Paklenik massacre
| Paklenik massacre | |
|---|---|
  Rogatica Rogatica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |
| Location | Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 43°47′55″N 19°00′13″E / 43.79861°N 19.00361°E |
| Date | 15 June 1992 (Central European Time) |
| Target | Bosniaks |
Attack type | Mass Killing |
| Deaths | 50 |
| Perpetrators | Republika Srpska Army |
The Paklenik massacre is the massacre of at least 50 Bosniaks by the Army of the Republika Srpska in the Rogatica Municipality on 15 June, 1992.
Background[edit]
A day earlier to the incident, the Serb Democratic Party-led Višegrad Municipality organized a deportation of Bosniak civilians to Olovo, a town near Sarajevo. However, on its way towards the Rogatica Municipality, Bosnian Serb Army members from Višegrad stopped the buses and took all the men off to another bus. They spent the night in Rogatica and the next day they were taken to Paklenik (Hell) to a ravine called Propast (Downfall) where they were systematically executed and their bodies were thrown into the ravine. Only one man survived the massacre. The men responsible for this massacre have not yet answered for their crimes. The only people who have been indicted were Mitar Vasiljević, Nenad Tanasković, Sredoje and Milan Lukić. One man, Predrag Milisavljević, was arrested in Višegrad in June 2012, suspected of having taken part in the massacre.[1] The Bosniak civilians who were deported and who were massacred came from the following villages in Višegrad: Gornji and Donji Dubovik, Veletovo, Žagre, Smriječje, Zupa and Dobrun.[2][3]
The remains of these executed Bosniaks were found in 2000.[4]
See also[edit]
- Visegrad massacre
- Uzamnica camp
- Bosanska jagodina massacre
- Srebrenica massacre
- Bosnian genocide
- Višegrad
- Milan Lukić
- Mitar Vasiljević
- Nenad Tanasković
References[edit]
- ^ "Court Orders Predrag Milisavljevic into Custody" Archived 2013-01-15 at archive.today, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, 22 June 2012
- ^ Ceco, Irham (15 June 1992). "Downfall, Colder Than Death". Dani.
- ^ McGrory, Daniel (28 August 2000). "Britain forgets Bosnia's nameless dead". The Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ "Tanaskovic: Witness tells of flight from Visegrad". Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
External links[edit]
- FERID SPAHIĆ PREŽIVIO STRIJELJANJE NA PAKLENIKU - MTV IGMAN - video testimony of the victim who survived
