A B B R E V I A T I O N S
BH - Bosnia and Herzegovina
ECMM - European Commission Monitoring Mission
HDZ - Croatian Democratic Union
HOS - Croatian Armed Forces
JNA - Yugoslav People's Army
POWs - Prisoners of War
TANJUG - Yugoslav News Agency
UNPA - United Nations Protected Area
UNPROFOR - United Nations Protection Force
ZNG - Croatian National Guard (Army)
In response to the requirement contained in paragraph 1 of Security
Council resolution 780 of 5 October 1992, the Government of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia submits its Report on the violations of humanitarian
law, including breaches of the Geneva Conventions, being committed in the
territory of the former Yugoslavia.
The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia supports the
establishment of an impartial Commission of Experts to collate, examine and
analyse information relating to grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and
other violations of humanitarian law.
The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia considers that it is of the
utmost importance for further political solution of the crisis in the
territory of the former Yugoslavia to establish all relevant information
relating to armed conflicts and violence, particularly those relating to grave
violations of the law of war and humanitarian law. The first and principal
precondition for any future stability in the region and for relations among
the new States which have emerged as a result of separation from Yugoslavia,
as well as for further relations among its peoples is to determine
responsibility for acts of violence, destruction, the suffering and violent
death of a large number of the population.
The submitted Report describes gross violations of the law of war and
of international humanitarian law, being perpetrated from the outbreak of
conflicts in the Republic of Slovenia to date. The listed cases are based on
documentary evidence gathered by Government authorities, non-governmental
organizations and associations, and on reports of reliable news agencies.
Documents for each of the listed cases are available to the Commission
of Experts for its further study. In some of them proceedings are pending
before the competent judicial authorities.
In an effort to submit the Report within the initial period of 30 days
of the adoption of the resolution, it was not possible to include many other
cases constituting or indicating equally grave breaches of the law of war
conventions and violations of humanitarian law.
The Government authorities of the FR of Yugoslavia are in possession of
the records and documents of the former SFR of Yugoslavia, containing
information on the crimes against international law and perpetrators of such
crimes and sanctioned, in accordance with international law, in the
legislation of the SFR of Yugoslavia, which brought about the armed conflicts
in Slovenia and, later on, in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The documents
cover the period which preceded their international recognition and when the
SFR of Yugoslavia, as an internationally recognized State, exercised power on
its entire territory. The documents reveal the relationship between causes and
effects, the instigators and executioners in the events which escalated into
subsequent gross violations of international humanitarian law and into war
crimes. The FR of Yugoslavia will make these documents available to the
Security Council Commission of Experts as well.
Enclosed is just a fraction of eyewitness evidence supplied by Yugoslav
and foreign reporters. Such evidence is plenty, and some of it will be
provided with all relevant information in future supplements to the present
Report.
Over half a million of refugees fleeing the war and terror in Croatia
and Bosnia-Herzegovina have found shelter in the FR of Yugoslavia. Most of
them are either eye witnesses or victims of violations of humanitarian law
themselves. They witnessed killings, expulsions and other crimes committed
against their close relatives, civilians and members of the armed forces of
the SFR of Yugoslavia. The Government authorities and non-governmental
organizations of the FR of Yugoslavia will continue to make this evidence
available to the Commission of Experts and to the international public at
large.
The work on the collection and systematic compilation of information on
the war crimes committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia is
exceptionally complex. Two criteria have been taken into account in their
systematic compilation: on the one hand, the war crimes have been classified
according to the sources of the law of war and humanitarian law, and, on the
other, according to the nature of the armed conflicts in the territory of the
former Yugoslavia and under the provisions of the national criminal
legislation of the former SFR of Yugoslavia.
Bearing in mind the nature and types of the crimes committed, the
international legal basis for the punishment of these crimes perpetrated in
the territory of the former Yugoslavia, which are mostly the Geneva
Conventions for the Protection of War Victims (1949) and the Protocols I and
II Additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977), should be supplemented by the
provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (1948), the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages
(1979) and the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event
of Armed Conflict (1954). All these Conventions have been ratified by the
former SFR of Yugoslavia.
In view of the types of breaches of international legal precepts
contained in the principle sources of international humanitarian law, the
crimes committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia can be classified
into the following categories:
I) Wilful killing of civilians;
II) Wilful killing of detainees - POWs;
III) Inhuman treatment of civilians;
IV) Inhuman treatment of detainees - POWs;
V) Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded and sick persons;
VI) Hostage-taking and detention camps;
VII) Wanton devastation and destruction of property;
VIII) Devastation of places of worship, cemeteries, cultural and
historical monuments;
IX) Ethnic cleansing.
The inhuman killing of civilians, wounded and sick persons and detainees
- POWs (this distinction is necessary to make because of the change in the
legal characteristics of the armed conflict) is a very widespread form of the
law of war and humanitarian law violations. As a rule, the killings were
carried out in groups, seldom individually. In a number of cases, the groups
were mixed. The victims were usually tortured and humiliated before execution.
Particularly abhorrent were the massacres committed in Bjelovar (a large
number of regular JNA soldiers were taken prisoner in the local barracks), in
Gospic (at least 24), on the Korana river bridge in Karlovac (13 regular JNA
members), in Borovo Selo (civilians), on the Kupres plateau (civilians and
detainees on several occasions), in the village of Milici (civilians), etc.
The recent reports on mass graves near Vukovar, as referred to in the
report of the Human Rights Commission's Special Rapporteur Tadeusz Mazowiecky
of 28 October 1992, are still to be checked in order to ascertain whether
there were systematic killings of civilians by the parties to the conflict as
reprisals or for other motives or whether victims were killed in combat which
lasted in that area for a very long time and was heavy.
Instances of inhuman treatment of civilians, the wounded and sick
persons and detainees - POWs are also abundant. Women of all ages were raped
and forcibly taken to brothels where they were abused by members of the armed
forces and detainees - POWs were forced to make false statements for TV
programmes and newspaper reports and subjected to various other physical or
mental abuses.
The inhumane conditions of detention, in which civilians belonging to
various ethnic groups were, frequently held with detainees - POWs, were often
dangerous to their lives and harmful for their physical and mental health.
Cases in point are the camps in the Bradina tunnel, in Trnopolje,
Tomislavgrad, Sarajevo, Konjic and Mostar. The fate of many detainees in the
camps in Herzegovina, for instance, is uncertain even today. Over 2,000 Serbs
detained in these camps have disappeared and their fate is unknown. Detained
civilians were often used for massive exchanges of POWs which departed from
some of the international legal rules: they were exchanged for perpetrators
of very serious crimes who had either been tried or had not been brought to
trial at all (those responsible for the massacre on the Korana River bridge
in Karlovac, perpetrators of many murders in Vukovar and others).
Wanton devastation and destruction of property were carried out by the
members of all military and paramilitary forces on the battle front across
Croatia, and especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina. These were the wilful
devastation and destruction related to ethnic cleansing in areas with mixed
populations. Simply, homes were razed to prevent their fleeing owners from
ever coming back. The main yardstick was the ethnicity of former inhabitants.
This is a re-run of the gruesome events begun by the Independent State of
Croatia in World War Two with the exception that in danger today are also
Moslems, Croats and others.
The same is true of their systematic destruction of places of worship,
cemeteries and cultural and historical monuments. Many such important
monuments in western Slavonia and eastern Herzegovina no longer exist
(Cathedral church in Mostar, Zitomislic monastery and others).
Ethnic cleansing as a grave violation of international humanitarian law
under the provisions of Article 147 of the Geneva Conventions relative to the
Protection of Civilians in Time of War (deportation and transfer of protected
prisoners and wanton devastation and destruction of property are aimed at
ruling out any possibility of deportees or displaced persons returning to
their homes in the distant or near future), has taken large-scale proportions
in the armed conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The
documents on war crimes submitted to the Commission contained only the most
serious cases of massive ethnic cleansing for which it is reasonable to assume
to contain the elements of the crime of genocide.
The provisions of the national criminal legislation of the former
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1977 Criminal Code, still in effect
in all former Yugoslav Republics) are in full accordance with the
international obligations assumed. The Criminal Code of the SFR of Yugoslavia,
Chapter XVI, defines as crimes against humanity and international law,
genocide (Article 141); war crimes against the civilian population (Article
142); war crimes against wounded and sick persons (Article 143); war crimes
against POWs (Article 144); organization of groups and instigation to the
commission of genocide and war crimes (Article 145); arbitrary killing and
wounding of the adversary (Article 146); looting of the killed and wounded
persons on the battle front (Article 147); use of prohibited means of combat
(Article 148); hurting of the parliamentary (Article 149); inhuman treatment
of wounded and sick persons and POWs (Article 150); destruction of cultural
and historical monuments (Article 151); instigation of a war of aggression
(Article 152); racial and other discrimination (Article 154).
The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reiterates its
readiness to cooperate fully with the Commission of Experts and the Secretary-
General of the United Nations in the further investigation and ascertainment
of all facts related to grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and violation
of other provisions of the law of war and humanitarian law.
Belgrade, 3 November 1992
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I. WILFUL KILLING OF CIVILIANS
I-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 4 July 1991, Borovo Naselje.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In order to intimidate the Serb population and to
ethnically purge territories, Croatians killed Dragan Mijatovic, Stojan
Stojanovic and some other unidentified ethnic Serbs.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Perpetrators belong to the ZNG and
the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Zdravko Komsic,
Marko Nujic, Stjepan Mackovic and Tade Istuk.
EVIDENCE: A request to carry out an investigation against the above
persons was lodged by the Military Prosecutors Office in Belgrade. All
evidence relating to the designation and timing of the crime and testimonies
of witnesses are in the file I VTK - No.1139/92 on this case in the Military
Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
NOTE: Under the agreement on the exchange of prisoners between the
Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia, all of the
above persons were exchanged in Nemetin on 14 August 1992.
I-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians
TIME AND PLACE: 13 July 1991, Borovo Selo (UNPA)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On the date indicted above around 17:00 hours,
Milenko Djuricic was taken away and killed by two members of the Croatian
National Guards. His corpse was found in the Dunav River near Begec on 17 July
1991. His family identified him on 27 July and he was buried in Novi Sad.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Nebojsa Hodak, who arrested
Djuricic, is suspected of being one of the killers.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of the victim's wife to the State Commission for War
Crimes and Crimes of Genocide, on 7 April 1992. Death Certificate issued by
the Medical School in Novi Sad; autopsy report No. SP 566/91 made by the
Forensic Institute in Novi Sad, and other relevant documents of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs and the District Court judge in Novi Sad.
NOTE: Nebojsa Hodak's name is associated with the murder of the Zec
family in Zagreb.
I-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 29 June 1991, village of Sotin, Vukovar.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In order to expel the Serbian population from that
region, through intimidation, threats against life and property, a villager,
Mihajlo Nadj, was also killed in an attack against the village of Sotin.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Perpetrators are Zdravko Komsic,
Stjepan Mackovic, Ivan Mikulic and Tade Istuk, all Croatian National Guards.
EVIDENCE: The Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has instituted
investigation proceedings against the above persons. All evidence about the
nature of the crime and time of its commission including testimonies of
witnesses are in the file I VTK No. 1139/92 of the Belgrade Military
Prosecutor's Office.
NOTE: All of the above named were exchanged in Nemetin, on 14 August
1992, under the Agreement on POW Exchange reached by the Governments of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia.
I-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians
TIME AND PLACE: July-August 1991, Mirkovci (now UNPA)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Members of the Croatian National Guards brutally
killed the following villagers: Milan Macura, Cvetko Sivcic, Pajo Sasic,
Marija Sasic (before being killed she was subjected to torture), Dragoljub
Gradjanski (his throat was cut while he was asleep).
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The military and police forces of
the Croatian National Guards.
EVIDENCE: Statement of the competent authorities in the village of
Mirkovci, submitted to the Red Cross office in Novi Sad and to the State
Commission for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide.
NOTE:
I-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians
TIME AND PLACE: 2 August 1991, Sarvas near Vukovar, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On that date, members of a Croatian paramilitary unit
broke into the home of Veselin Adamovic and killed him and his wife Gospava.
