cerje;
cca 20 kilometres away of Gracac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In mid-1991, Djuro Dragicevic,
commander of the YPA buildings in the village of Sveti Rok
(ammunition dumps Krivalj and Matres) ordered his soldier to
empty the ammunition dumps and distribute arms to Serb residents
of Gracac and villages of Ploce, Medak and Raduc. During armed
attacks of Serb irregular units on the Croatian populated
villages in Gracac district (August 1991). Djuro Dragicevic
ordered YPA soldiers to launch an attack from the YPA barracks on
the villages of Sveti Rok, Lovinac, Ricice, and Licko Cerje,
during which time five persons were killed. Djuro Dragicevic also
ordered the mining of transmission lines and the water supply so
that the civilian residents of northwest section of Gracac
district (80% non-Serbs, mostly Croatians) would be left without
electric power and water. He also banned the evacuation of the
ill from northwest section of Gracac district to unoccupied
territory.
PERPETRATORS: YPA officers among whom were:
1. Djuro Dragicevic;
2. Ivan Gnjatovic;
3. Petar Stojanov.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: According to the official results of the 1991 census,
northwest section of Gracac district (villages of Ploca,Kik,
Vranik, Lovinac, Smokric, Licko Cerje, Sveti Rok and Ricice) had
2,173 inhabitants: 1,582 Croatians, 485 Serbs, 106 others.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - August 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Employment of measures of
intimidation and terror; wounding of civilians; destruction of
houses.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 15, 1991; the villages of Mala and
Vranovina (cca 20 kilometres southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During August 1991, members of Serb
irregular units launched repeated artillery attacks on
residential and farm buildings owned by Croatian villagers of
Mala and Velika Vranovina. Several civilians of Croatian
nationality (villagers of Mala and Velika Vranovina) were wounded
in the shooting.
The frequency of such actions by members of Serb irregular units
resulted in abandoning those villages by civilians of Croatian
nationality whose life became unbearable under the circumstances.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units among whom were:
1. Dusan Celap;
2. Petar Celap;
3. Milan Kljajic;
4. Mirko Miljevic;
5. Ranko Miljevic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: According to the official results of the 1991 census, the
villages of Mala and Velika Vranovina had 367 inhabitants: 282
Croatians, 79 Serbs and 7 others.

002 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - August 30, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 30, 1991; the village of Hrvatsko Selo
(cca 18 kilometres southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 30, 1991, members of a Serb
irregular unit launched an armed attack on civilians and civilian
property in the village of Hrvatsko Selo. During attack, several
Croatian owned houses and farm buildings were damaged or
destroyed.
Since the life conditions became unbearable, the civilians of
Croatian nationality were forced to abandon the village.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units among whom were:
1. Djuro Celap;
2. Stevan Celap;
3. Nikola Kljaic;
4. Jovan Lalic;
5. Djuro Mamuzic;
6. Zivko Mamuzic;
7. Boro Miljevic;
8. Pero Miljevic;
9. Slavko Vekic;
10. Slavko Vujkalija;
11. Zeljko Vujkalija.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: According to the official results of the 1991 census, 550
villagers lived in Hrvatsko Selo: 520 Croatians, 21 Serbs, 9
others.

003 CROATIA - HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA - September 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians; looting of
civilian property; destruction of houses and farm buildings.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 1, 1991; village of Gornji
Cerovljani (cca 2 kilometres north of Hrvatska Dubica).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In early September 1991, members of
police force of the Republic of Croatia and members of HV
(Croatian Army) had to retreat from Hrvatska Kostajnica district
due to fierce attacks by YA soldiers and members of Serb
irregular units who afterwards occupied the entire district.
Members of Serb irregular unit, led by Nikola Begovic, entered
the village of Gornji Cerovljani (chiefly inhabited by Croatians)
and looted civilian property, set fire to civilian houses and
farm buildings, and killed yet unknown number of Croatian
civilians.

