The Bacin massacre is the killing of Croatian civilians by the Serb forces in the Croatian villages of Baćin, Hrvatska Dubica and Cerovljani in October 1991 during the war in Croatia . The total number of deaths according to the ICTY was 110 people [1]
| The Bachin Massacre | |
|---|---|
| A place | Bachin, Croatia |
| Coordinates | |
| Motive | National intolerance |
| date | October 21, 1991 |
| Attackers | Serbs |
| Killed | 110 people (56 bodies found) |
Content
Massacre
In September 1991, the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of Srpska Krajina launched offensive operations in the region around the city of Khrvatsk-Kostajnica . In October, almost the entire region came under the control of the Serbs. Most of the Croatian civilian population was forced to flee the region; in the villages of Khrvatsk-Dubitsa, Bachin and Tserovliani, no more than 120 civilians of Croatian nationality remained, mostly the elderly, women and patients [1] .
On the morning of October 20, 1991, members of the RSK police and other Serbian forces seized 53 residents of Dubica and locked them in a village fire station. During the day and the next night, 10 of them were released because they were Serbs or had connections with Serbs. The remaining 43 Croats were bred in a field near the village of Bachin. Soon 13 civilians from Bachin and Tserovlyan joined them. All 56 people were then killed [1] . Around the same time, Serbian forces removed 30 other residents of Bachin and 24 residents of Dubica and Tserovliani and killed them in an unknown place [1] .
Investigation
The surroundings of the village of Hrvatsk-Dubica were returned to Croatian control in 1995 after Operation Tempest . In 1997, the bodies of 56 victims of the massacre were recovered from a mass grave near Bachin [2] . Most of the victims were between 60 and 90 years old [2] .
The international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia included war crimes in Bachin in the case of Milan Martic [1] and Milan Babich [3] , as well as in the case of Stanisic and Simatovich [4] . Martić and Babić were found guilty and sentenced to long prison terms.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. CASE NO. IT-95-11
- ↑ 1 2 UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: Situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia (section 51)
- ↑ THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. THE PROSECUTOR OF THE TRIBUNAL AGAINST Milan BABIC
- ↑ THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. Case No. IT-03-69-T