Gospava's mother found them and left to fetch a doctor, but on her return she
saw Igor Farcic, a Croatian from Sarvas, taking their bodies away in an
unknown direction.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The ZNG members.
EVIDENCE: Testimony given by the victims' neighbour, Bogdanka Radovic,
deposited with the State Commission for War Crimes.
NOTE:
I-006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 2 August 1991, Sarvas (now UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The following Serbian civilians were killed: Melanija
Bojanic (1927), Dusan Bojanic (1950), Branka Bojanic (1952), Veselin Adamovic
(1944), Gospava Adamovic (1949), Lazar Jerenic (1954), Zorka Petrovic (1926),
Svetislav Sandic (1939) and Dusan Milojevic (1964).
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the police and the
Croatian National Guard, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Report issued by the Local Community Office of Jelenovo
(formely Sarvas), testimonies of Veljko Tepavac, Radomir Simic and an
administrative officer who was unwilling to reveal his identity.
NOTE:
I-007
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Between 23 and 27 August 1991, Sisak, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Zoran Vranesevic, employee of the "Karic Banka" in
Beograd and previously working in the Sisak police station was killed on his
way to the village of Kinjacka for the burial of his father. He was killed by
a gunshot in the head and chest.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the armed units of the
Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Ljubica Vranesevic (8 Misarska Street, Beograd)
NOTE: According to the testimony of Aleksandar Banjanin, from Sisak,
Zoran's body was found near the place called Stari Grad, hung by a willow tree
and pushed into the Kupa river. His remains were buried at the Sisak cemetery
on 28 August 1992.
I-008
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians
TIME AND PLACE: 26 August 1991, Borovo Naselje, near Vukovar (UNPA)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Croatian National Guards killed Ilija Lozancic
in his home as part of the campaign of intimidating and plundering the
property of the Serbian civilian population aimed at forcing them to move out
of the region.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivo Zivkovic and some other
members of the Croatian National Guards.
EVIDENCE: Investigation proceedings have been instituted by military
prosecutor against Ivo Zivkovic. All evidence about the nature and time of the
commission of the crime are kept in file I VTK No. 1142/92 of the Military
Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
NOTE: The above person has been exchanged under the Agreement reached
by the Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia.
I-009
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: August-November 1991, Vukovar (now UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: About 200 civilians were taken out of shelters in
Vukovar and Borovo Naselje and executed. The bodies of victims were thrown
into the Danube.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Zdenko Novak, Djuro Brodjanac,
Ksenija Piplica, Martin Sabljic, Zoran Sipos and nine other members of the
Croatian National Guard in Vukovar.
EVIDENCE: Files I K Nos. 108/92, 112/92, 125/92, 133/92 and 144/92 of
the Military Court in Belgrade.
NOTE: The above persons were exchanged in Nemetin on 14 August 1992,
under the Agreement reached in Budapest.
I-010
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: September-October 1991, Vukovar, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Direct involvement in the organized killings of Serb
civilians, JNA officers and Territorial Defence members who were brought to
the Vukovar Hospital for treatment of their wounds.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Jure Njaro, a doctor; Sadika
Bilus, a doctor; Berislav Kucan and his wife Ljilja, a nurse; Mirko Mandic,
a plaster maker; Adela Kolesar, a nurse; Stef, a dentist; Andrija Sijanovic,
a doctor; Tomislav Meretler and his wife Ljubica, a nurse; Martin Dosen and
his brother called Boxer; Braco Sain and a large group of the rest of the
staff suspected of having participated in the commission of crimes.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witnesses to the Federal Secretariat for
Internal Affairs.
NOTE:
I-011
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Early October 1991, Borovo Naselje.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Milo Djukic and two unidentified civilians, all
Serbs, were killed in order to pursue the policy of ethnic cleansing. They
were first imprisoned, physically abused and tortured, inter alia, by stabbing
and swallowing salt,etc.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Perpetrators are Vlado Sabljic,
Vlado Sterc and Marko Filkovic including Stevan Demetar who also was also
involved in the torture of victims.
EVIDENCE: Investigation proceedings have been instituted against the
above named persons. All evidence on the nature of the crime and time of its
commission including testimonies of witnesses are in the file I VTK No.
1364/92 at the Military Prosecutor's Office.
NOTE: The above persons were exchanged under the relevant Agreement
reached by the Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of
Croatia.
I-012
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: mid-October 1991, Borovo Naselje.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After being arrested Cedo Jovic, N. Vojvodic, Panitic
(waiter), Milan Siladjin and 6 more unidentified Serbs were taken to Vukovar
and killed there. This was part of the action to take civilians from shelters,
houses and apartments and conscript them by force.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): There is evidence that the
perpetrators are Vlado Sterc and Vlado Demetar, members of ZNG military
police.
EVIDENCE: Investigation proceedings against the abovementioned persons
have been instituted by the Military Prosecutor's Office. All evidence about
the nature of the crime and time of its commission including testimonies of
witnesses are in the file I VTK No. 1364/92 at the Military Prosecutor's
Office.
NOTE: Both perpetrators were exchanged under the relevant Agreement
reached by the Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of
Croatia.
I-013
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 16-18 October 1991, Kukin Do, in the area of the village
of Siroka Kula near Gospic, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After being tortured 24 Serb civilians from Gospic
were executed. Forensics have identified the following 11 persons: Branko
Stulic, Ljubica Trifunovic, Stanko Smiljanic, Dana Bulj, Simo Kljajic, Zeljko
Mrkic, Mirjana Kalanj, Djordje Kalanj, Dragica Vranes, Nikola Gajic and
Radovan Barac.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs and the ZNG of the Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Forensic findings; a video filmed at the site of the crime;
a video containing testimonies of the family members of the killed; military
medical corps review magazine No. 2/92.
NOTE: According to the testimony of witnesses, by the end of October
1991, app. 500 Serb residents of Gospic were missing. All of them are believed
to have been killed.
I-014
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: May/June 1992, village of Zagoni, Bratunac, Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Cruel torture of Serb civilians (taking out of brain,
eyes, breaking of bones and ribs, belly stabbs, etc.). The following were
killed: Dusanka Paunovic, Rada Milosevic, Miodrag Madovic, Dragoljub
Gvozdenovic and Milos Jovanovic-Spat.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Moslem forces.
EVIDENCE: Forensic findings of the Bratunac Health Centre which have
been submitted to the State Commission for War Crimes and Crime of Genocide.
NOTE:
I-015
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: November 1991, Vukovar, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Planting of mines and other explosives in civilian
facilities in the Vukovar area, which claimed many lives among the civilians
including children.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Zdenko Novak (1959), formerly
residing in Vukovar; Franjo Brodanjac (1969), formerly
residing in Nasice and Zoran Cako (1960), formerly residing in Djenovac,
municipality of Nasice.
EVIDENCE: Reports on the autopsy performed on the victims, testimonies
of witnesses and partial confessions of the accused are kept on the criminal
records of the Military Court in Belgrade, KI No. 125/92.
NOTE: The above persons have been indicted.
I-016
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: November 1991 (date unknown), Borovo Naselje.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Milan Vezmar, Milorad Zoric and Bosko Grbic were
killed in shelter, as part of the campaign to exterminate the Serbian
population in this region.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the military police of
Croatian National Guard.
EVIDENCE: The Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has initiated an
investigation against Mate Jozicic and Darko Babic, Croatian citizens, who
showed the above Serbs to members of the military police of the Croatian
National Guards. All evidence about the nature of the crime and time of its
commission including testimonies of witnesses are in the file I VTK No.
1366/92 of the Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
NOTE: Mate Jozicic and Darko Babic were exchanged under the Agreement
on POW Exchange reached by the Governments of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia.
I-017
DESIGNATION OF CRIME. Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 15 November 1991, Vukovar.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Ivan Jagic, 7 Cvorkovac Street, Vukovar, was killed
after hearing only because he was a Serb.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Perpetrators, by order of Ivica
Stojanovic, are Ivica Smit and Milan Linic, all members of the military police
of the Croatian National Guard.
EVIDENCE: Investigation proceedings have been instituted against the
above persons. All evidence about the nature of the crime and time of its
commission including testimonies of witnesses are in the file I VTK No.
1139/92 at the Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
NOTE: The above persons were exchanged under the relevant Agreement
reached by the Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of
Croatia.
I-018
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 15 November 1991, Marino Selo, Novska, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Croatian ZNG forces massacred in this village 14
local Serbs of the villages of Kip and Klisa near Daruvar (now UNPA); namely,
Mijo Danojevic, Filip Gojkovic, Mijo Gojkovic, Nikola Gojkovic, Nikola
Krajnovic, Petar Novakovic, Jovo (Tadija) Popovic, Jovo (Teja) Popovic, Milan
Popovic, Pero Popovic, Dusan Popovic, Jovo Gojkovic, Rade Gojkovic, Savo
Gojkovic.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): It is assumed that the persons
taking part in the torture and murder of Serbs were members of the Daruvar
police and the Croatian military - Vlado Kec, Gojko Boro, Josip Hunjek, Keja
Joscak, Zeljko Sepl, Zoran Sepl and Damir Sepl.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of eye witness Mija Krajinovic concerning the
crime made to the Red Cross Organization of Yugoslavia and documents of this
Organization submitted to the Joint Commission to trace missing persons and
mortal remains.
NOTE:
I-019
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: The night of 11-12 December 1991, village of Paulin Dvor
near Osijek, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: During the night of 11-12 December 1991, the Croatian
forces and some Croatian paramilitary units massacred 18 Serb villagers and
one ethnic Hungarian, who served in a Serb family.
The following villagers were killed: Bozo Sudzukovic (1913), Marija Sudzukovic
(1914), Dara Vukovic (1934), Draga Katic (1919), Mile Katic (1933), Mitar
Katic (1909), Petar Katic (1937), Bosa Katic (1939), Milan Labus (1940), Jovo
Gavric (1936), Vuko Medic (1929), Milka Rodic (1925), Bosko Jelic (1942),
Andja Jelic (1953), Spasoje Milovic (1933), Milka Milovic (1933), Boja
Grubisic (1916), Milka Lapcevic (1916), Karlo Keckes (approximately 55).
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The ZNG forces and Croatian
paramilitary. One of the perpetrators undeniably Nikola Ivankovic known as
Danguba from the village of Vladislavci, age 35. Other perpetrators are
believed to be also from the neighbouring villages of Vladisavci and Hrastin.
EVIDENCE: A testimony of witness Novica Sudzukovic deposited with the
State Commission for Establishing War Crimes and Crime of Genocide Committed
against the Population of Serb and other origin during Armed Conflicts in
Croatia; medical report on the causes of death of Dara Vujnovic (a cut on the
neck and face, both hands, and a piece of skull removed). There is also
evidence in possession of the Red Cross Organization of Yugoslavia relating
to this crime.
NOTE:
I-020
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 17 December 1991, around midnight, Podravska Slatina,
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Stanko Grkinic (1924) was killed by a gunshot in his
bedroom. His wife Marica (1926) was gravely wounded by seven shots.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guards
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Milan Grkinic, hospital discharge paper for
Marica Grknic.
NOTE:
I-021
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians
TIME AND PLACE: 25 December 1991, Osijek (Croatia)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: During the night of 25 December, the police broke
into the apartment of Milenko Stanar (1948) who was there with his mother.
They dragged him away and savagely killed. His mother had to pay for her son's
body to give him a decent burial.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian police
from Osijek.
EVIDENCE: Statement by a witness, Novica Sudjzukovic, Belgrade, to the
Commission entrusted with the task of collecting information on the crimes of
genocide and other crimes against humanity carried out on the population of
Serbian and other origins. The statement was given on 7 April 1992.
NOTE:
I-022
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Second half of 199l, village of Karadzicevo, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Radomir Tismak, Zoran Sodolovac, Bogdan Rajicic, Cedo
Marceta, Sveto Marceta, Miroslav Kuzmanovic, Drazen Petrovic, Zeljko Petrovic
and Radmila Katic - all Serb civilians, were most brutally killed. Radmila
Katic was massacred (cut throat), while Zoran Sodolovac was beheaded.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG members.
