Kostrići massacre

Kostrići massacre
Part of the Croatian War of Independence
Kostrić
Kostrići on the map of Croatia. Territories controlled by Serb or JNA forces in late December 1991 are highlighted in red.
Location Kostrići, Croatia
Coordinates 45°08′24″N 16°31′59″E / 45.14°N 16.533°E / 45.14; 16.533Coordinates: 45°08′24″N 16°31′59″E / 45.14°N 16.533°E / 45.14; 16.533
Date 15 November 1991
Target Croat civilians
Attack type
 Summary executions
Deaths 16
Perpetrators Kaline Serbian paramilitary unit

The Kostrići massacre was the killing 16 Croat civilians in the village of Kostrići, near Hrvatska Kostajnica. The massacre committed by Serbian paramilitary forces called Kaline under leadership of Stevo Borojević, they are killed all the inhabitants of the village.[1] The killings took place on 15 November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. Among those killed there were children, one of two and one of four years. The oldest victim was 93 years old.[2]

Timeline

Serbs came into the village from two directions, from Hrvatska Kostajnica and Majur. In one house they found a young woman with two children, who were sitting on the bed. And asked where her husband was. She told them that he had gone to a neighboring village Stubljani, and then killed. When the husband returned to the village he found a horrific scene, then went to report the crime in Hrvatska Kostajnica. When he gave a statement to the police, and he was killed in a police station.[3] The village after the crime had been looted and burned. Identified only seven victims. Some victims were found after the war in a burned and destroyed homes.[4] For this massacre still nobody is not convicted.

Serbian paramilitary forces Kaline also killed five police officers and two civilians in the village Volinja in October 1991.

Memorial

In Kostrići 2011 discovered a monument to victims of massacre. On the monument is inscribed the 16 victims of massacre.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dva krajinska milicajca iz Dvora kazneno prijavljena zbog ratnog zločina, 7. studenoga 2011.". Slobodna Dalmacija. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  2. ↑ "Dvadeseta obljetnica zločina u Kostrićima". Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  3. ↑ "Dario (4) i Tomislav Jurić (3) najmlađe su žrtve rata u županiji". Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Kostrići najtužnije selo u Hrvatskoj". Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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