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Gošić killings
LocationGošić, Šibenik-Knin County
Date27 August 1995
TargetElderly Croatian Serb villagers
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths8[1]
PerpetratorsCroatian Army (HV)

The Gošić kllings refers to the mass murder of elderly Serb civilians from the village of Gošić in Šibenik-Knin County by members of the Croatian Army (HV) on 27 August 1995, approximately three weeks after Operation Storm.

Background

Main articles: Croatian War of Independence and Operation Storm

By March 1991, tensions between Croats and Serbs escalated into the

ICTY puts the number of Serb civilians killed at 324.[11]

Killings

8 of the 12 remaining Serb villagers in the village of Gošić were shot and killed on 27 August 1995.

UN human rights workers matched the names of the five victims to names on crosses in the Knin cemetery.[13] A memorial bearing the names of the eight victims was later added to the village. In August 2019, the deputy leader of the Serbian National Council read a traditional statement of commemoration next to the memorial for the 24th anniversary of Operation Storm.[14]

The Croatian authorities publicly acknowledged the murders following the disclosure of the Varivode massacre.[13] On 18 October 1995, the Croatian Interior Minister announced that they had arrested thirteen persons suspected of having committed crimes in the villages of Gošić and Varivode.[13] A combined trial for murders in the villages of Varivode, Gošić and Zrmanja was held and six former Croatian Army officers were found not guilty.[13] The soldiers were Ivan Jakovljević, Pero Perković, Neđeljko Mijić, Zlatko Ladović, Ivica Petrić and Nikola Rašić. Petrić however was found guilty and sentenced to six years for the murder of a civilian in the village of Zrmanja and Rašić was sentenced to a year in prison for attempted robbery and the attempted murder of a civilian in the municipality of Knin.[12]

The killings in the village were also included in the

ICTY ruled that there was insufficient evidence to conclude the existence of a joint criminal enterprise to remove Serb civilians by force.[16] The Appeals Chamber further stated that the Croatian Army and Special Police committed crimes after the artillery assault, but the state and military leadership had no role in their planning and creation.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Fisk, Robert (10 September 1995). "Croats slaughter elderly by the dozen". The Independent.
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  3. ^ Chuck Sudetic (20 May 1991). "Croatia Votes for Sovereignty and Confederation". The New York Times.
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  5. ^ Sudetic, Chuck (2 April 1991). "Rebel Serbs Complicate Rift on Yugoslav Unity". The New York Times.
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  7. ^ "Milosevic: Important New Charges on Croatia". Human Rights Watch. 21 October 2001. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010.
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  12. ^ a b Opacic, Tamara (4 August 2020). "No Justice for Elderly Serbs Executed in Croatian Villages". BalkanInsight. BIRN.
  13. ^ a b c d "Croatia: Impunity for Abuses Committed during 'Operation Storm' and the Denial of the Right of Refugees to Return to the Krajina". Human Rights Watch. August 1996.
  14. ^ Vladisavljevic, Anja (4 August 2019). "Croats, Serbs Come Together to Remember 'Storm' Victims". Balkan Insight.
  15. ^ "Gotovina - Indictment". ICTY.org. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 21 May 2001.
  16. ^ a b "Gotovina and Markac, IT-06-90-A" (PDF). ICTY.org. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 16 November 2012. pp. 30–34.
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