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List of massacres in the Croatian War of Independence

January 13, 2023

The following is a list of massacres that occurred in the Croatian War of Independence. Numbers may be approximate.

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Tenja massacre July–November 1991 Tenja 29 Members of the Serbian Volunteer Guard, JNA forces, and local Serb TO police units killed 29 Croat civilians the village of Tenja.[1]
Osijek killings July–December 1991 Osijek 11 Serb civilians killed by Croat paramilitaries, led by Branimir Glavaš.[2]
Operation Stinger 26-27 July 1991 Banovina 22 Forces of the SAO Krajina, an unrecognized Croatian Serb region, killed 22 Croat civilians as well as captured policemen in Glina, Kozibrod and Struga, where the rebel Serb forces employed a human shield consisting of Croat civilians taken from their homes in Struga and the nearby village of Zamlača.
Struga and Kuljani killings 26 July 1991 Struga and Kuljani, near Dvor 17 Rebel Serb forces killed seventeen Croat civilians in Struga and Kuljani, near Dvor. This is reportedly believed to be the first mass-killings of civilians during the Croatian War of Independence.[3]
Aljmaš massacre August 1991 Aljmaš 58 JNA and Serb paramilitaries killed 58 Croat civilians.[4]
Dalj massacre 1 August 1991-May 1992 Dalj 135 SAO and TO forces target Croatian police and ZNG POWs, Croat and Hungarian civilians.
Sarvaš massacre 2 August 1991 Sarvaš 9 Croatian police and ZNG forces massacre 9 Serb civilians after attacking the village.[5]
Lovinac massacre 8 August 1991 Lovinac 5 SAO Krajina paramilitary units massacred 5 elderly Croat civilians in Lovinac.[6]
Kraljevčani and Pecki killings 14 and 16 August 1991 Kraljevčani and Pecki [hr], near Petrinja 9 Serb paramilitaries killed five Croat civilians in Kraljevčani and then another four Croat civilians in nearby Pecki [hr].[7]
Pakrac killings 19 August 1991 – 1992 Pakrac municipality 176 Croats killed by JNA and Serb paramilitary groups during the occupation of Pakrac and surrounding areas.[8]
Banija villages killings 22 August 1991 Blinjski Kut and neighbouring villages 15 ZNG forces killed 15 Serb civilians and POWs.[2]
Berak killings September 1991 Berak, Croatia 56 Fifty-six Croats killed by Serb forces throughout September 1991, during the Battle of Vukovar.[9]
Četekovac massacre 3 September 1991 Četekovac, Balinci, Čoljug, near Podravska Slatina 22 Serb paramilitaries massacred 20 Croat civilians and 2 PoWs.[10]
Sajmište killings 5 September 1991 Sajmište [hr], Vukovar 120 JNA and Serb paramilitaries killed 120 Croat civilians after seizing the Sajmište suburb, during the Battle of Vukovar.[11]
Toranj massacre 8 September 1991 Toranj, Mali Banovac, Batinjani, near Pakrac 12 Croat civilians massacred by SAO Krajina rebels.[12]
Kusonje massacre 9 September 1991 Kusonje 7 SAO Krajina forces massacre seven Croat POWs.[13]
Korana massacre 13 September 1991 Korana, near Karlovac 13 Croat forces massacre thirteen JNA POWs over the Korana bridge, near Karlovac.[3]
Trpinja massacre 14 September–November 1991 Trpinja and Borovo Naselje 24-70 Croat civilians and POWs massacred by Serb paramilitaries.[14][15]
Ivanovo Selo massacre 21 September 1991 Ivanovo Selo 7 Seven Czech civilians massacred by Serb paramilitaries.[12]
Svinjarevci massacre 22 September 1991 Svinjarevci 34 Thirty-four Croat civilians killed by the JNA and Serb paramilitaries.[16]
Tovarnik massacre 22 September 1991 Tovarnik 68 JNA forces massacred 68 Croat civilians after capturing the village of Tovarnik in September 1991.[17]
Antin massacre 29 September 1991 Antin and Korođ 27 killed, 10 wounded A civilian[clarification needed] refugee column, fleeing a JNA attack, was deliberately shelled by mortar fire between the villages of Antin and Korođ.[18]
Baćin massacre 21 October 1991-February 1992 Baćin, near Hrvatska Dubica 118 SAO Krajina paramilitaries killed 118 civilians, apart from Croats two Serbs.
