Maline massacre

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The massacre at Maline ( Croatian Pokolj u Maljinama ) is a war crime of the Bosnian war or the Croatian-Bosnian war , which on 8. June 1993 in the hamlet Bikoši of the place Maline (Croatian Maljine ) in Travnik in Bosnia was committed. This mass murder of 24 prisoners-of-war soldiers of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) and exclusively Croatian civilians was committed by members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and foreign mujahideen .

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According to the indictment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , the 306th Mountain Brigade, the 7th Muslim Mountain Brigade and the Mujahideen Unit El started on June 8, 1993, the day Rasim Delić took over the post of Chief Staff Officer Mudžahid of the 3rd Army Corps of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina launched an attack on the village of Maline in the Travnik municipality.

After the HVO surrendered, more than 200 Croatian civilians and HVO soldiers were captured. They were ordered by the military police of the 306th Mountain Brigade to march towards Mehurići , a village several kilometers from Maline. In the village of Poljanice , a few hundred meters from Mehurići, a group of around 10 mujahideen and local Muslim soldiers stopped the column and ordered around 35 to 40 Croatian civilians and prisoner-of-war HVO soldiers to return to Maline.

Shortly afterwards, this group met a smaller group who had also been captured in Maline and both groups continued towards Maline together. When they got to the junction leading to Bikoši, the mujahideen opened fire on the group at random and then shot some of the survivors in the head . At least six people survived the massacre with severe gunshot wounds .

Responsible persons and perpetrators

The massacre was part of the ICTY's charges against Rasim Delić , the commander-in-chief of the Bosnian army and Enver Hadžihasanović , the commander of the units of the 3rd Corps and Amir Kubura (born March 4, 1964), the commander of the 7th Muslim Mountain Brigade.

Identified victims

  1. Before (Zvonko) Barać (* 1976 in Travnik)
  2. Bojan (Zvonko) Barać (* 1971 in Travnik)
  3. Dalibor (Stipo) Janković (* 1973 in Travnik)
  4. Goran (Niko) Bobaš (* 1972 in Travnik)
  5. Niko (Pero) Bobaš (* 1937 in Travnik)
  6. Srećo (Franjo) Bobaš (* 1963 in Travnik)
  7. Slavko (Fabijan) Bobaš (* 1946 in Travnik)
  8. Franjo (Mijo) Pušelja (* 1971 in Travnik)
  9. Ljubo (Bariša) Pušelja (* 1956 in Travnik)
  10. Luka (Mato) Balta (* 1969 in Travnik)
  11. Ivo (Niko) Balta (* 1964 in Travnik)
  12. Anto (Franjo) Balta (* 1959 in Travnik)
  13. Jozo (Franjo) Balta (* 1971 in Travnik)
  14. Nikica (Franjo) Balta (* 1968 in Travnik)
  15. Anto (Mijo) Matić (* 1963 in Travnik)
  16. Ivo (Jozo) Volić (* 1953 in Travnik)
  17. Predrag Pušelja
  18. Mijo or Jakov Tavić

See also

literature

  • Collective of authors: DOSSIER: Crimes of Muslim Units against the Croats in BiH 1992–1994 . Ed .: Center for Investigation and Documentation. Mostar 1999, 13.4.2 The Crime in the Village of Maljine, p. 141-145 (English).
  • Centar za prikupljanje dokumentacije (ed.): Ratni zločini muslimanskih vojnih postrojbi nad Hrvatima Bosne i Hercegovine . Sarajevo 1997, Kronologija muslimanskog-hrvatskog sukoba u Bosni i Hercegovini (1992./1994.), P. 49 (Croatian).
  • International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ed.): Case Information Sheet: Rasim Delić (IT-04-83) . S. 3 ( haguejusticeportal.net [PDF]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Case Information Sheet: Rasim Delić (see literature)