EVIDENCE: A video made at the site of the crime.
NOTE: ZNG members raided into the village with three trucks and one tank
bearing JNA symbols, which misled the villagers and they went out to welcome
their army.
I-023
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Early January 1992, Pakrac (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Nevenka Vuckovic, age 64, killed by a gunshot in the
head.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guards.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Jovan Miljanic.
NOTE:
I-024
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Willful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 16-17 February 1992, village of Cerna near Zupanja,
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Rade, Anica, Nena, Milena (16) and Marko (13) Olujic
killed by a gunshot in their family home.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivan Cetina, commander of the
Croatian National Guards in the village, and Jakisa Situm, Ivan Mandic and
Ivan Stepic.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Branko Olujic given to the State Commission for
Establishing War Crimes of Genocide against Serbs and other Ethnic Communities
during the Armed Conflicts in Croatia (current address: 69 Zemunska Street,
Dobanovci).
NOTE: According to Branko Olujic the Zagreb weekly "Arena" published a
story on the crime.
I-025
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Willful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 25 February 1992, around 21:00, 17 Kranjceviceva Street,
Daruvar, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Radovan (36), Jovanka, nee Medakovic (32), Dejan (14)
and Nenad (10) Radosavljevic murdered in their home.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guards from
Daruvar.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Milica Milkovic, nee Radosavljevic, given to the
State Commission for Establishing War Crimes of Genocide against Serbs and
Other Ethnic Communities during Armed Conflicts in Croatia (current address
8 Baranji Karolja, Temerin).
NOTE: Remains of the killed Radosavljevic family were buried in the
village of Imsovac near Daruvar.
According to the information on the reported crime, a Croatian National
Guard whose family name was Mudri was arrested on suspicion of having
committed this crime and subsequently acquitted by the court.
I-026
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 26 March 1992, village of Sijekovac near Bosanski Brod,
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After an incursion into the village, 12 local Serb
civilians were executed. The following were killed: Branislav Zecevic,
Borislav Zecevic, Jovo Zecevic, Milan Zecevic, Pejo Bacic, Risto Bacic,
Zarko Bacic, Vid Radovanovic (an infirm old man), Zeljko Radovanovic, Milan
Milosevic, Nenad Milosevic and Momir Martic.
50 Serb houses were totally destroyed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Moslem-Croatian forces.
EVIDENCE: A video recording the site of the crime and testimonies of
eyewitnesses.
NOTE: The crime site was visited by Fikret Abdic, member of the BH
Presidency.
I-027
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 26 March 1992, around 16:00 hours, Sijekovac, northern
Bosnia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An armed paramilitary Moslem-Croatian group first
called the inhabitants of the village of Sijekovac to negotiations. After the
negotiations, as confirmed by a delegation of Serbs, had failed, the group
attacked the village and killed Jovo Zecevic and his sons Milan, Petar and
Vaso; Luka Milosevic and his sons Zeljo and Dragan; Vido Radanovic and his son
Mirko, and Sreto Trifunovic. They loaded some of the corpses on trucks and
tractors and threw them into the Sava River.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The crime has been committed by
the members of the Croatian ZNG, led by Anto Prkacin and some Moslems
(enclosed is a list of names of 28 persons who massacred the villagers) who
previously invited the Serb delegation to the crisis headquarters in
Sijekovac.
EVIDENCE: A written testimony concerning the crime and its perpetrators,
given by the Serbs who participated in the negotiations: Milan Bacic, Milan
Zecevic and Nikola Kusljic.
NOTE:
I-028
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 3 April 1992, village of Kostres near Bosanski Brod,
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Upon incursion into the village, 66 Serb inhabitants
were massacred. The following were killed: four members of the Zoric family,
three members of the Stanic family, two members each of the Mitric, Gojkovic,
Ivic, Pavic, Misic and Djuric families respectively, one member each of the
Vasic and Lazic families. In addition, the massacred included 20 men, 15 women
and 10 children who have not yet been identified.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Alija Selimagic, Sead Mujcin, Enes
Havic, Becir Hodzic and other members of the Moslem-Croatian forces.
EVIDENCE: A video recording a statement by Alija Selimagic.
NOTE: Before massacring their victims, the perpetrators raped women
including girls aged 12 and 14.
The 108th Brigade of the Croatian Army also took part in the operations
around Bosanski Brod.
I-029
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 6 April 1992, Kupres, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After torture, 29 local Serb civilians were most
brutally killed. The following were killed: Niko Karajlic (massacred), Milorad
Kontic called Ciro (left eye taken out), Spiro Bosnic (massacred), Todor
Dragoljevic, Tripko Pavlovic called Lola (killed by a hit on the head with a
blunt instrument so that the upper part of his skull was smashed), Stevo
Bubonja (right eye taken out), Lazo Kontic (right side of the face smashed
after a hit with a blunt instrument; right ear cut off), Stevo Vugonja (right
eye taken out), Milan Duvnjak, Cvetko Duvnjak, Jovo Duvnjak, Dusan Duvnjak,
Vlado Duvnjak (80), Mitar Duvnjak, Drago Celebic, Marko Kalinic, Dragan
Sormaz, Predrag Bastic, Jovo Pavlovic, Momcilo Sesum, Jovo Zubic, Nedeljko
Karan and Vlastimir Jarcevic.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ratko Rebrina, Safet and Sulejman
Pilic, Matko Vila, Ivo Males, Branko Zulj and other members of the Croatian-
Moslem forces.
EVIDENCE: A video recording the site of the crime and testimonies of
witnesses, the statement of Milica Sormaz, photos of the killed persons.
NOTE:
I-030
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians
TIME AND PLACE: 1 May 1992, village of Odzak and Kupres, Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The following nine Serb inhabitants of Kupres were
killed: Jovo Pavlovic, Mirko Kaulic, Jovo Zubic, Dragan Sormaz, Vlastimir
Jarcevic, Nedeljko Karan, Vlado Duvnjak, Momcilo Sesum and Predrag Bastic.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Safet Pilic, Sulejman Pilic, Sejo
Pilic, Ekrem Pilic, Milenko Vila, Marko Vila, Mirko Vila, Mijo Vila, Zoran
Vila, Ratko Rebrina, Smail Mandjuka, Miroslav Kaminski, Ante Jelic, Zijad
Mandjuka, Bozo Zulj and Pero Dumancic. They are all from Kupres and on the
run.
EVIDENCE: After the report was made on the site of the crime in
cooperation with the military investigating authorities, the Higher Public
Prosecutor's Office in Banja Luka filed charges, No. KU-94/92 dated 13 May
1992, against all of the 16 persons involved on suspicion that they cruelly
and perfidiously killed those Serb villagers for ethnic reasons and thus
committed a crime against humanity and international law.
NOTE:
I-031
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 2 May 1992, Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Djuro Magazin (70) was killed near his home, while
mending the damaged fence around the Serb Orthodox church.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): M. Comaga, a Moslem extremist
EVIDENCE: Report of the President of the Association of Serbs of Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
NOTE:
I-032
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Second half of May 1992, detention camp Ljubuski
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After being arrested in Capljina in late April 1992
Drazen Tripic (S/O Sreten) and Sreten Tripic were tortured in Ljubusko camp
for a month, taken to the Trebizat river and killed near Kravica waterfalls.
Drazen was impaled in the presence of his father and roasted alive. Sreten was
then mutilated and killed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian Armed
Forces (HOS) from Capljina or Ljubusko
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is known to the
Association of Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and kept on its files.
NOTE:
I-033
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 22 May 1992, villages of Bjelovcina, Cerice and Donje
Selo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Summarily executed were: four members of the family
Milosevic, Milorad Cecez, Dusan Cecez, Velimir Cecez, Mirko Cecez, Stevica
Ninkovic, Marko Ninkovic, Rade Ninkovic, Predrag Kuljanin, Tihomir Kuljanin
and Novica Zivak. It is believed that the number of the killed Serbs is even
bigger.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian and Moslem forces
EVIDENCE: Report of the President of the Association of Serbs from
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
NOTE: After the attack, all Serbs from these villages were taken to the
Celebici detention camp.
I-034
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 25-28 May 1992, village of Bradina (Bosnia and
Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Summarily and brutally executed were: Pero Mrkajic
(poured with petrol and set in fire), Rade Mrkajic, Zoran Mrkajic, Rajko
Mrkajic, Spaso Mrkajic, Risto Mrkajic, Zoran Mrkajic, Velibor Mrkajic, Zoran
Djordjic, Nedjo Djordjic, Bosko Djordjic, Milorad Kuljanin, Nedeljko Kuljanin,
Gojko Kuljanin, Pero Kuljanin, Sreten Kuljanin, Zdravko Kuljanin, Milovan
Kuljanin, Slavko Kuljanin, Nedeljko Kuljan, Kesa Vujicic, Dragan Vujicic,
Zdravko Zivak, Toma Zivak, Veseljko Zivak, Branko Zuza, Njegos Koprivica and
Bogdan Kures. It is believed that the number of murdered civilians is more
than the 26 listed above.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian and Moslem forces.
EVIDENCE: Report of the President of the Association of Serbs from
Bosnia and Herzegovina; testimony of a witness whose name haa been filed with
the Association of Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and with the State
Commission for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide.
NOTE: Sretko Kuljanin and one other Serb were beheaded and their heads
were taken to Konjic as a trophy.
I-035
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 7 June 1992, village of Tasovcic (Capljina), Bosnia and
Herzegovina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Civilians Milan Misita, alias Pota (1944), Ilija
Misita, alias Pundo (1929), Vojko Ijacic, alias Majstor (1921), Branko Bekan,
(1942), Djoko Djonlaga (1943), Djurdja Reljic (1943) and Vukasin Reljic,
(1974) were violently killed. First three persons were killed on their door
steps. The others were shot in the back while they were trying to flee the
invading HOS units.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Jozo Vegar ( who murdered Milan
Misita) and other unidentified HOS soldiers.
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is known to the
Association of Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and kept on its files.
NOTE:
I-036
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 7 June 1992, village Klepci (Capljina), Bosnia and
Herzegovina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Simana Cukteras, nee Slijepcevic (1925), massacred
on her doorsteps.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): HOS soldier from Capljina
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is deposited with the
Association of the Serbs from Bosnia and Hercegovina.
NOTE:
I-037
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 7 June 1992, around 14.OO, Potkosa village (Capljina),
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Bosa Ijacic, (1928), massacred on her doorsteps.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): HOS soldiers from the Seitanic
family residing in the village of Oplicic, who were the victim's next-door
neighbours.
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is deposited with the
Association of Serbs from Bosnia and Hercegovina.
NOTE:
I-038
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 7 June 1992, around 15:00, Recice village (Capljina),
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Radoslavka Zdralic, (1932), massacred on her
doorsteps.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): HOS soldiers from the Suta family
living in the neighbouring village of Oplicic, Cuckovina hamlet.
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is deposited with the
Association of Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
NOTE:
I-039
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 7 June 1992, Prebilovci village (Capljina), Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Gospava Dragicevic, alias Gosa, (1905), and Draginja
Medic, alias Draga, (1930), massacred on their doorsteps.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): HOS soldiers from Capljina
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is deposited with the
Association of the Serbs from Bosnia and Hercegovina.
NOTE:
I-040
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Morning of 10 June 1992, village of Cemerno near
Sarajevo.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After the brutal attack on the village, in which
there were only civilians, 29 Serbs were murdered and massacred, and the
village was burned down. The following persons were killed: Djordje Bunjevac
(56), Rajko Bunjevac (56), Goran Bunjevac (35), Koviljka Bunjevac (56),
Milosava Bunjevac, Milan Bunjevac, Ranko Bunjevac and Slavojka Bunjevac (7),
Radinka Damjanovic (32), Ranka Damjanovic (30), Pasa Damjanovic (52), Zdravko
Damjanovic (27), Staka Damjanovic (57), Stanoje Markovic, Djuka Markovic,
Manojlo Markovic, Milenko Trifkovic (59), Jana Trifkovic (47), Rajko Trifkovic
(17), Zarko Malesevic, Milovan Malesevic, Miroslav Jankovic, Sreten Jankovic,
Stana Rasevic (68), Svetozar Kapetanovic, Radomir Jevtic, Gojko Djurdajic,
Nedeljko Micic and Novo Cvjetkovic.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Moslem-Croatian forces.