Tordinci massacre 25 October 1991 Tordinci 22 Twenty-two Croat civilians massacred by the 12th Proletarian Mechanised Brigade of the Yugoslav People's Army, supported by Serb Paramilitaries[19]
Glinska Poljana massacre 27 October 1991 Glinska Poljana 13 Serb paramilitaries killed 13 Croat civilians.[20]
Bogdanovci killings 2 October-10 November 1991 Bogdanovci, near Vukovar Disputed Croatia alleged 87 Croats were killed in the predominantly Croat village of Bogdanovci, approximately 8 km south-east of Vukovar, during and after the attacks carried out on the village on 2 October and 10 November 1991 by the JNA and Serb forces. However, "Taking account of Serbia’s admission (see paragraph 228 above) and the evidence put before it, the Court concludes that a number of Croats were killed by the JNA and Serb forces in Bogdanovci on both 2 October and 10 November 1991, although it is unable to determine the exact number."[21]
Novo Selo Glinsko massacre 3 and 16 October 1991 Novo Selo Glinsko, near Glina 32 SAO Krajina forces massacred thirty-two Croat civilians in two separate incidents in October 1991, in the village of Novo Selo Glinsko, near Glina.[22]
Lovas killings 10–18 October 1991 Lovas and Opatovac 70 Serb forces killed 70 Croats in the village of Lovas.[23] A total of around 90 Croats were killed in Lovas by Serb forces between October and November 1991.[24]
Pakračka Poljana massacre October 1991 Pakračka Poljana, near Pakrac 22 Croat forces massacred at least 22 Serb civilians and POWs.[3]
Široka Kula massacre 13 October 1991 Široka Kula, near Gospić 41 SAO Krajina police force massacre of Croat civilians in the village of Široka Kula.[citation needed]
Gospić massacre 16–18 October 1991 Gospić c. 100 About 100 Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces over a period of several days in October 1991.[3]
Požega killings 29 October 1991 Čečavac, Čečavački Vučjak, Jeminovac, Ruševac and Šnjegavić, near Požega 41 Croat forces killed at least 41 Serb civilians across several Serb villages near Požega.[2]
Bapska killings October–November 1991 Bapska 17 SAO Krajina forces killed 17 Croats.[25]
Lužac massacre 2 November 1991 Lužac [hr], near Vukovar 69 Members of the Serbian Paramilitary group, Arkan's Tigers, and JNA forces killed 69 Croat civilians in Lužac, during the Battle of Vukovar.[26]
Staro Selo massacre 4 November 1991 Staro Selo 10 Ten Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces.[27]
Murder of the Zec family 7 November 1991 Zagreb 3 Ethnic Serb family of three murdered by five Croatian militiamen; two family members survived. The murderers were apprehended, but released after a controversial court decision in 1992. The Croatian government agreed to compensate the surviving family members in a 2004 court settlement.[28]
Poljanak and Vukovići massacres 7 November 1991 Poljanak and Vukovići, near Slunj 10 Local Serb TO forces and a special JNA unit killed 10 Croat civilians in the villages of Poljanak and Vukovići, in the Plitvice lakes area.[29]
Saborsko massacre 12 November 1991 Saborsko 29 Serb paramilitaries kill 29 Croats in the village of Saborsko.[30]
Kostrići massacre 15 November 1991 Kostrići 16 Serb paramilitary unit killed 16 Croats.
