Poljanak and Vukovići massacres
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Poljanak and Vukovići massacres | |
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Part of the Croatian War of Independence | |
Location | Poljanak, Croatia |
Date | 7 November 1991 |
Target | Croats |
Attack type | Mass killing |
Deaths | 10 |
Perpetrators | JNA, Territorial Defense, SAO Krajina forces |
The Poljanak and Vukovići massacres was the mass murder of
Background
In August 1990,
As the
Poljanak and Vukovići were small villages, located in the
Killings
On 7 November 1991, Serb forces, consisting of local SAO Krajina militia, supported by JNA and TO forces, including an elite JNA parachute brigade from Niš,[12] entered the village of Poljanak and its neighbouring hamlet of Vukovići. Serb forces raided the houses of Croats who had not been able to flee, murdering eight civilians in Vukovići and two in Poljanak.[13][14]
All ten victims were elderly civilians (eight men and two women), the eldest being 80-year-old Dane Vuković Matin, from Vukovići.[13] Apart from one victim, killed by injuries caused by an explosive, all of the victims from Vukovići were killed by automatic weapons.[13] The two victims from Poljanak, a father and his son, were hanged outside of their home.[15]
Those who survived the massacre, or those that had escaped beforehand (mostly women), were forced to flee to nearby Slunj or Cazin, in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina.[13]
After the massacre, Croat homes were burned and looted.[13]
Aftermath
The killings of the civilians from Poljanak and Vukovići were included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) trial of Milan Martić,[16] and the trial of Slobodan Milošević.[17]
References
- ^ ICTY & 12 June 2007.
- ^ The New York Times & 2 April 1991.
- ^ The New York Times & 3 March 1991.
- ^ The New York Times & 26 June 1991.
- ^ The New York Times & 29 June 1991.
- ^ Narodne novine & 8 October 1991.
- ^ EECIS 1999, pp. 272–278.
- ^ The Independent & 10 October 1992.
- ^ UNSC & 28 December 1994, Section III.
- ^ CIA 2002, p. 227.
- ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr
- ^ "Amended Indictment – Milan Martić" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "7. studenoga 1991. Poljanak (Plitvička Jezera) – masakr nevinih staraca i starica Like". 7 November 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Crime in the village of Poljanak". Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Rekom mreža pomirjena: Poljanak". 5 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ ICTY & 12 June 2007, pp. 63–72.
- ^ BBC News & 29 October 2001.
- ^ a b "Prosecutor v. Milan Martić – Public Judgement" (PDF). The Hague, Netherlands: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 30 December 2020. pp. 70–71.