EVIDENCE: A video recording the site of the crime with testimonies of
Petar Rasevic and of a survived member of the Trifkovic family.
NOTE:
I-041
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 6 July 1992, border between Montenegro and Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Members of The Serb Territorial Defence force of the
Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina killed a family of three trying to
evacuate, with permission, from Foca to Montenegro.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Six members of the Territorial
Defence force of the Serbian Republic.
EVIDENCE: Charges have been brought before the Higher Court in Podgorica
against the six persons concerned for committing a war crime against
civilians, as stated in the information No.A.69/92 dated 28 October 1992,
received from the Federal Public Prosecutor.
NOTE:
I-042
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Between 25 and 28 September 1992, villages of Rogosije
and Nedrista near Milici (Bosna and Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The following persons were killed: D. Alimpic; J.
Sevkusic; M. Kovacevic; M. Vuicic; Lj. Jurosevic; Z. Ravnjakovic; M. Mitrovic;
Luka and Velimir Majstorovic; Nedjo, Nenad and Mile Stanisic; Dragoljub and
Radomir Deuric; Zarko, Milomir and Marko Prodanovic; Bora and Tomislav Tesic;
C. Tosic; M. Mijic; R. Rebic; Radenko and Tomislav Tesic.
Three corpses are still unidentified, while nine others have not yet
been found. Two of the victims were impaled. The others were first shot into
the legs to prevent them from running away and then they were massacred,
beheaded and set in fire. A number of corpses were found castrated or with
fingers cut off.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Moslem armed
forces.
EVIDENCE: TV Belgrade filmed story showing massacred bodies and account
by S. Djeric, surgeon in the hospital in Milici and a report of the US
journalist Richard Ross.
NOTE:
I-043
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 20/21 December 1991, 44 Nikola Tesla Street, Novska,
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Couple Keleura, Mirko and Marica, nee Milanovic,
and the couple Uzelac, Andrija and Jela, were massacred in the home of the
Keleura family. Jela Uzelac was beheaded, Marica Keleura's body was ripped
from throat to genitals, while Andrija Uzelac was found with his left hand
fingers chopped off.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S)S: Kata Tomic known as Katica, next-
door neighbour of the murdered family, with a group of ethnic Albanians
members of the Croatian National Guards.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Dragan and Drazen Keleura.
NOTE: The victims were buried in the village of Borovac. No autopsy was
performed but there is testimony of their relatives.
II. WILFUL KILLING OF DETAINEES - POWs
II-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 19 January 1991, place unknown.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Execution of two prisoners of the hostile (adversary)
force.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Goran Nikolic, a reserve Platoon
Sergeant, Military Post 9898, Batajnica.
EVIDENCE: Evidence is on the criminal records of the Military Court, KI
No. 1651/91 of 12 December 1991.
NOTE: Investigation is still pending.
II-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: First half of 199l, prison in Vlaska Street, Zagreb,
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An arrested JNA reserve captain, whose identity was
not established, was killed most brutally. He was hit on the head with metal
rods as a result of which his brain immediately burst out of the skull, after
which his body was chopped into pieces with an axe. His remains were put into
two plastic bags and thrown out.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): A prison security guard called
Meho, surname unknown.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Stojan Borojevic.
NOTE:
II-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs
TIME AND PLACE: 10 October 1991, Vukovar (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Two unidentified JNA soldiers were brutally killed
while shopping in town (one of the victims was pulled out two gold teeth by
a weapon while he was still alive; their fingers and toes were cut).
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Miladin Milkovic, Ivica Zrnici and
Ivica Asanovic, all members of the Croatian National Guard.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Miladin Milkovic given to the JNA authorities
after his arrest, contained in the publication "Violence and Crime against
Law", Military Publishing and News Centre, Belgrade, 1991.
NOTE:
II-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 9 September 1991, village of Laslovo, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Dusan Markovic, Mirko Lavadinovic and Srdjan
Cvetkovic, members of the Serb Volunteer Guard, were most brutally killed
after they had been arrested in the village of Palaca. Before they were
killed, their fingers and ears were chopped off, their eyes gauged, cigarettes
extinguished on their body, as a result of which they were beyond recognition
when their bodies were turned over.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG members, Osijek.
EVIDENCE: A video tape showing the bodies of Dusan Markovic, Mirko
Lavadinovic and Srdjan Cvetkovic, with explanation and photographs of the
killed.
NOTE: One of the victims was recognized by his father on watching
television report of the German ZDF network claiming that the victims were
Croatians massacred by Serbs.
II-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 17 September 1991, Vukovar.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Nedeljko Tanackovic, a JNA member, was arrested by
the Croatian forces after the fighting at Mitnica, a suburb of Vukovar. There
has been no sign of him since that time. Requests for tracing him have been
submitted through ICRC to the Croatian authorities and UNPROFOR; however, the
Croatian authorities never presented any document to prove that he had been
detained in any of the detention camps run by them. He is therefore believed
to have been killed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG members who were stationed in
Vukovar (Mitnica).
EVIDENCE: Requests by the local military authorities in Sid, UNPROFOR,
and an official ICRC tracing request No. 101059.
NOTE:
II-006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 17 September 1991, Vukovar.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Stevan Sandic, a JNA reservist was arrested with
Nedeljko Tanackovic in Vukovar by the Croatian armed forces in the presence
of witnesses, and has been missing since that time.. His name did not figure
on any of the prisoner lists compiled by the Croatian forces, nor was he ever
registered by ICRC. There is serious indication that following his arrest he
was murdered in prison.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guard (ZNG)
forces at Mitnica near Vukovar.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of witness Zivan Lazarevic and a VHS tape of 19
September - filmed by HTV (Croatian TV) network showing Sandic in prison and
interviewing him as well as an official ICRC tracing request No. 101058.
NOTE:
II-007
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 18/19 September 1991, Ivanovo selo, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: While fighting the Croatian forces which had attacked
Ivanovo selo, Veselko Veric was wounded. He was arrested by them as well. He
was taken to the Bjelovar hospital and has been missing since then.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guard (ZNG)
forces, Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of a witness named Milivoje Baresic who had worked
for the Bjelovar hospital before he left Croatia and moved to the FR of
Yugoslavia.
NOTE: Since his name did not figure on any of the lists compiled for
exchanges of prisoners, it is believed that he was killed.
II-008
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 29 September 1991, Bjelovar, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After the taking of Bjelovar barracks and arrest of
a number of JNA soldiers and officers, the following persons were executed by
the Croatian National Guards: Col. Rajko Kovacevic, commander of the barracks,
Lt.Col. Miljko Vasic and Captain Dragisa Jovanovic.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Jure Simic, President of the
Municipal Executive Council and head of the crisis staff of the Croatian
National Guards in Bjelovar.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of eye witnesses: Milan Tomic, Milos Stevanovic,
Bora Randjelovic, Radovan Kumric, Zeljko Rjasnoj, Milan Mihic, Veljko Spasic.
Forensic reports on and autopsy photographs of Kovacevic, Jovanovic and
Vasic.
NOTE: All arrested JNA soldiers and officers were subjected to
maltreatment and torture.
II-009
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 21 September 1991, Karlovac, bridge on the Korana River
(Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After the arrest of a group of 23 JNA members, 13 of
them were brutally killed. The following were killed: Jovan Sipic, Bozo
Kozlina, Nebojsa Popovic, Milic Savic, Milenko Lukac, Nikola Babic, Mile
Peuraca, Slobodan Milovanovic, Svetozar Gojkovic, Milos Srdic, Zoran Komadina,
Mile Babic and Vaso Bozic.
The arrested were first shot in the legs to prevent them from escaping
and then finished off by cold weapons and gunshots at close range.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Mihajlo Hrastov and other ZNG
members.
EVIDENCE: A video tape recording of the burial of the persons killed and
the testimony of Branko Madzarac, who survived the massacre, and of
surgeon Milan Kresojevic.
NOTE: Autopsies were most probably carried out in the Karlovac Hospital.
The Distric Court of Karlovac prosecuted Mihajlo Hrastov and dismissed
charges against him.
II-010
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 29 September 1991, approximately ll:00, Bjelovar,
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After the arrest of two commanding officers and six
soldiers near the "Bedenik" warehouse, Sergeant Major Ranko Stevanovic, guard
commander, was executed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Marko Pranjic of Hrgovljani,
member of the Croatian National Guard, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of eye witnesses: Radovan Kumric and Zeljko
Rjasnoj.
NOTE:
II-011
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 30 September 1991, app. 14:00 p.m., Rakitje (Zagreb),
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Marko Utrzan, arrested JNA soldier, killed by a
gunshot in the head at close range.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): A ZNG member of Albanian origin,
nicknamed Ranko (true name unknown).
EVIDENCE: Court records KR No. 189/92.
NOTE:
II-012
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees -POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 10 September 1991, Popovaca near Zagreb (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Major Jan Valentik was murdered by ZNG members who
arrested him while he was in the tank truck transporting water for JNA units
stationed near Sisak. Major Valentik was tasked to prevent inter-ethnic
conflicts in the area and he and he soldier Aleksandar Milicevic (driver) were
unarmed. After the murder of Major Valentik, soldier Milicevic was taken in
an unknown direction.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): A member of the ZNG of the
Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimony contained in the publication "Violence and Crime
against Law", Military Publishing and News Centre, Beograd, 1991.
NOTE: The Croatian police officers who closely watched the incident
refused to intervene and to disclose any information on the crime to the
military authorities.
II-013
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 2 October 199l, Bjelovar, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Several members of the Croatian National Guard (ZNG)
took the following detained JNA members out of cell No. 2 of the Bjelovar
prison: Zdravko Dokman, Ivan Hojsak, Milorad Djordjevic, Radovan Gredeljevic,
Bosko Radonic and Mirko Ostojic and led them to the forest near a farm for
bull calf feeding (owned by Josip Kis) at Veliko Korenovo, where they shot
them. The bodies of the shot prisoners were buried in the refuse place.
INDICIATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Tulic (first name unknown),
private caterer, owner of the "Ravni krovovi" Restaurant in Bjelovar,
Mataciceva Str. and Bilan (first name unknown). Both members of ZNG of the
Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of eye witnesses: Veljko Spasic and Radovan
Kumric.
NOTE:
II-014
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: October (date unknown), village of Bogdanovci near
Vukovar (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Two JNA members who surrendered were killed. Their
identity is still unknown.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Berislav Simic, a member of
Croatian armed forces.
EVIDENCE: Investigation proceedings have been instituted by the Military
Prosecutor. All evidence about the nature and time of the commission of the
crime is on file I VTK No. 1141/92 of the Military Prosecutor's Office in
Belgrade.
NOTE: Simic was exchanged under the Agreement reached by the Governments
of the FR of Yugoslavia and Croatia.
II-015
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 31 October 1991, Velika Pisanica, Grubisno Polje,
Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After fighting and suffering injuries Zoran Lazic was
arrested. He was taken to hospital in Bjelovar (Croatia).
Upon recovery he was sent to Zagreb where has been no sign of him since.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian forces attacking
Velika Pisanica.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witness Radovan Glusac who was treated in the
same hospital in Bjelovar, and of Marija Birac, working on the hospital staff
in Bjelovar.
NOTE: Since his name did not figure on any of the lists for prisoner
exchanges, it is believed that he was killed immediately after his arrest.
II-016
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 4 November 1991, Petrinja (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: As a JNA soldier (tank crewman), Milan Damjanovic was
sent with his unit to the Banija region on 4 November 1991 and together with
a JNA non-comissioned officer, Omer Kurtalic; he was there dragged out of his
tank and arrested by the Croatian forces. M. Damjanovic's name never figured
on lists for prisoner exchange or lists of prisoners visited by the ICRC. It
is therefore rightly feared that he was killed immediately after his arrest.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian forces.
EVIDENCE: Tracing request for missing persons No. 101066 submitted to
the Red Cross Organization of Yugoslavia.