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom were:

1. Nikola Begovic;
2. Ranko Brdaric;
3. Martin Brnad;
4. Nenad Dmitrovic;
5. Stevo Dzakula;
6. Dusko Gligoric;
7. Stevo Gvozden;
8. Sreto Kokrlja;
9. Stevo Kokrlja;
10. Nenad Novakovic;
11. Rajko Paukovic;
12. Dubravko Paukovic;
13. Bosko Poljak;
14. Stevo Poljak;
15. Drago Radisic;
16. Ilija Ratkovic;
17. Nikola Rendic;
18. Milisav Tepic;
19. Sreten Tomasevic;
20. Zeljko Tulekovic;
21. Mile Velimir;
22. Zeljko Vukas.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

004 CROATIA - SIBENIK - September 16, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian
property; killing of the wounded.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 16, 1991; Sibenik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between September 16,
1991 and September 23, 1991, YPA soldiers launched an attack on
civilians and civilian properties of the city of Sibenik. During
this attack, two persons were killed, many residential and
industrial buildings, historical and cultural monuments and
churches were considerably damaged.
The attack was ordered by YPA General-Major Ratko Mladic and YPA
Navy Captain Marko Sunaric. Participants and direct perpetrators
were YPA soldiers and junior officers: Caslav Knezevic (senior
captain), Nikola Zakula (captain), Ivan Jelusic (second
lieutenant), and JosiS Zupcic (ensign).
During the attack, Ivan Jelusic killed the wounded police officer
by the name Marinko Kardum.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers among whom were:

1. Bozo Iglenza;
2. Ivan Jelusic - second lieutenant;
3. Curo Karajlic;
4. Caslav Knezevic - senior captain;
5. Slavko Lisica;
6. Momcilo Milosav;
7. Ratko Mladic - general-major;
8. Milan Pavlovic;
9. Milorad Radjenovic;
10. Marko Sunaric - navy captain;
11. Nikola Zakula - captain;
12. Josip Zupcic - ensign.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

005 CROATIA - PETRINJA - September 21, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Unlawful arrest, imprisonment and
maltreatment, killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; the city of Petrinja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since September 21, 1991, the city of
Petrinja has been occupied by YPA soldiers and Serb irregular
units from the self-proclaimed "SAO Krajina". After the
occupation, many Croatian civilian residents were killed, while
their property was looted. Some Croatians have been unlawfully
arrested, taken to the local YPA barracks "Vasil Gacesa" where
they were questioned, physically maltreated and forced to hard
labour.
Illegal Serb self-proclaimed authorities of Petrinja introduced
the work obligation for Croats, and formed the "Commission for
distribution of houses and apartments" which actually had at its
disposal property of Croatians who were killed or evicted from
Petrinja, as well as Croatians who remained in Petrinja but were
unlawfully and forcibly evicted from their houses or apartments.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units and
illegal Serb self-proclaimed authorities in Petrinja, among whom
were:
1. Milan Beljak;
2. Mirko Bijelic;
3. Marko Ilisevic;
4. Rade Jerosimic;
5. Mirko Kljajic;
6. Djuro Krnjaic;
7. Zeljko Ostojic;
8. Nikola Plavljanic;
9. Branko Puzic;
10. Milan Rapaic;
11. Dragan Sanader;
12. Pero Silic;
13. Vojislav Susa;
14. Slavko Vilenica;
15. Jovo Vucetic;
16. Cedo Vukmirovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

006 CROATIA - OTOCAC - September 24, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians; killing of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 24, 1991; village of Babic-Most near
Brlog (cca 17 kilometres northwest of Otocac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 24, 1991, members of a
Serb irregular unit from the village of Drenov Klanac launched a
mortar attack on the village of Babic-Most. The belfry of the
local Catholic church was destroyed in the shelling. After the
mortar attack, eight members of a Serb irregular unit (led by
Dragomir Drakula and Predrag Baklajic) entered the village of
Babic-Most and arrived in front of the house owned by a Croatian
villager named Bozo Babic, where they killed three civilians:
1. Bozo Babic;
2. Zeljko Babic;
3. Ruza Jurkovic.
PERPETRATORS: Eight members of a Serb irregular unit led by:
1. Predrag Baklajic;
2. Dragomir Drakula.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

007 CROATIA - KARLOVAC - December 11, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 11, 1991; village of Slunjska Selnica
(cca 15 kilometres east of Karlovac).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On December 11, 1991, Branko Miljkovic
nicknamed "Tambura" shot from his pistol and killed two female
villagers of Slunjska Selnica:
1. Mara Klobucar;
2. Mara Prklic.
On December 12, 1991, Branko Miljkovic nicknamed "Tambura" forced
several villagers of Slunjska Selnica to bury the killed women in
the yards of their houses.
PERPETRATORS: Branko Miljkovic nicknamed "Tambura".