Majur massacres 15 November 1991 Majur, Graboštani and Stubalj 38 On the same day the Kostrići massacre occurred, the same Serb paramilitary unit massacred another 38 Croat civilians in the nearby villages of Majur, Graboštani and Stubalj.[31]
Slunj massacres 16 November 1991 – 1995 Slunj and neighbouring areas, including Cetingrad and Rakovica 297 Serb forces killed Croat civilians in Slunj and surrounding areas throughout the occupation. The majority were killed between November 1991 and the Spring of 1992.[32]
Škabrnja massacre 18 November 1991 Škabrnja and Nadin 67 Serb paramilitaries killed 48 Croat civilians[33] and five Croatian POWs in the village of Škabrnja,[34] and 14 civilians in the village of Nadin.[35]
Borovo Naselje massacre 19 November 1991 Borovo Naselje, Vukovar 100+ Shortly after the fall of Vukovar, Serb forces rounded up and killed more than 100 Croat civilians and POWs found taking shelter in the Borovo commerce factory. The bodies were mostly thrown into the Danube.[36]
Vukovar massacre 20 November 1991 Vukovar 264 A mostly Croatian group of 263 men and 1 woman (including civilians and POWs), of whom 194 have been identified, were murdered by members of the Serb militias following the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) withdrawal from Ovčara after it brought those patients there from the Vukovar hospital.[37][38]
Dabar massacre 21 November 1991 Dabar, near Vrhovine 7 SAO Krajina paramilitaries tortured and killed seven Croat civilians.[39]
Laslovo massacre 23 November 1991 Laslovo 6 Six elderly Croat and Hungarian civilians massacred by Arkan's Tigers.[40]
Divoš massacre early December 1991 Divoš 24 Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces.[5]
Paulin Dvor massacre 11 December 1991 Paulin Dvor, near Osijek 19 Croatian Army soldiers massacred eighteen Serbs and one Hungarian in the village of Paulin Dvor.[citation needed]
Gornje Jame massacre 11 December 1991 Gornje Jame 16 16 civilians (15 Croats and 1 Serb) killed by Šiltovi Serbian paramilitary unit.[citation needed]
Voćin massacre 13 December 1991 Voćin 43 43 Croat civilians massacred by White Eagles paramilitaries during Operation Papuk-91.[41]
Bokane massacre 13 December 1991 Bokane, Krašković, Miokovićevo and Zvečevo 20 On the same day of the Voćin massacre, the same White Eagles paramilitaries killed another 20 Croat civilians during their retreat through neighbouring villages south of Voćin.[5]
Joševica massacre 16 December 1991 Joševica 21 Serb paramilitaries killed 21 Croatian civilians killed reportedly in retaliation for Serb losses sustained in Operation Whirlwind.[42]
Mašićka Šagovina killings 18-19 December 1991 Mašićka Šagovina, near Okučani 55 55 Serb civilians and POWs killed by ZNG forces.[43]
Lađevac killings 21 December 1991-June 1993 Donji Lađevac and Gornji Lađevac 20 Series of abuses and killings of Croat civilians, who remained in the Donji and Gornji Lađevac villages, by SAO Krajina paramilitaries.[44]
Bruška massacre 21 December 1991 Bruška 10 Ten Croatian civilians killed by Republic of Serbian Krajina forces.[45]
Erdut killings 10 November 1991 – 3 June 1992 Erdut 37 A series of killings of 37 Croat and Hungarian civilians by local SAO forces and Serb Volunteer Guard paramilitaries.[46]
Petrinja killings September 1991–June 1992 Petrinja 250+ After the fall of Petrinja to Serb forces in September 1991, more than 250 Croat civilians and POWs were killed during the occupation.[47]
Sisak killings July 1991-June 1992 Sisak 24-107 Illegal detainment, torture and killings of at least 24 Serbian civilians from Sisak by members of the Croatian Army and police forces. Other reports claim that up to 107 Serbian civilians were murdered or disappeared during this time period[48]
Sotin massacre 26 December 1991 Sotin 64 Thirty-two Croat civilians massacred by Croatian Serb militia and Territorial Defense. A further thirty-two civilians are declared missing and are presumed to have been killed by Serb forces later into the occupation.[49][50]
Banski Kovačevac massacre 20 March 1992 Banski Kovačevac, near Karlovac 15 Croat civilians killed by Serb paramilitaries.[51]