NOTE:
II-017
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 3 December 1991, Kopacki Rit, Baranja (currently UNPA),
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After clashes between JNA units and Croatian forces,
a JNA soldier, Rade Stankov, was arrested and there has been no news of him
ever since. He was presumably killed after surrendering to the Croatian
forces.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian forces controlling
Kopacki Rit.
EVIDENCE: Dusko Ciric, a JNA member, witnessed Stankov's arrest. There
is an official ICRC tracing request for disappeared persons No. 101091 and a
copy of his photograph.
NOTE: The Croatian authorities failed to respond to any request to
locate his whereabouts.
II-018
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 10 December 1991, Vucjak Cecevacki near Slavonska
Pozega, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Following the attack on the village by the Croatian
forces, Rajko Starcevic, member of the local Territorial Defence, was arrested
and taken to prison in Slavonska Pozega. He was visited and registered by the
ICRC as No. 1601.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guard (ZNG)
forces which attacked the village of Vucjak Cecevacki.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of his mother Milka Starcevic, and his registration
by the ICRC as No. 160l, which proves that Rajko Starcevic was detained in
Croatian prison.
NOTE: Following the visit of the ICRC delegation he has been missing and
it is believed that he was killed.
II-019
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 10 December 1991, Velika Klisa near Daruvar, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In the fighting with the Croatian forces, Radovan
Terzic got wounded and was arrested in such a state by the Croatian forces in
Velika Klisa.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guard (ZNG)
forces which attacked Velika Klisa.
EVIDENCE: Statement of witness Zeljko Panic, presently refugee in
Baranja region now UNPA, who was there when Terzic was taken away by the
Croatian forces.
NOTE: There has been no trace of Terzic since then and there is
therefore reason to believe that he was killed.
II-020
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 10 December 1991, Vucjak Cecevacki (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Mile Dulic was arrested as a member of Territoral
Defence forces after the attack by the Croatian forces on the village of
Vucjak Cecevacki.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian forces which took
part in the attack on the village.
EVIDENCE: Witness Goran Simic was present when Dulic was arrested and
saw that he was taken in the direction of the local cemetary.
NOTE: Since his name did not figure on any of the lists for exchanges
of prisoners, it is believed that he was killed immediately after his arrest.
II-021
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 19 December 1991, village of Masicka Sagovina near
Okucani, now UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Killing of civilians and Serb soldiers of the
territorial defence force including volunteers, who were defending the village
and who surrendered to the Croatian military forces. Ten men were killed
immediately. Only Zoran Drazic, from Mokrina, survived and was transferred to
the Nova Gradiska detention camp. The names of those killed are as follows:
Predrag Cindric, Jovan Cirkovic, Dragoljub Durutovic, Branko Miletic and Milan
Stojcevic. Others were closed in the house of Brako Miletic and set on fire.
The names of victims are: Ljubica Cindic, Marica Indjic, Vuka Kovacevic,
Danica Milankovic, Danica Miletic, Cvetanka Milosavljevic, Jovica
Milosavljevic, Ruzica Milosavljevic, Marica Miokovic and Stojka Miokovic. Also
killed were: Milorad Miokovic, Jovo Savanovic, Zora Bandic, Gospava Mandic,
Milenko Tubic and Mladjenka Tubic. All of these victims were shoved in the
mass grave by a bulldozer.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The arrests were made by Ante
Bolic from Nova Gradiska, Andro Bakonic, also from Nova Gradiska and Darko
Grgic from Cernicka Sagovina. The first group of people were killed by Ivan
Klepic, a member of the so called Croatian Death Squad for extermination. The
other crime of setting people to fire was committed by the Croatian military
forces.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of Dusica Nikolic, Jovica Milosavljevic and Mileta
Nikolic who were detained in the Kerestinec camp and registered as ICRC No.
1649, 1626, 1654/92. The testimonies were given to the Red Cross Organization
of Yugoslavia. There is also a VHS tape filmed by the Croatian military forces
who committed this appauling crime with written remarks.
NOTE:
II-022
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: January - February 1992, Osijek, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Savo Ojkic of Vocin, imprisoned by the Croatian
authorities, was subjected to brutal physical torture in Osijek prison, as a
result of which he suffered serious injuries of which he died later on. Ojkic
died in a Zagreb hospital where he was taken for treatment.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Osijek prison guards.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of witness Svetozar Zlokolica.
NOTE:
II-023
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 2 and 3 May 1992, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: During the withdrawal of JNA from the garrison
command in Sarajevo, and despite the agreement reached with the BH Presidency
and safe passage guarantees received, the withdrawing columns were attacked
twice and a considerable number of JNA members were arrested, some of whom
were killed by a gunshot at close range. The following were killed: Normela
Suka, a civilian; Colonels Budimir Radulovic, Mirko Sokic, Gradimir Petrovic
and Bosko Mihajlovic; Lt. Colonel Bosko Jovanic; Captain Marko Labudovic;
Sergeants Ivica Cvetkovic, Nihad Kastrati and Obrad Gvozdenovic, Sergeant
Major Kazafer Rotic; Corporal Ivica Simic and soldiers Momir Mojsilovic, Stevo
Ritan, Vlastimir Petrovic, Zoran Gajic, Robert Kocis, Nebojsa Jovanovic, Goran
Divovic, Slobodan Jelic, Predrag Cerovic, Miodrag Djurovic, Srecko Jovanic,
Branko Popovic, Dragan Vitkovic, Zdravko Tomovic and Perica Novic. A larger
number of JNA members were wounded.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of Moslem- Croatian units
under the BH Presidency's command.
EVIDENCE: In both incidents security was guaranteed by the European
Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) and UNPROFOR in Sarajevo.
NOTE:
II-024
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 3 May 1992, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After being subjected to physical torture, JNA Col.
Bosko Jovanic (II Military District Command - Sarajevo) was killed during an
attack on the convoy of military vehicles transporting military officers and
supplies from Sarajevo to Lukavica.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the "Green Berets"
having the BH Territorial Defence insignia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witnesses Dejan Dunjic, Cacak, ex-soldier of
Military Post 8525 Sarajevo; Dragan Damjanovic, Sabac, ex-soldier of Military
Post 8866/7 Sarajevo.
NOTE:
II-025
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 3-5 May 1992, the village of Vitkovci near Gorazde,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Men, women and children are being tortured in camps
for Serbs. The "Green Berets", including a notorious person by name of Pelam
(former waiter), come from Gorazde everyday and take Serbs in an unknown
direction to massacre them. It is impossible to establish the exact number of
persons so killed. The Serbs in Gorazde are subjected to all kinds of
maltreatment, their women raped and children killed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Muslim "Green Berets".
EVIDENCE: A testimony of Desanka Zmukic, a housewife, who was told about
the crimes by the postman Miro Tadic who had been released from the prison in
Vitkovici run by Moslems.
NOTE:
II-026
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 14 May 1992, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Rade Milinovic was subjected to cruel torture and
killed. Before he was murdered, his nose was smashed, arms broken and tortured
with unextinguished cigarette butts pressed all over his body.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian army.
EVIDENCE: Report of the President of the Association of Serbs from
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
NOTE: The corpse was handed over on 20 May 1992.
II-027
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killings of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: End of May and beginning of June 1992, Celebici
detention camp.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The following persons were killed: Milorad Kuljanin,
Miroslav Vujicic, Bosko Samoukovic, Simo Jovanovic, Cedo Avramovic, Nedjo
Milosevic, Petko Gligorovic, Zeljko Cecez, Miro Vujacic and Pero Mrkajic. All
died of wounds from beating.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian and Moslem forces.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of witnesses whose identity is kept on the files of
the Association of Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the State Commission
for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide.
NOTE:
II-028
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: 8 October 1991, Petrinja region, south of Zagreb.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Momcilo Markovic was sent to Petrinja region as a
Yugoslav Army reservist. He was declared missing in action on 8 October 1991.
He was arrested by the Croatian forces and taken to Kerestinec detention camp
near Zagreb, where any sign of him has been lost.
There is indication that after being subjected to torture, he was killed in
the Kerestinec camp.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian military and police
force.
EVIDENCE: Tracing Request No. 1011062 filed in the Red Cross
Organization of Yugoslavia, statement of the missing person's sister with all
relevant information, testimonies of the witnesses who saw M. Markovic in the
Kerestinec camp, a VHS tape shot by a German journalist proving that Markovic
was hospitalized, and his most recent photograph.
NOTE:
III. INHUMAN TREATMENT OF CIVILIANS
III-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 30 June 1991, Slovenska Bistrica (Slovenia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On 30 June around 19:00, members of the Territorial
Defence forces of Slovenia brought the wife and children of Capt. Dragan
Stojanovski before the barracks in Slovenska Bistrica and told them to go in
"and bring Stojanovski out so that he won't be killed there".
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Territorial Defence forces of
Slovenia.
EVIDENCE: "The Truth about the Armed Conflict in Slovenia", a special
publication of the Military Publishing and News Centre, Belgrade, 1991.
NOTE:
III-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: End June 1991, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Mladen Kacavenda, Assistant Director of the Federal
Customs Administration, was kidnapped from the official car in a street in
Ljubljana. He spent 36 hours in a catacomb-like room where he was subjected
to physical, moral and mental abuse. His kidnappers demanded that he admitted
to have come to Slovenia to take over the customs service.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Slovenian police.
EVIDENCE: Testimony by Mladen Kacavenda, Assistant Director of the
Federal Customs Administration.
NOTE:
III-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 26 June 1991, road leading to the border with Austria,
Slovenia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Over a hundred heavy duty vehicles, domestic and
foreign registration, were forcibly detained with an obvious intention to
block the JNA units moving towards the border. The drivers of the held
vehicles were prevented from taking shelter by force. In the combat operations
which immediately followed, a number of these drivers got killed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Territorial Defence
force of Slovenia.
EVIDENCE: "The Truth about the Armed Conflict in Slovenia", a special
publication of the Military Publishing and News Centre, Belgrade, 1991.
NOTE:
III-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: End June 1991, Rozna Dolina, Slovenia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In an attack on a JNA unit in Rozna Dolina, the so-
called Slovenian armed forces put forward as human shield women and children.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of Slovenia's Territorial
Defence force.
EVIDENCE:"The Truth about the Armed Conflict in Slovenia", a special
publication of the Military Publishing and News Centre, Belgrade, 1991.
NOTE:
III-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: End June 1991, Sezana (Slovenia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An apartment building in Sezana where the families
of JNA officers lived was blown up. Zdenko Lutin, a JNA officer who deserted,
threatened to massacre all families.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Territorial Defence
forces of Slovenia.
EVIDENCE: Testimony by Dusanka Lazic, wife of a JNA officer, who fled
from Sezana to Belgrade on 30 June 1991.
NOTE:
III-006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: June 1991, Vukovar (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Artillery attacks on Petrova Gora quarters in Vukovar
with predominant Serb residents, causing the death of, and severe injuries to
many civilians.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The following members of the
Croatian National Guards took part in the attacks: Ivica Barbir, Vlado Kovac,
Petar Gajun, Darko Sivos, Arpadah Toth, Andrija Brnetic, Goran Kovacev, Branko
Jaric and Stipe Dumendzic, Petar Zivanovic, Dragutin Spac and Tihomir Vlada.
EVIDENCE: The Military Prosecutor initiated an investigation
proceedings. All evidence about the nature and time of the commission of crime
are on file I VTK No. 1149/92 of the Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
NOTE: The above named persons have been exchanged under the Agreement
reached by the Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and Croatia.
III-007
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: 30 June-1 July 1991, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: On the night of 30 June-1 July 1991, the residents
of the Ljubljana Kosede apartment complex, housing mainly JNA officer
families, were driven from their homes, lined up in front of the building,
physically and mentally abused and threatened to be executed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Slovenian
Territorial Defence force and police.
EVIDENCE: "The Truth about the Armed Conflict in Slovenia", a special
publication of the Military Publishing and News Centre, Belgrade, 1991.
NOTE:
III-008
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: October 1991, Borovo Naselje (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Various methods of intimidation were used against
Serbian civilians: their apartments were searched, they were arrested and
imprisoned, tortured, and forcibly conscripted.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Vlado Sterc and Stevan Demetar,
ZNG members, were among those involved in the crimes.