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

008 CROATIA - VRGINMOST - March 15, 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilian property;
unlawful destruction of civilian buildings.
TIME AND LOCATION: March 15, 1992; southeast section of Vrginmost
district (the villages of Pecka, Mala Vranovina, Velika
Vranovina, Ponikvari, the towns of Topusko, Hrvatsko Selo, and
Gredjani).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In March 1992, members of Serb
irregular units dressed in YPA uniforms and armed with light
arms, looted Croatian owned houses and farm buildings in the
southeast section of Vrginmost district. After looting those
objects, they mined them and set them on fire.

PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units, among whom were:

1. Nikola Bajic;
2. Stevan Brkovic;
3. Radomir Kljajic;
4. Stevan Loncar;
5. Dusan Pajic;
6. Pero Pajic;
7. Dusan Pilipovic;

8. Djuro Pilipovic;
9. Milan Pilipovic;
10. Dusko Radanovic;
11. Mirko Rkman;
12. Simo Rkman;
13. Radomir Roknic;
14. Dusan Ulemek.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 16-22, 1991; Lovinac.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Catholic Church was

destroyed in the period between September 16 and 22, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

002 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 15, 1991; Otocac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Catholic Church was
almost completely destroyed by tank shells on September 15, 1991.
The church inventory burnt down, and the church belfry (42 metres
high) was razed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

003 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Prizna.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony's Catholic Chapel in
Prizna was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

004 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Prozor.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Church was damaged on
September 23 and 24, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

005 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ribnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ribnik

was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

006 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ricice.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mary Magdalene's Church was razed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

007 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 1991; Saborsko.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John Nepomuk's Catholic Church was
severely damaged by mortar shells in the period between August 5
and 8, 1991. On November 12, 1991, the church was completely
destroyed by tank shells fired at close range, and burnt down.
On November 12, 1991, Queen of the Rosary Cemetery Chapel was
destroyed and burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

008 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 8, 1991; Seliste.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local church in Seliste (recently
built) was damaged on October 8, 1991, and then set on fire and
razed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

009 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Sinac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Elias' Catholic Church
was damaged by mortar shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

010 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Sveti Rok.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Catholic Church (17th
century) was razed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.

011 CROATIA - RIJEKA-SENJ ARCHDIOCESE

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 15, 1991; Svica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Church was
damaged on September 15, 1991, during which time the old church
murals were severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 57.
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.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - November 15, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 1991; the city of Vukovar, section
called Sajmiste.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In November 1991, following the
occupation of the city of Vukovar by YPA and Serb irregular joint
forces, many mass executions of civilians were executed
repeatedly. YPA junior officer Jovan Savic, the commander of the
YPA special forces, ordered his soldiers to search houses and
basements, mainly occupied by civilians, in the section of
Vukovar called Sajmiste. During one such search, Jovan Savic and
his unit found ten civilians hiding in a basement. Jovan Savic
forced them out of the basement, and he killed one male civilian
as a warning to the others. Then he ordered the civilians to
return to the basement. After they did so, Jovan Savic put two
hand grenades called "kasikare", with pulled out safety pins,
into hands of two tied up Croatian Army soldiers and forced them
into the basement. After the explosion, Jovan Savic entered the
basement and shot the survivors.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers led by Jovan Savic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

