Tovarnik massacre
Tovarnik massacre | |
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Part of the Croatian War of Independence | |
Location | Tovarnik, Croatia |
Date | 22 September 1991 |
Target | Croats |
Attack type | Mass killing, ethnic cleansing |
Deaths | 80 |
Perpetrators | JNA, local Serb rebels |
The Tovarnik massacre was the mass murder of Croat civilians by Serb forces on 22 September 1991 in the village of Tovarnik.
Background
During the September 1991 Yugoslav Campaign in Croatia, JNA and local Krajina Serb forces attacked and occupied several villages in Eastern Slavonia and Croatian Syrmia (modern-day Vukovar-Srijem County) during the JNA-led offensive against Vukovar and adjacent areas.
The village of Tovarnik, on the border with Serbia, was located 25 kilometres from Vukovar. The JNA started to shell Tovarnik on the 12 September 1991. An ultimatum was soon given to the residents of Tovarnik to surrender control of the village to the JNA. While negotiations were still ongoing, the JNA attacked and shelled the village on the 20th September. The next day, the JNA entered the village with tanks.[1]
Killings
Once JNA and local Serb rebels entered the village and immediately began to abuse and kill the remaining Croat inhabitants that had not been able to flee, 68 Croat civilians were killed on 22 September 1991.[2] Among those killed included the village priest, Ivan Burik.[2][3]
According to the findings of the
In the months following the massacre, the local Croat civilian population that remained continued to be abused and persecuted.
See also
References
- ^ "Humanitarian Law Centre: Dossier: The JNA in the wars in Croatia and BiH". p. 48.
- ^ a b c "22. rujna 1991. Tovarnik – pokolj 68 Hrvata nakon okupacije sela heroja". Narod.hr. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- OCLC 993638126.
- ^ "Humanitarian Law Centre: Dossier: The JNA in the wars in Croatia and BiH". p. 48.
- ^ Vuković, Tomislav (25 September 2011). "Povodom 20. obljetnice srpskih zločina u Tovarniku" (PDF). Glas Koncila. No. 39.