EVIDENCE: The Military Prosecutor instituted investigation proceedings.
All evidence about the nature and time of the commission of the crime are on
file No. I VTK 1364/92 of the Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
NOTE: The above persons have been exchanged under the Agreement reached
by the Governments of the FR of Yugoslavia and Croatia.
III-009
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: October-November 1991, Zadar (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Nenad Rnjak from Zadar was arrested and held in
detention in the above mentioned period. He was mistreated and beaten.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian police officers in Zadar.
EVIDENCE: Statement signed by Nenad Rnjak on 15 March 1992.
NOTE:
III-010
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: July 1991 - February 1992, Mirkovci (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The following persons were arrested by the ZNG
military police, taken to Vinkovci and subjected to cruel torture and abuse:
Mirko Vladisavljevic, Nikola Sasic, Milovan Petkov, Rajko Todorovic.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The ZNG military police.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witnesses Milovan Petkov and Milovan Sasic.
NOTE:
III-011
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: Since the beginning of 1992; Slavonski Brod (Croatia),
Sarajevo, Hadzici, Tuzla, Bugojno, Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In the above towns brothels have been opened where
members of Croatian and Moslem units are sexually abusing Serbian women who
are forcibly brought and held there. The captive women who get pregnant are
kept in brothels until the fifth month of their pernancy and are not allowed
to leave the place of residence afterwards, so that they may not have an
abortion. It has been proved that members of Moslem and Croatian units who
have contracted AIDS and other communicable diseases are deliberately sent to
brothels to sexually abuse Serbian women, including 12 year old girls.
According to some information there are more than one thousand Serbian women
in such brothels.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Moslem and Croatian
forces.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Alija Selimagic, an arrested member of the Muslem
forces, who admitted that 29 girls of Serbian origin were abducted in the
village of Sjekovac and taken to a brothel in Slavonski Brod. Enes Havic and
Becir Hodzic have been accessory to this action. Testimonies of witnesses
(whose names are filed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of
Srpska) about the raping of girls in Novi Grad in Dretalj camp, near Capljina
and Tarcin camp (in the latter, perpetrators were Nijaz Lihovac, Mirsad Sabic
and Muhamed Turcinovic who used to work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Testimony of J.I.(a nurse from Brcko) dated 20
October 1992 who was detained in Slavonski Brod from January to June 1992
where she was raped and subjected to torture. She gave birth to a baby girl
in Belgrade who was put for adoption (complete file on this case is with the
State Commission for the Investigation of War Crime and Crimes of Genocide).
NOTE:
III-012
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of civilians.
TIME AND PLACE: From October 1989 to May 1992, Prijedor, Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Systematic birth rate reduction among Serbian
population in the municipality of Prijedor. Infants of Serbian origin were
castrated through administration of various medicine while other children were
incapacitated by experiments carried out in the Prijedor Hospital (Health
Centre). Adult Serb patients were deliberately misdiagnosed and received wrong
medication.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Doctors Zeljko Sikora (Croat),
Mirz Mujsadjic and Osman Muhmulji (both Moslems) and some other unidentified
persons.
EVIDENCE: The above mentioned three doctors were arrested in May 1992
and admitted to their activities.
NOTE: In November 1989, the above doctors murdered doctor Mirjana
Kovrlija, an intern in the Prijedor Health Centre. The investigation proved
that doctor Mirjana found out about the crimes against the Serbs committed by
her colleagues, and this was the reason why she was murdered.
IV. INHUMAN TREATMENT OF DETAINEES - POWs
IV-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: Mid September 1991 - mid January 1992, District Court,
Gospic, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Arrested JNA officers were subjected to daily mental
and physical torture. The most frequent forms of maltreatment were beating,
threats of execution and facing a firing squad, cleaning the prison camp
during combat actions in Gospic, where they were deliberately subjected to
artillery fire; compelling them to sing Ustasha songs or to salute the
Nazi way, etc.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivica Oreskovic, Tihomir Oreskovic
and ZNG prison guards.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witnesses: Branislav Grujic, Toma Cacic, Bogdan
Odanovic, Mica Vasic, Fazlija Rugovaj, Djura Milosevic, Ljubisa Brodic, Ivan
Golubovic and Steva Milosevic.
NOTE:
IV-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: First quarter of 1992, prisons in Sisak, Kerestinac
(Zagreb), Podravska Slatina and Osijek.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Based on statements from persons who were brought for
an exchange of POWs in the village of Nemetin, 27 March 1992; their statements
reflect that during their detention, the Croatian authorities treated them
inhumanely and extremely brutally.
After the exchange of prisoners, they underwent a medical and
psychological examination by a group of experts from the Military Medical
Academy in Belgrade. In addition to the signs of physical violence, the
experts concluded that: "the physical, mental and social maltreatment of the
victims is characterised by savage hatred of the victims, sadism to the point
of bestiality and extreme cruelty".
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivan Fekete, Savo Zivkovic, Zvonko
Juras, Franjo Turic, Ivan Stosic, Stjepan Klaric, Goran Strukelj, persons with
surnames Stefanac, Tustonic, Begovic, persons named Igor, Viktor, Zeljko and
Robert. All of them are either prison guards or inspectors of the Croatian
Ministry of Internal Affairs.
EVIDENCE: Report of the Commission for the Identification and
Accommodation of Detainees, analyses of medical and psychological examinations
at the Military Medical Academy, statement by Svetozar Zlokolica and a list
of persons exchanged on 27 March 1992
NOTE:
IV-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: January-August 1992, "Lora" prison, Split, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Arrested JNA officers and soldiers were subjected to
daily mental and physical torture. The worst situation was in block C where
the prisoners were hidden before the visits of the ICRC. Prisoners were
treated inhumanely not only in prison but also in the Firule hospital where
they were being hospitalized. This was not done by the hospital staff but by
ZNG military police who were guarding the wounded prisoners.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Toma Dujic, warden, Tonci Vrkic,
his deputy, Dzevad Mekic, Resad Hodzic and other ZNG military police members
guarding prisoners in the "Lora" prison and Firule hospital.
EVIDENCE: Statements by Slavko Zarkovic and Nikola Djerfi.
NOTE:
IV-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Inhuman treatment of detainees - POWs.
TIME AND PLACE: January-August 1992, prisons in Vlaska Str. and
Kerestinac in Zagreb.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Prisoners in both prisons were subjected to daily
mental and physical torture. The commonest forms of maltreatment were:
beating, putting the muzzle of a gun into the prisoner's mouth, mistreatment
with electricity, forcing prisoners to swallow various items, threats of
massacring them, gauging their eyes, cutting off their ears, etc.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Slavko Bilandzija and prison
security guards, called Zagorac and Meho (Vlaska Str.), Viktor and Goran
(Kerestinac).
EVIDENCE: Statement by Stojan Borojevic.
NOTE:
V. WILFUL KILLING AND INHUMAN TREATMENT OF WOUNDED AND SICK PERSONS
V-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded
and sick persons.
TIME AND PLACE: 28 June 1991, Slovenia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: During an attack on the column of military vehicles,
a JNA soldier, Dejan Bjelogrlic, born on 31 October 1971, was wounded. The
ambulance was immediately on the spot. During his evacuation, due to frequent
and clearly unnecessary detentions of the ambulance and mistreatment of the
medical personnel, the wounded did not reach the hospital in time.
The wounded Dejan Bjelogrlic died of massive bleeding as a result of the
impossibility of providing timely medical assistance. The medical report
suggests that the sustained injuries would not have been fatal had he received
timely and adequate medical treatment.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Territorial Defence
of Slovenia.
EVIDENCE: Documents available in the Federal Ministry of Defence.
NOTE:
V-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded
and sick persons.
TIME AND PLACE: 16 October 1991, Vukovar, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After being arrested, the wounded person was tortured
and then beheaded.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Slavko Madzarevic (1963),
previously residing in Borovo.
EVIDENCE: Evidence is on the criminal records of the Military Court in
Belgrade, KI No. 1520/92.
NOTE:
V-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded
and sick persons.
TIME AND PLACE: 20 October 1991, Borovo Naselje (Vukovar), UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Following combat actions, a 12.7 mm-calibre anti-
aircraft machinegun fired on the medical corps vehicle of the SFRY armed
forces evacuating the wounded and bearing a distinct Red Cross symbol. The
cabin of the vehicle was riddled with bullets and the driver (unidentified)
got killed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Zeljko Martinovic (196l), Ilok,
a member of the ZNG reserve forces, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witnesses.
NOTE: The Military Prosecutor's Office filed a request to the Military
Court in Belgrade to conduct an investigation against the suspects (Case No.
1144/92 of 26 October 1992).
V-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded
and sick persons.
TIME AND PLACE: October 1991, place unknown.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Arrest and murder of two wounded persons.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Josip Tomasic (1951), previously
residing in Vukovar.
EVIDENCE: Evidence is contained in the criminal records of the Military
Court in Belgrade, KI No. 512/92
NOTE: Investigation is still under way.
V-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded
and sick persons.
TIME AND PLACE: October-November 1991, Vukovar, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A large number of wounded JNA soldiers died as a
result of an untimely or inadequate medical assistance. In this group
identified were Boban Gacic and Ivica Nestorov.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Dr. Vesna Bosanac (1949), ex-
director of the Medical Centre in Vukovar, and Dr. Juraj Njavr (1938),
formerly surgeon in this institution.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of doctors Mladen Ivankovic, Tomislav Djuranec and
Djordje Kuzmanovic.
NOTE: The Military Prosecutor's Office filed a request to the Military
Court in Belgrade that investigation be carried out against the suspects
(Case No. 1769/92 of 26 October 1992).
V-006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wilful killing and inhuman treatment of wounded
and sick persons.
TIME AND PLACE: 5 November 1991, Borovo Naselje (Vukovar), UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: During the armed conflicts in Borovo Naselje, a
larger group of wounded persons and soldiers were shot at, two of them were
instantly dead (unidentified), while a JNA corporal Boban Gacic suffered
deadly wounds (he later died in the Vukovar Hospital).
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Petar Janjic (1963), Vukovar;
Tihomir Purda (1969), Vukovar; and Danko Maslov (1964), Borovo, all members
of ZNG reserve forces, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of military commanders Dusan Kmezic and Pero
Kovacevic of Military Post 1090 Vrsac, of ex-soldiers of this military post
Barisic, Garic and Piperic, and civilians Mladen Novak, Niko Vardic, Petar
Novka, Josip Rajh, Dragan Naceha, Branko Vincelek, Djuro Genencir and Petar
Madjarevic.
NOTE: The Military Prosecutor's Office filed a request to the Military
Court in Belgrade to carry out an investigation against the suspects
(Case No. 1150/92 of 26 October 1992).
VI. HOSTAGE-TAKING AND DETENTION CAMPS
VI-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and detention camps.
TIME AND PLACE: September-December 1991, Pakrac (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Among the hostages waiting for a long time in
Croatian detention camps to be exchanged for captured Croatian soldiers, there
are also infants and children aged between 6 months and 12 years.
They also include a 13 year-old boy Goran (Veselin) Grahovac, arrested on 20
September 1991 in the village of Toranj near Pakrac. Such captives are also
a 9 year-old Biljana Rapajic and her six-year-old brother Davor. In November
1991, they were forcibly removed, together with their mother, Djurdjija
Rapajic, from Borovo Naselje to Slavonski Brod and therefrom to the village
of Nova Kapela near Nova Gradiska. There is no information about the Brkic
family either. Seven members of this family were arrested, including their
six-month baby. In December 1991, a 13 year-old Radmila Rajkovic was arrested
with her whole family. She and her family were taken to Novska prison where
she was subjected to most brutal mental and physical abuses. On 11 February
1992, Radmila Rajkovic and her family were exchanged; she is now in a very bad
mental condition.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Local Croatian authorities.
EVIDENCE: A TANJUG report of 20 April 1992.
NOTE:
VI-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and detention camps.