001 - CROATIA - GLINA - August 18, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilian property;
destruction of civilian and state property.
TIME AND LOCATION: August 18, 1991; about 10:00 a. m.; the
village of Maja (cca 10 kilometres southeast of Glina).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On August 18, 1991, about 10:00 a. m.,
members of a Serb irregular unit (40 of them, out of whom 19 have
been identified) entered the village of Maja, led by Dusan
Gavrilovic. Upon entering the village, they searched family
houses and looted civilian property. They physically maltreated a
Croatian civilian M. M. and threatened to kill him. On the same
day, members of the Serb irregular unit destroyed the local
Catholic church, the village club and the store, and they set
fire to several Croatian owned family houses and farm buildings.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, out of whom 20
were not identified, while the identified perpetrators were as
follows:
1. Milan Dabic;
2. Mirko Dabic;
3. Milan Galjen;
4. Dusan Gavrilovic;
5. Dragan Jakovovic;
6. Nikola Janus;
7. Stanko Jelic;
8. Stojan Jelic;
9. Djuro Pavlica;
10. Milan Podunavac;
11. Dragan Prusac;
12. Milan Radakovic;
13. Milan Sladovic;
14. Dusan Spanovic;
15. Milan Spanovic;
16. Stevo Varkas;
17. Jovica Vincic;
18. Momir Vukicevic;
19. Slavko Zrakic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: According to the 1991 census official results, the village
of Maja had the total population of 274:
249 Croatians,
6 Serbs,
5 Rumanians,
14 others.

002 - CROATIA - GOSPIC - September 1, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on civilians and civilian

property; infliction of wounds and/or killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: September 1-September 16, 1991; the city of
Gospic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between September 1 and
16, 1991, YPA commanding officers ordered YPA soldiers to fire on
Gospic city districts from artillery and infantry arms, during
which time many civilians were killed, while many others were
wounded. During the attacks, several residential and industrial
buildings in private and communal ownership were destroyed.
PERPETRATORS: YPA commanding officers stationed in Gospic, among
whom were as follows:
1. Dusko Bajic;
2. Bogdan Basaric;
3. Milos Bogdanovic;
4. Tomo Cacic;
5. Slobodan Dotlic;
6. Dane Drakula;
7. Marcel Dusper;
8. Goce Koneski;
9. Jovo Kupresanin;
10. Dragoljub Lazarevic;
11. Bratislav Milojkovic;
12. Stevo Milosevic;
13. Bogdan Odanovic;
14. Radovan Radenkovic;
15. Relja Tomic;
16. Mico Vasic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

003 - CROATIA - VRGINMOST - September 14, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 14, 1991; Topusko (cca 18 kilometres
southeast of Vrginmost).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On September 14, 1991, Serb irregular
units occupied Topusko. Following the occupation, Milan
Sokolovic, a member of a Serb irregular unit, participated in the
mining of Visitation of Mary Catholic Church in Topusko, as well
as of the rectory and the dean F. H.'s house. He also
participated in the murder of civilians. The killed were as
follows:
1. Ivan Abramovic from the village of Velika Vranovina;
2. Jana Ferderbar from the village of Velika Vranovina;
3. Vid Ferderbar from the village of Velika Vranovina;
4. Mijo Jelkovic from Topusko;
5. Kata Jelkovic from Topusko.
PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit among whom was
Milan Sokolovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

004 - CROATIA - SINJ - September 30, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilians; destruction
of residential buildings.
TIME AND LOCATION: September/October 1991; the village of Maovice

(cca 38 kilometres northwest of Sinj).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Since the end of September 1991,
members of a Serb irregular unit led by Savo Bura have looted
civilian property owned by Croatian villagers of Maovice. During
October 1991, members of a Serb irregular unit led by Jovo
Vranjkovic looted and set fire to Croatian owned family houses in
the village of Maovice.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Serb irregular units, among whom were as
follows:
1. Savo Bura;
2. Bozo Cvitkovac;
3. Milan Cvitkovac;
4. Sava Cvitkovac;
5. Zoran Cvitkovac;
6. Dragan Djuric;
7. Dujica Erakovic;
8. Ilija Erakovic;
9. Zeljko Erakovic;
10. Nikola Krecak;
11. Rajko Krickovic;
12. Milan Maljkovic;
13. Nikola Maljkovic;
14. Dragan Petkovic;
15. Bozo Primetica;
16. Milan Primetica;
17. Jovo Vranjkovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

005 - CROATIA - SLUNJ - November 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilian property;
destruction of residential and farm buildings.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 20, 1991; the village of Komesarac
(cca 22 kilometres east of Slunj).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During November and December 1991,
members of a Serb irregular unit led by Milo and Pero Milanovic
looted civilian property and set fire to residential and farm
buildings owned by Croatian and Muslim villagers of Komesarac
(Srednje Selo and Trnova hamlets).

