Doljani massacre

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Doljani massacre
Location	the villages of Doljani and Sovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date	17 April 1993
Target	Bosniaks
Perpetrators	Croatian Defence Council (HVO), Croatian Army (HV)

The Doljani massacre also known as the Sovići massacre was a war crime committed on Bosniaks by Croatian Defence Forces (HVO) on 17 April 1993, and afterwards in the villages of Doljani and Sovići.^[1]

According to ICTY judgment in Naletilić-Martinović case Croat forces attacked the villages of Doljani and Sovići, about 50 kilometers north of Mostar in the morning on April 17, 1993. The attack was part of a larger Croatian Defence Forces offensive aimed at taking Jablanica, the main Bosnian Muslim dominated town in the area. The HVO commanders had calculated that they needed two days to take Jablanica. The location of Sovići was of strategic significance for the HVO as it was on the way to Jablanica. For the Bosnian Army it was a gateway to the plateau of Risovac, which could create conditions for further progression towards the Adriatic coast.^[2]

The larger HVO offensive on Jablanica had already started on April 15, 1993. The artillery destroyed the upper part of Sovići. The Bosnian Army fought back, but at about 5 p.m., the Bosnian Army commander in Sovići surrendered, along with pproximately 70 to 75 soldiers. Also, at least 400 Bosnian Muslim civilians were detained and the HVO's advance towards Jablanica was halted after a cease-fire agreement had been negotiated.^[2]

A number of captured Bosniaks were tortured and killed by Kažnjenička Bojna, a unit known by its cruelty against Bosniaks. It was commanded by Mladen Naletilić "Tuta". Those who were not killed were transported to the Heliodrom concentration camp ^[3] or other camps such as the one in Ljubuški.^[4] According to the Croatian Archive that was used in ICTY trials, after the conflict stopped all Bosnian-Muslim houses were burned and two mosques were torn down in accordance with the orders that the Croatian forces received from their commanders.^[5]

References

↑ Sense Tribunal: ICTY - THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE HERCEG BOSNA PROJECT” ON TRIAL
↑ 2.0 2.1 "ICTY: Naletilić and Matinović verdict".
↑ Sense Agency - ZAVRŠNICA SUĐENJA TUTI I ŠTELI -
↑ Sense Tribunal: ICTY - WITNESS WAS “BEATEN SENSELESS” -
↑ Sense Tribunal: ICTY - FORGERIES FROM CROATIAN ARCHIVE? -

External links

ICTY: Naletilić and Matinović verdict (English)
Sense Tribunal - ICTY: Witness of Crimes in Sovici and Ljubuski (English)
Sense Tribunal - ICTY: Witness Was “Beaten Senseless” (English)
Sense Tribunal - ICTY: Time of Brigandry and Rifts (English)
Sense Tribunal - MKSJ: Okrutnost dojučerašnjih komšija (Bosnian)

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1992	Battle of Bosanski Brod Sijekovac killings Bijeljina massacre Battle of Kupres Siege of Sarajevo Foča massacres Siege of Srebrenica Zvornik massacre Doboj Prijedor massacre Sarajevo column incident Graz agreement Glogova massacre Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing Tuzla column incident Zaklopača massacre Vilina Vlas Luka camp Omarska camp Keraterm camp Trnopolje camp Sušica camp Čelebići camp Dretelj camp Uzamnica camp Operation Jackal Višegrad massacres (Barimo Bosanska Jagodina Paklenik Sjeverin) Čemerno massacre Siege of Bihać Ahatovići massacre Croat–Bosniak War Operation Vrbas '92 Operation Corridor Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia Korićani Cliffs massacre Heliodrom camp

1993	Kravica attack Duša massacre Štrpci Siege of Gornji Vakuf Siege of Mostar Trusina incident Ahmići massacre Doljani massacre Dobrinja mortar attack Gabela camp Vojno camp Grabovica massacre Operation Neretva '93 Mokronoge massacre Stupni Do massacre Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia Operation Deny Flight Križančevo selo killings

1994	First Markale massacre Banja Luka incident Washington Agreement Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Operation Bøllebank Operation Tiger Battle of Kupres Operation Amanda Operation Spider

1995	Split Agreement Operation Summer '95 Tuzla massacre Srebrenica massacre (Kravica Children) Operation Storm Second Markale massacre NATO bombing campaign Operation Mistral Operation Una Operation Sana Dayton Agreement Bosnia and Herzegovina

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