TIME AND PLACE: April-May 1992, village of Budimci near Osijek.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: After the exchange of prisoners which took place in
the village of Nemetin on 27 March 1992, it was established that the Croatian
side brought for exchange 38 persons in total (35 men and 3 women), of whom
only 9 were members of the armed forces. Others were local Serb inhabitants
who were arrested, in most cases, in their homes or in various other
circumstances which had nothing to do with combat. They were all registered
as Serb terrorists; Savo Bolic, an 73 year old man (born on 27 October 1919)
was also brought to be exchanged in that capacity.
In the village of Budimci, where the JNA carried out no combat
operations, the Croatian authorities captured a total of 72 villagers. The
mass and simultaneous arrests suggest that it was in fact a police raid. This
is supported by the fact that in the total number of arrested persons as many
as 16 belonged to only two families - Bosnjak and Dosen.
The fact that of all prisoners taken to Nemetin to be exchanged on 14
August 1992 nearly 42 per cent refused the exchange is proof that they were
non-combatants and mere civilians.
INDICATION CONCERING PERPETRATOR(S): Senior officials of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs and the Croatian National Guard in Osijek.
EVIDENCE: Lists of prisoners exchanged on 27 March 1992 and on 14 August
1992, and the list of persons who refused to be exchanged on 14 August 1992.
NOTE: By arresting civilians, the Croatian authorities are carrying out
the ethnic cleansing of Serbs in certain regions of the Republic of Croatia.
By declaring local Serbs terrorists and by using prisoner exchanges to expell
them practically from Croatian territory, they are creating conditions for
members of these Serbs' families to leave, later on, their ancestral homes
too.
VI-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and detention camps.
TIME AND PLACE: May 1992, Bradina (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Torture and killing of the Serb population in the
Bradina camp.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Moslem-Croatian forces.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of witness Djurica Rajak, Zukice, hamlet of Bradina,
before the Commission for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide.
NOTE:
VI-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and detention camps.
TIME AND PLACE: May-June 1992, Tomislavgrad, Bradina, Gorazde, Sarajevo,
Konjic, Mostar, Capljina, Ljubuski, Grude, Zenica, Celebici, Tarcin near
Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Torture and killing of the civilian Serb population
in detention camps.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Senior officers of the Moslem-
Croatian forces.
EVIDENCE: Lists containing names of detainees obtained from the
Association of Serbs from BH. Articles and the report of the Associated Press
correspondent of 16 August 1992.
NOTE: The State Commission for War Crimes and the Crime of Genocide is
in possession of a list of all camps, where the crime of
genocide is being committed by the Moslem paramilitary and the Croatian Armed
Forces against Serb civilians.
VI-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and detention camps.
TIME AND PLACE: Spring 1992, village of Tarcin, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Surprise attack by armed Moslems on their Serb fellow
villagers and their removal to the silo in Tarcin.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Armed Moslem groups led by Tuf
Refic, a retired police officer, and Japalah Izudin, former military school
student.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of witness Nadezda Travar, a school teacher, whose
husband Dragan and son Boris were taken hostage and arrested, before the State
Commission for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide.
NOTE: Hostage-taking was always preceded by physical torture, beating
and there are indications and testimonies of widespread killings.
VI-006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and camps.
TIME AND PLACE: Spring of 1992, Orasje prison (BH).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Mental and physical abuse of inmates resulting, in
most cases, in their death.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Pero Vincetic, HOS military police
commander and Orasje prison guards.
EVIDENCE: Statement of a witness whose identity is known to the Serb
news agency SRNA (statement under No. 5080 of 24 August 1992, Sarajevo).
NOTE: Witness was included in the prisoner exchange.
VI-007
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Hostage-taking and camps.
TIME AND PLACE: June-July 1992, Celebici camp, Konjic (BH).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Mental and physical abuse of civilian detainees.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of HOS and Moslem "Green
Berets", who were camp guards.
EVIDENCE: Personal statement of a witness whose identity is known to the
State Commission for War Crimes and Genocide.
NOTE:
VII. WANTON DEVASTATION AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
VII-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: 29 March and 1 May 1991; Filip Jakov, Biograd na Moru
(Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Eight bungalows owned by the Institute for the
Examination of Materials, Republic of Serbia, were destroyed and demolished.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Authorities of the Republic of
Croatia and Municipality of Biograd.
EVIDENCE: Documents concerning the destruction of property and criminal
charges brought before the Commercial Court in Belgrade on 24 April 1992 (file
No. 20-69-5 of 15 April 1992).
NOTE:
VII-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wantan devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: October 1991, Vukovar, UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Wanton destruction of civilian facilities in the
Vukovar area.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Zdenko Horvat (1958), previously
residing in Bor, a member of ZNG, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of the aggrieved parties, confession of guilt by
the accused and other evidence are filed in the criminal records of the
Military Court in Belgrade, KI No. 999/92 of 8 June 1992.
NOTE: Investigation is still under way.
VII-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: Second half of 1991, Sisak (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Four shops and a slaughterhouse owned by Dragan
Novakovic from Sisak were blown up.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian society called
"Sokoli" (Hawks) acting under the sponsorship of the Croatian Ministry of
Internal Affairs and carrying out terrorist activities against Serbs and their
property in urban centres in Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Statement to the State Commission signed by Dragan Novakovic,
owner of the above facilities, who is in possession of the relevant
documentation.
NOTE:
VII-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: October 1991, Borovo Naselje, (Vukovar)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An indiscriminate and wanton attack (from 60 mm
mortars, app. 60 mortars were fired) on the "Crepulja" residental quarter
whose residents did not take part in the hostilities. As a result of mortar
attacks, a number of civilian houses were heavily damaged.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Drazen Mrsic (1968), Rijeka;
Zeljko Martinovic (1961), Ilok and Antun Martinovic (1963), village of Donja
Moticina, municipality of Nasice; Mario Safran (1970), Breznicki Hum, all
members of the ZNG reserve forces, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of witnesses Edvard Jaric, Zelimir Lojdl,
Vjekoslav Spac, Stjepan Vresk, Neven Spoljak, Zvonko Drzajic and Bruno Medved.
NOTE: The Military Prosecutor's Office filed a request to the Military
Court in Belgrade that an investigation be carried out against the suspects
(Case No. 1144/92 of 26 October 1992).
VII-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: August 1991-January 1992, Karlovac (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In the period mentioned above, the home, coffee shop,
office and storage facility and the law office of Dusan Busic were all blown
up.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG members.
EVIDENCE: Statement signed by Dusan Busic to the State Commission in
Belgrade.
NOTE:
VII-006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: April-June 1992, Zadar (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In the above period, the home and adjacent house of
Ivan Cosic were broken into, looted and blown up.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of ZNG and HOS.
EVIDENCE: Statement signed before the State Commission in Belgrade
containing details about the property destroyed.
NOTE:
VII-007
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: 8 May 1992, Karlovac (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The house of Milo Vuletic was blown up and totally
destroyed together with the furniture and other property in it. The mines were
planted at the time when the UNPROFOR forces were not deployed in the area and
when there were no war activities.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG units in collaboration with
the Croatian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
EVIDENCE: Statement signed by Milo Vuletic before the State Commission
in Belgrade.
NOTE:
VII-008
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: August 1991-July 1992, Metkovic (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: 25 new, fully equipped, apartment houses were pulled
down or burned as well as two office buildings, four uncompleted apartment
buildings, and 9 houses belonging to Serbian citizens were partly destroyed
or damaged.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The Croatian authorities in
Metkovic and ZNG members.
EVIDENCE: 1. Detailed documentation provided by the Association of Serbs
expelled from the Municipality of Metkovic based in Belgrade, which was
forwarded to the State Commission for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide on 28
October 1992.
2. Statement signed by Luka Popovac before the State Commission in
Belgrade containing the names of owners, localities, size and value of the
facilities destroyed or burned down.
NOTE:
VII-009
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: 11 November 1991-October 1992, Biograd na Moru
(Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The family home of Milos Surlan in Biograd na Moru
was looted in the period indicated above, having in mind that it was located
between the Croatian houses, and it was destroyed on several occasions so that
in October 1992 it was finally levelled to the ground. There was a boat in the
yard outside the house which was taken away.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guards in
collaboration with the police.
EVIDENCE: Statement signed by Milos Surlan before the State Commission
containing full details.
NOTE:
VII-010
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Wanton devastation and destruction of property.
TIME AND PLACE: 2 January 1992, Orahovica (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A bomb was planted in the home of Branko (Jova) Gojic
and the ruins were sprinkled with inflammable liquid, so that the house burned
down. Before this incident, on 22 December 1991, a hand grenade was thrown at
his house.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of ZNG and HOS.
EVIDENCE: Statement signed by Branko (Jova) Gojic before the State
Commission in Belgrade containing a more detailed description of the incidents
and his statement that on 31 December 1991 three other houses owned by Serbs
in Orahovica were blow up and razed to the ground.
NOTE: All these incidents were reported to the Croatian police but
without any results. B. Gojic was advised that it would be best for him to
move out, which he did and he now resides in Belgrade.
VIII. DEVASTATION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP, CEMETERIES,
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
VIII-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Devastation of places of worship, cemeteries and
of cultural and historical monuments.
TIME AND PLACE: From the middle to the end of 1991, Croatia.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CRIME: During the above period, 100 Orthodox churches
were damaged by setting fire to them, bombings or explosives from artillery
attacks and other firearms during military operations, etc.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian National Guards, Croatian
police and other Croatian paramilitary units (HOS).
EVIDENCE: Documentary evidence of the Serb Orthodox church published in
the booklet "War Damage Caused to Orthodox Churches in the Regions of Croatia
Inhabited by the Serbian Population in 1991".
NOTE:
VIII-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Devastation of places of worship, cemeteries and
cultural and historical monuments.
TIME AND PLACE: 1991, Kremeni and Slivno (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The St. Spiridon Orthodox Church was damaged by an
explosive while the graveyard was totally destroyed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian National
Guards and HOS members.
EVIDENCE: Testimony signed by Luka Popovic before the State Commission
in Belgrade.
NOTE:
VIII-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Devastation of places of worship, cemeteries and
cultural and historical monuments.
TIME AND PLACE: September 1991, Jasenovac Memorial Complex on the site
of the Ustashi concentration camp in World War II (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Croatian forces broke into the Jasenovac Memorial
Complex and set up combat position there. They destroyed everything they came
across. The village of Jasenovac burned down and the bridge between Jasenovac
and Gradina demolished. Mines were planted in the mass graves where thousands
camp inmates were buried. Museum of the Jasenovac Memorial Centre was
pillaged, exhibits and tools for killing and torture were taken away.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian armed
forces.
EVIDENCE: Publication entitled "Violence and Crime against Law",
Belgrade, 1991.
NOTE:
VIII-004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Devastation of places of worship, cemeteries and
cultural and historical monuments.
TIME AND PLACE: April - October 1992, eastern Herzegovina (Bosnia and
Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In the above mentioned period, the following churches
were burned down or blown up, although they were outside military operations:
the Orthodox Cathedral in Mostar including its foundation; the old Orthodox
Church in Mostar; Zitomislici monastery; Orthodox churches in Capljina,
Klepci, Opicici, Lokve, Trebinje, Blagaj and Potoci. The memorial church and
its graveyard and charnel house in Prebilovci were razed to the ground.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian regular armed forces -
ZNG; Croatian paramilitary units (HOS).
EVIDENCE: Testimony of a group of Serbian lawyer refugees from BH, who
are presently members of the Bar Association of Serbia - Principal Bar
Association - Belgrade.
NOTE:
VIII-005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Devastation of places of worship, cemeteries and
cultural and historical monuments.
TIME AND PLACE: 31 May 1992, Metkovic (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The St. George Serbian Orthodox Church levelled in
a bomb explosion. Some tombs in the churchyard were damaged.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG and HOS members.
EVIDENCE: Testimony signed by Luka Popovic before the State Commission
in Belgrade.