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom were

as follows:
1. Mile Blanusa;
2. Nikola Blanusa;
3. Rade Blanusa;
4. Bogdan Cosic;
5. Milan Milanovic;
6. Mile Milanovic;
7. Pero Milanovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

006 - CROATIA - SLUNJ - December 20, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Looting of civilian property;
destruction of residential and farm buildings.
TIME AND LOCATION: December 20-25, 1991; the village of Komesarac
(cca 22 kilometres east of Slunj).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period between December 20 and
25, 1991, members of a Serb irregular unit led by Rade Rakinic
looted the remaining property, and set fire to residential and
farm buildings owned by Croatian and Muslim villagers of
Komesarac (Savic Selo hamlet).

PERPETRATORS: Members of a Serb irregular unit, among whom were

as follows:
1. Mirko Krmar;
2. Cedomir Rakinic;
3. Rade Rakinic;
4. Slobodan Rakinic;
5. Borivoj Savic;
6. Dragan Savic;
7. Ljubomir Savic;
8. Milan Savic;
9. Dusan Zubovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

IV. WAR CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS

001 CROATIA - NOVA GRADISKA - October 10, 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Torture and inhumane treatment.
TIME AND LOCATION: October 10, 1991; the Stara Gradiska camp (cca
25 kilometres southwest of Nova Gradiska).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: During October 1991, Milan Spanovic, a
member of a Serb irregular unit, interrogated Croatians
imprisoned in the Stara Gradiska prison. During interrogations,
he physically and mentally maltreated prisoners.
PERPETRATORS: A member of a Serb irregular unit, who operated as
an investigator in the Stara Gradiska prison: Milan Spanovic.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document currently kept in the archives of
the Centre.

NOTE: Upon attacking the Republic of Croatia (April/May 1991),
YPA soldiers and Serb irregular units formed the concentration
camp on the location of the former Stara Gradiska prison, where
they imprisoned Croatian civilians, Croatian Army soldiers and
members of the Croatian police force.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Bijace (Our Lady of Angels parish,
Trogir).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Barbara's Church was
damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

002 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 15, 1991; Gornje Selo (the island of
Solta).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
was damaged in the YPA air force attack on November 15, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA air force pilots.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

003 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 26, 1991; Hrvace.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: All Saints' Catholic Church was

attacked in the mortar attack on September 26, 1991, during which
time the church roof and the cemetery were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

004 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Jezevic (Vrlika).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Salvation Catholic Church (C
category monument) was broken into and damaged by rifle bullets.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

005 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 26, 1991; Kastel Stafilic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church (1st
category monument) was damaged on September 26, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

006 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Maljkovo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Name of Jesus Church was burnt

down.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

007 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 25, 1991; Split.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (built in
11th century; zero category monument) was slightly damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

008 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 15, 1991; Split.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Visitation of Our Lady Catholic Church
(the 5th-6th centuries) was attacked by the YU-Army navy boat.
The projectile fired from the boat made a huge hole in the church
wall. PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

009 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 15, 1991; Split.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis' Catholic Church was
slightly damaged in the attack on November 15, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

010 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 17, 1991; Vrlika.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

was broken into and the statues were smashed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

011 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zasiok-Bitelic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
was destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.

012 CROATIA - SPLIT-MAKARSKA ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21, 1991; Zedno-Arbania (Ciovo
island).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Cross Catholic Church (zero
category monument) was damaged on September 21, 1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 60.^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

