Paklenik Massacre

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Paklenik massacre
Location	Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Army of the Republika Srpska in the Rogatica Municipality on 15 June 1992.

Background

One day earlier, the Serb Democratic Party-led Višegrad Municipality organized a deportation of Bosniak civilians to Olovo, a town near Tuzla. 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 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, Velatovo, Zagre, Smijece, Zupa and Dobrun.^[2]^[3]

The remains of these executed Bosniaks were found in 2000.^[4]

References

↑ "Court Orders Predrag Milisavljevic into Custody", 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.
↑ "Tanaskovic: Witness tells of flight from Visegrad". Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. 16 February 2007.

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Prelude	Karađorđevo agreement RAM Plan SAO Bosanska Krajina Manjača camp SAO Herzegovina SAO North-Eastern Bosnia SAO Romanija Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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Paklenik Massacre

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