NOTE:
IX. ETHNIC CLEANSING
IX-001
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 1990/91, Vukovar (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Activities organized and carried out to intimidate
the Serbian population in Vukovar and forced them to abandon this region. They
included: arm supplies, establishment of party armed units, arbitrary arrests
and searches of Serbs, planting of explosives, dismissals of Serbs from
managerial positions and their execution.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Marin Vidic, Vladimir Seks, Ivan
Vekic, Branimir Glavas, Tomislav Mercep and 39 other officials in the leading
and military posts of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
EVIDENCE: Files I K Nos. 243/91 and 388/92 of the Military Court in
Belgrade.
NOTE: Persons who were in the power of FR of Yugoslavia, were exchanged
in Nemetin on 14 August 1992 according to the Budapest Agreement.
IX-002
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: April-November 1991, Borovo (Vukovar), UNPA.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Displacement of Serb residents and destruction of
their property.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Danijel Rehak (1949), previously
residing in Borovo, a member of ZNG, Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Testimonies of the aggrieved parties and other evidence are
on the criminal records of the Military Court in Belgrade, KI No.
891/92 of 3 June 1992.
NOTE: Investigation is pending.
IX-003
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 4 May l99l, Sotin near Vukovar (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Stevan Teofanovic, owner of a restaurant in Sotin,
previously also mistreated by his Croatian fellow - villagers because of his
Serbian origin.
On that date, he was at home with his wife, son and daughter and
his son's friend Miodrag Nagy. Nine attackers showed up unexpectedly in front
of their house, shouting: "Where are you Serbs? When are you going to move
out?" They then riddled Teofanovic's house with rifle bullets. His son Sasa
counted the attackers from the roof, while Stevan himself identified five of
them. Following the shooting, the attackers fled. Teofanovic's son's friend
Miodrag Nagy was found dead outside the front door, probably in an attempt to
leave the house unnoticed. After the raid and subsequent threats to
Teofanovic's closest friends Kovacevic, Torbica, and Trkulja, Stevan and his
family moved to Novi Sad, leaving the house and restaurant and all inventory
in Sotin.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): According to the testimony of
Stevan Teofanovic and his son Sasa, five of the nine attackers have been
identified: Luka Ivancic, owner of the cafe "ll", a fisherman called "Cona",
a certain "Mrkela", Drago and Pero Ljubas, all from Sotin.
EVIDENCE: Statement of witness Stevan Teofanovic to the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Vojvodina in Novi Sad on 24 May l99l.
NOTE:
IX - 004
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 7 May l99l; electrodes and Fero-alloys plant, Sibenik
(Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Serbian workers at the plant Bosko Milicic,
electrical cart driver; Rade Matijevic, preparer of the coke furnace, and
Petar Dragovic, crane driver, were dismissed from their jobs by a decision of
the Workers' Council (at that time, actually management of the plant) because
they refused to sign a statement of "personal loyalty to the sovereign and
whole Republic of Croatia" (quotation is from the served dismissal decision).
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The dismissal decision was signed
by manager Petar Rajevic.
EVIDENCE: Signed decisions on the dismissal of the said workers.
NOTE: After HDZ came to power, it was requested from Serbian employees
in many enterprises and institutions to sign the statements of "loyalty to
Croatia". Refusal meant their dismissal and mistreatment, which eventually
resulted in their massive emigration from Croatia.
IX - 005
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 30 June l99l, Sezana (Slovenia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: All day on Sunday, 30 June, a car roamed Sezana with
a loudspeaker booming this message: "Serbs, leave Slovenia! You will be
MASSACRED!"
INDICATON CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the armed or
paramilitary forces of Slovenia.
EVIDENCE: Publication entitled "The Truth about the Armed Conflicts in
Slovenia", special edition of the Military Publishing and News Centre,
Beograd, l99l.
NOTE:
IX - 006
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing
TIME AND PLACE: June-July l99l, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Taxi drivers of Serbian origin, migrant workers in
Slovenia, were subjected to special treatment. They were in the power of a
specially uniformed police. After taxiing journalists reporting for newspapers
from the "south of the country", they were taken in for interrogations when
they were, inter alia, asked when they intended to leave Slovenia for good.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs of Slovenia.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of a taxi driver, Budimir Vukovic.
NOTE:
IX - 007
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 4 July l99l, Borovo Naselje (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A group of Croatian National Guards participated in
an "action of cleansing" in the northern side of Borovo Naselje, where Serbian
population was predominant. In the action, a number of houses were burned
down, blown up and looted; several Serb residents were beaten up, ll of them
arbitrarily arrested, and Dragan Mijatovic and Stojan Stojanovic were killed.
As a direct consequence of these acts Serbs began to leave the area in
large numbers.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Members of the Croatian National
Guard Pilip Karaula, Zdravko Komsic, Marko Nuic, Stjepan Mackovic and Tade
Istuk, all from Vukovar.
EVIDENCE: The Military Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade filed a request,
No. ll39/92 of 2l October l992, to investigate the said persons as there was
reasonable doubt that each one of them committed the crime of genocide under
Article l4l of the Criminal Code of the SFR of Yugoslavia.
NOTE: Under the relevant Agreement between the Governments of the FR of
Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia, an exchange of POWs was effected on
l4 August l992 in which the said persons were also included.
IX - 008
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 4 July l99l, Borovo Naselje (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: For the purpose of "cleansing" the north streets of
Borovo Naselje, the civilian population of Serbian origin was intimidated in
order to force it to emigrate from this territory, shots were fired from
firearms and an unidentified citizen of Borovo Naselje was killed in the
shooting.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivica Banozic, a member of the
Croatian National Guard reserve forces and other members of his unit.
EVIDENCE: The Military Prosecutor's Office filed a request No. ll37/92
of 26 October l992, to investigate the above named persons because there was
reasonable doubt that they committed the crime of genocide under Article l4l
of the Criminal Code of the SFR of Yugoslavia.
NOTE: Under the relevant Agreement between the Governments of the FR of
Yugoslavia and the Republic of Yugoslavia, an exchange of all POWs was
effected on l4 August l992 in which Ivica Banozic was included.
IX - 009
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 26 August l99l, Vukovar and Borovo Naselje (UNPA).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Intimidation and looting of the civilian population
of Serbian origin aimed at displacing i.e. forcing them to emigrate from those
territories. A group of ZNG members exerted pressure in Borovo Naselje on the
Stevanovic and Lozancic families and Ilija Lozancic was killed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivo Zivkovic, a ZNG member,
Republic of Croatia.
EVIDENCE: Documents and an investigation request No. ll42/52 filed by
the Military Prosecutor in Belgrade on 26 October l992 because of suspicion
that the crime of genocide was committed, punishable under Art. l4l of the
Criminal Code of the SFR of Yugoslavia.
NOTE: Under the relevant Agreement between the Governments of the FR of
Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia, an exchange of POWs was effected on
l4 August l99l in which Ivo Zivkovic was included.
IX - 010
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: August l991 - October l992, Metkovic (Croatia)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: 70 Serb families with l83 members have been expelled
from the municipality of Metkovic thus far. In the same, period 24 Metkovic
residents of Serbian origin were dismissed from the enterprises and
institutions in which they had worked. At the same time, another eight other
Serbs were forbidden to run their catering, commercial and craft business.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Croatian authorities in the
municipality of Metkovic and ZNG members.
EVIDENCE: 1. Detailed documents of the Association of the Serbs Expelled
from the Municipality of Metkovic forwarded on 28 October l992 to the State
Commission for War Crimes and Crimes of Genocide.
2. Testimony signed by Luka Popovac before the State Commission for War
Crimes and Crimes of Genocide in Belgrade with a list of persons involved.
NOTE:
IX - 011
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: August l99l - April l992, western Slavonia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: In that period, about 70 thousand citizens of Serbian
origin fled the areas of the municipalities of Podravska Slatina, Orahovica,
Pakrac and Slavonska Pozega due to continued pressure by the Croatian
authorities and numerous offensive activities of the Croatian paramilitary
forces, particularly in the November - December l99l period. In the context
of measures aimed at ethnic cleansing, particularly striking was the order of
the Crisis Staff of Slavonska Pozega ordering the evacuation of 24 Serbian
villages in the north-western part of the municipality of Slavonska Pozega.
Alongside these measures, lay and religious monuments of the Serbian people
were destroyed.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG police and armed paramilitary
forces.
EVIDENCE: Publication entitled "The Plight of Serbs in Western Slavonia
- Documents", Okucani, April l992.
NOTE:
IX -012
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: September l99l - May l992, villages of Miklusevci and
Petrovac; city of Vukovar; Western Slavonia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Ethnic Ruthenians and Ukrainians were forcibly and
under duress deported before, during and after the combat operations in this
area, mainly to Croatia. Their immovable and almost all movable property was
confiscated from them. l20 persons of various ages were deported.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Local authorities and
"unauthorized groups".
EVIDENCE: A letter from the Association of the Ruthenians and Ukrainians
of Yugoslavia, No. l35/92 of 25 October l992, to the Federal Ministry for
Human and Minority Rights.
NOTE:
IX - 013
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: September-November l99l, Brinje (Croatia).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: 5 Serbian villages were totally destroyed in the
Brinje area. Their populations were either expelled or killed.
Under the attacks by Croatian irregulars, the younger population in the
villages of Gornja and Donja Dubrava fled their homes (about 70 families) and
moved to Krajina.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Local authorities and Croatian
irregulars.
EVIDENCE: "Memorandum on the Violation of Human Rights of the Peaceful
Serbian Community in Gorski Kotar, Republic of Croatia", prepared by the
Office of the Serbs of Gorski Kotar, Croatia, in Belgrade in October l992. The
allegations were confirmed also by the Helsinki Watch in its report of 28
March l992.
NOTE:
IX-014
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: October 199l, Vukovar and its surroundings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Killing and destruction of the property of
Serb inhabitants.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): Ivan Bainrauh (1958), formerly
residing in Vukovar.
EVIDENCE: Evidence is contained in the criminal records of the Military
Court in Belgrade, KI No.512/92.
NOTE: Investigation is still under way.
IX-O15
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: 9 May l992, village of Bosanski Luzani 2on the
Derventa-Bosanski Broad road, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Ethnic cleansing of the village of Bosanski Luzani
(97 per cent of its inhabitants are Serbs) was perpetrated by HOS following
the massacre and killing of a number of local Serbs whose names (19 of them)
were listed in the enclosure. Besides ethnic cleansing, Serb property was
confiscated and Serbian homes were blown up.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): HOS members and the Moslem
paramilitary forces.
EVIDENCE: Testimony of Bogdan Kupres, born in the village of Bosanski
Luzani, presently residing in Zagreb.
NOTE:
IX-016
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: March 1992, Ogulin, Otocac and Vrbovsko, Croatia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: 6,000 Serbs living in 10 villages of the above
municipalities received an ultimatum from the Croatian authorities and
military commanders in Ogulin. They were requested to hand over arms, declare
their loyalty to the Croatian State and comply with the conscription orders
for the Croatian army. Tens of thousands of the Croatian forces have amassed
in this region, so that there is a real threat of the mass exodus and
extinction of Serbs there.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): The local Croatian authorities and
military commanders in Ogulin.
EVIDENCE: The president of the State Committee for Cooperation with the
UN, B. Jovic, addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General on 14 March 1992,
asking him to appeal to the President of Croatia, F. Tudjman to refrain from
the use of military force against the Serbian population in Gorski Kotar which
is outside the UNPAs; a Tanjug news; the Memorandum on the situation in this
region sent by the Association of Serbs from Gorski Kotar to the Co-Chairman
of the International Conference on Yugoslavia, Mr.Cyrus Vance in October 1992.
NOTE:
IX-O17
DESIGNATION OF CRIME: Ethnic cleansing.
TIME AND PLACE: 1992, Mostar and the Neretva River valley (Bosnia and
Herzegovina).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Under continued pressure from Croatian and Moslem
extremists, over 45, 000 Serbs moved out of Mostar and its surroundings as
well as out of Capljina, Stolac, Jablanica, Konjic and other places. The area
is almost completely ethnically clean. Less than 4,000 Serbs remained in the
city of Mostar.
INDICATION CONCERNING PERPETRATOR(S): ZNG units, HOS members and Moslem
forces.
EVIDENCE: Report by the Association of the Residents of Mostar "Aleksa
Santic" of 25 October 1992 in Belgrade.