I. GENOCIDE

001 CROATIA - DARUVAR - May 11th, 1994

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Mass killing; wounding of
civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: May 11th, 1994; Batinska Rijeka, Daruvar
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the village of Batinska Rijeka,
near Ljuban Dzelalija's abandoned house, four unidentified
persons dressed in camouflage uniforms and armed with automatic
guns with silencers intercepted and imprisoned eight civilian
residents on May 11th, 1994, around 10:00 p. m. They threatened
them with guns, tied their arms on the back with wire,
interrogated and maltreated them. After that they took them
inside a barn. Around 10:30 p. m., they fired at civilians point
blank during which time five civilians were killed, two were
wounded, while the eighth prisoner by the name Jure Idzanovic
(born 1973) managed to escape unharmed. The killed are as
follows:
1. Mate Barisic (born 1968);
2. Drago Idzanovic (born 1976);
3. Zdravko Ivancic (born 1938);
4. Pejo Jurisic (born 1963);
5. Mirko Subotic (born 1968).
The wounded are as follows:
1. Alojz Jurisic (born 1970);
2. Mato Subotic (born 1978).
PERPETRATORS: Four unidentified armed persons.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Articles and statements of survived
victims published in the May 13th 1994 issue of "Vecernji List"
daily, pp. 6-7. Title: "Serbian Terrorists Killed Five Croats".

Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

NOTE: The crime took place in UNPA zone West (under control of
the Argentine UN Battalion).

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lisicic (Perusic parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic subsidiary church in Lisicic
was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

002 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 21st, 1991; Medvidja.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Parish Church was
destroyed on November 21st, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

003 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 20th, 1991; Miocic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Catholic church in Miocic was
utterly destroyed on September 20th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

004 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September/October 1991; Murvica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Church (built 1892) was attacked on September 28th,
1991, during which time the church north wall, part of the front
and the belfry were damaged. The church was further damaged in
the attack on October 5th/6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

005 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 20th, 1991; Nadin.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

was hit by bullets fired point-blank from a YPA tank, during
which time the sacristy and inventory were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

006 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Novigrad.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local church and cemetery in Novigrad
were mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

007 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Nunic.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

and the Rectory were mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

008 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Perusic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church was demolished.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

009 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 1991; Podgradina.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Spirit Church (built 1990) was
hit by three special projectiles fired from the direction of
Islam Grcki, 2.5 kilometres away from it, on September 13th,
1991. The church roof burnt down. The church was further damaged
in the attack on September 19th/20th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

010 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Podprag (Jasenice parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

011 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18th, 1991; Polaca.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Cosimo and Damian's Church
(consecrated 1989) was damaged on September 18th, 1991, during
which time the rectory was also damaged, while the biggest bell
in the belfry burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

012 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Polaca.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Local Catholic Church in Polaca was
mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

013 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Popovici.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church

was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

014 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October/December 1991; Posedarje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mary's Parish Church was first
damaged on October 6th, 1991. It sustained further damage on
December 31, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

015 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: March 17th, 1991; Pridraga.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: New Local Parish Church in Pridraga
was entirely destroyed on March 17th, 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

016 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: March 17th, 1991; Pridraga.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Catholic Church (built in
the 11th century, zero category monument) was entirely demolished
on March 17th, 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.

017 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5th, 1991; Pristeg.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Church was damaged by mortars on October 5th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 66.
^Z
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Benkovac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Subsidiary Church in
Atlagic Tower was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

002 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 23, 1991; Bibinje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The bead-moulding in St. Rochus'
Catholic Church in Bibinje was damaged by machine gun bullets on
September 23, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

003 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18, 1991; Biograd (Kosa).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John's Catholic Church (built in
1988) was damaged on September 18, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

004 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 1991; Bokanjac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Simon and Tadeus' Catholic Church
with the Chapel and the Cemetery at Bokanjac was completely
destroyed and burnt down on October 6, 1991. The church cemetery
was damaged on October 23rd, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

005 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 5-6, 1991; Brisevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of the Rosary Church was
seriously damaged in the attack on October 5/6, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

006 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Bruska.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Church and the Rectory
were mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

007 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September/October 1991; Dracevac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(A category monument) was hit by two tank shells on September 22,
1991, during which time its northern wall was destroyed. On
October 6, 1991, the church side walls were destroyed, and the
roof was pierced in two places. The cemetery was also destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

008 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ervenik.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Michael's Catholic Church in

Ervenik was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

009 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Filip Jakov.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Rochus' Catholic Church at Rogovo
was damaged by shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

010 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 3, 1991; Gorica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Church (built in
1988) was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

011 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18, 1991; Islam Latinski.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas' Catholic Church was
seriously damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

012 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 11, 1991; Jasenice.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The front of St. Hieronymus' Church
was damaged on September 11, 1991. St. Francis Catholic Church on
Velebit was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

013 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 26, 1991; Karin.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Church was damaged from grenade launchers on August 26,
1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

014 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Kistanje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Catholic Church was mined (according to the information that
cannot be verified since the parish is under occupation).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

015 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18, 1991; Korlat.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church was completely destroyed on September 18, 1991, during
which time it was mined. The church roof was set on fire.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.

016 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: March-December, 1991; Krusevo.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Catholic Church was
attacked by YPA artillery and air force on August 26 and 27.
Around Christmas (December 25, 1991) the church was mined and
burnt down. The explosive devices were placed in the church
belfry.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 65.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Ribnica (Krusevo parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Catholic church in Ribnica was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

002 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Rodaljice.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Catholic Church was mined.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

003 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Rovanjska (Jasenice parish).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Catholic Church was

mined.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

004 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Slivnica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Cosimo and Damian's Catholic
Church in Slivnica was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

005 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: January 25th, 1992; Smilcic.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady de Salute Catholic Church and
the Rectory were mined on January 25th, 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

006 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 14th, 1991; Suhovare.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony of Padua Church and
Cemetery were damaged on September 14th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

007 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1992

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: January 3rd, 1992; Suhovare.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady de Salute Catholic Church was
damaged on January 3rd, 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

008 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November/December 1991; Sukosan.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Martin's Catholic Church above
Sukosan was damaged on November 6th, 1991. The church was mined
on December 17th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

009 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 18th, 1991; Skabrnje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Mary's Catholic Church was damaged
on November 18th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

010 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 18th, 1991/January 28th, 1992;
Skabrnje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of Our Lady Catholic Church
(recently built) was damaged on November 18th, 1991. The church
was completely destroyed on January 28th, 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

011 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: November 18th, 1991; Skabrnje.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Luke's Catholic Church was damaged
on November 18th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

012 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18th, 1991; Tinj.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
was damaged on September 18th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

013 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 18th, 1991; Tinj.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Pascal's Catholic Church (recently
built) was damaged on September 18th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

014 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Vinjerac.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry of St. Anthony of Padua
Parish Church was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p.66.

.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

002 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September-November 1991, Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Chrysogonus' Catholic Church
(built in 1175) was damaged by shell fragments and bullets fired
from the YPA Navy ships on September 30th and October 1st 1991,
during which time several columns of the church gallery were
damaged as well as the roof above the central and the northern
lateral naves. The church was further damaged in the YPA Air
Force attack on November 18th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, pp. 66-67.

003 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September 21st, 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Queen of Peace Parish Church in
Stanovi was damaged on September 21st, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

004 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: September-October 1991, Zadar-Ploce.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ploce,
built in the preromanic period (zero category monument) was first
damaged on September 30th, 1991, during which time its roof was
destroyed, while all windows and doors were shattered. The shells
pierced two holes (1 metre wide) on the church belfry. The church
cemetery was also damaged. The church was further damaged on June
5th/6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

005 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Peter's Parish Church (recently
built) was seriously damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

006 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October/November 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Simon's Catholic Church (built in
the 12th century) was damaged on October 5th, 1991, during which
time a section of the ceiling was demolished, while a shell
pierced a large hole through the church roof. The church was
further damaged in the attack on November 19th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

007 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Roof-tiles on St. Francis' Catholic
Church were damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

008 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991/April 29th, 1992; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Roof-tiles on St. Nicholas' Catholic
Church were damaged. The church was further damaged on April 29th

1992.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

009 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Rochus' Catholic

Church was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, pp. 67.

010 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 6th, 1991; Zadar.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph's Catholic Church and

Rectory at Plovanija were damaged on October 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

011 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 6th, 1991; Zadar.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Catholic Church at Belafuza was slightly damaged on October 6th,

1991.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

012 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 6th, 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church in
Arbanas was slightly damaged on October 6th, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

013 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 6th, 1991; Zadar.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Catholic Church at Debeljak was damaged in the attack on October
6th, 1991, during which time the church windows were shattered.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

014 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zadar.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John's Catholic Church was

damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

015 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Zemunik Donji.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Catherine's Catholic Church was

damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

016 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: October 3rd, 1991; Zemunik Donji.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The belfry and rectory of the new
local Catholic church (still not completed) were damaged on
October 3rd, 1991.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

017 CROATIA - ZADAR ARCHDIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: January 4th, 1992, Zemunik Gornji.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church
was mined on January 4th, 1992.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication "Sacral Institutions on

Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 67.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: A witness' written account currently kept

in the archives of the Centre.

.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

001 - CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 17th, 1991; Lisane.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas Tavelic's Catholic Church

(built 1977) was severely damaged in a mortar attack on July 17th,
1991. More than 200 mortar shells fell around the church and the
rectory. The church was later mined and razed to the ground.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 63.

002 - CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lisane.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: The roof of St. Jerome's Catholic Church

was damaged.
PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 63.

003 - CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lisane.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Anthony's Cemetery Chapel was
damaged. The tombs were damaged by mortar shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 63.

004 - CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Lukar (Promina parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of the Well Cemetery Church was
severely damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 63.

005 - CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Miljevci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Holy Name of Jesus Church (built in the
18th century) was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

EVIDENCE: Publication: "Sacral Institutions on Target", Croatian
Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 63.
.

[Barry S. Marjanovich]

II. WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS

# 001 CROATIA - VUKOVAR - June 2nd 1994

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Infliction of serious bodily harm;
killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 2nd, 1994; Ilok.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On June 1st, 1994, four or five unknown
persons came to the house of Marko family and killed two members of
the household. The killed civilians of Croatian nationality were as
follows:
1. Marija Marko (born 1932);
2. Ivan Marko (born 1961, Marija's son).
Ivan's elder brother M.M. was seriously wounded on the same
occasion. The victims were brutally battered with wooden sticks.
M.M. survived due to want of caution on the part of the
perpetrators who were confident that they killed him.
The above mentioned perpetrators visited Marko's house once before
during which time they killed two cows and four hogs.
The Serb occupying self-proclaimed authorities in Ilok declared
that they arrested a suspect - a person named Mato Pivic (Croatian
by nationality) - however, they did not mention other perpetrators.
Since the day that the Serb occupying self-proclaimed authorities
and YPA evicted majority of Croatian population from Ilok, Mato
Pivic has actively co-operated with Serb extremists and pillagers
and informed against his fellow citizens.
PERPETRATORS: Still unknown perpetrators (four or five of them),
along with Mato Pivic (Croatian by nationality).
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Document issued by the Townhall of Ilok
dated June 10th 1994, currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

VIII. DESTRUCTION OF SACRAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC OBJECTS

# 001 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Parcic (Kadina Glavica Parcic parish).

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church was

demolished.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral institutions on
Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 63.

# 002 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Piramatovci.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church (built
1940, renovated 1991) was completely destroyed.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral institutions on
Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 64.

# 003 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: August 5th 1991; Plastovo (Dubravice parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. Nicholas the Traveller Catholic
Church (built in the medieval time) and the rectory were severely
damaged on August 5th, 1991. The entire village was looted and
burnt down.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral institutions on
Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 64.

# 004 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: 1991; Puticani (Stankovci parish).
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church

was damaged by mortar shells.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral institutions on
Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 64.

# 005 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 26th to August 26th, 1991; Rupe.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St. George's Catholic Parish Church at
the Cemetery was set on fire, and the rectory was looted and set on
fire in the period between July 26th 1991 (the first attacks) and
August 26th, 1991 (the time of occupation).

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral institutions on
Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 64.

# 006 CROATIA - SIBENIK DIOCESE - 1991

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Destruction of churches and church
property.

TIME AND LOCATION: July 30th, 1991; Rupe.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: St Anthony's Catholic Church was shelled
on July 30th, 1991, during which time the church door was blown up
and the clock on the belfry was damaged.

PERPETRATORS: YPA soldiers; members of Serb irregular units.

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Publication: "Sacral institutions on
Target", Croatian Information Centre, Zagreb, 1992, p. 64.