Grabovac massacre 4 May 1992 Grabovac 5 Serbia's Red Berets special forces abducted and killed three men and two women. They were initially buried in Tikveš, before the bodies were moved to conceal the killings.[52][53]
Slavonski Brod shelling 15 July 1992 Slavonski Brod 12 12 Bosniak refugees killed after their accommodation at a stadium in Slavonski Brod was shelled by the Army of the Republika Srpska.[54]
Medviđa massacre 9 February 1993 Medviđa, near Benkovac 18 Eighteen Croat civilians killed by Serb forces, allegedly in retaliation for the Croatian Army offensive- Operation Maslenica[55]
Soline rocket attack 14 June 1993 Biograd na Moru 5 killed, 7 wounded Republic of Serbian Krajina forces fired M-87 Orkan cluster rockets at the Soline beach in Biograd na Moru, killing 5 and wounding 7 civilians[56]
Operation Medak Pocket 9-17 September 1993 near Gospić 36 (ICTY estimate) Serb civilians and POWs killed by Croat forces during and after Operation Medak Pocket.[2]
Medari massacre 1 May 1995 Medari, near Okučani 22 HV forces killed 22 Serb civilians during Operation Flash.[2]
Zagreb rocket attacks 2-3 May 1995 Zagreb 7 killed, 214 wounded Republic of Serbian Krajina forces used multiple rocket launchers, fitted with cluster munitions, to strike civilian-populated areas of Zagreb on the 2 and 3 May 1995, in retaliation for the Croatian Army offensive- Operation Flash. Part of the ICTY conviction of Milan Martić and Momčilo Perišić[57]
Golubić massacre August 1995 Golubić 18 Serb civilians killed by Croat forces during and after Operation Storm.[2]
Donji Lapac killings August 1995 Donji Lapac 20 20 Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces after Operation Storm. Part of the ICTY indictment of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač[58]
Biskupija massacre August 1995 Biskupija, near Knin 15 Fifteen Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm[58]
Kijani killings August–September 1995 Kijani, Croatia 14 14 elderly Serb civilians executed by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.[59]
Uzdolje massacre 6 August 1995 Uzdolje, near Knin 10 10 Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.[60]
Glina refugee column massacre 7-8 August 1995 Main road between Glina and Dvor 16 Serb civilians in a refugee column killed after being ambushed by HV and ARBiH (5th Corps) forces during Operation Storm.[2]
Dvor massacre 8 August 1995 Dvor 9 Nine elderly and disabled Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.[61]
Komić killings 12 August 1995 Komić, Croatia 9 Nine elderly Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm.[62]
Grubori massacre 25 August 1995 Grubori, near Knin 6 6 Serb civilians massacred by the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit in the aftermath of Operation Storm.[63]
Kistanje massacre 10-27 August 1995 Kistanje, near Knin 13 Croat forces massacre thirteen mostly elderly Serb civilians in the aftermath of Operation Storm, throughout August 1995[58]
Gošić massacre 27 August 1995 Gošić, Šibenik-Knin County 8 Croat soldiers massacred 8 elderly Serb civilians in the aftermath of Operation Storm.[64]
Varivode massacre 28 September 1995 Varivode 9 Croat soldiers massacred nine elderly Serb civilians in the village of Varivode, although the war was over.[65]

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This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items May 2011 The following is a list of massacres that occurred in the Croatian War of Independence Numbers may be approximate Name Date Location Deaths NotesTenja massacre July November 1991 Tenja 29 Members of the Serbian Volunteer Guard JNA forces and local Serb TO police units killed 29 Croat civilians the village of Tenja 1 Osijek killings July December 1991 Osijek 11 Serb civilians killed by Croat paramilitaries led by Branimir Glavas 2 Operation Stinger 26 27 July 1991 Banovina 22 Forces of the SAO Krajina an unrecognized Croatian Serb region killed 22 Croat civilians as well as captured policemen in Glina Kozibrod and Struga where the rebel Serb forces employed a human shield consisting of Croat civilians taken from their homes in Struga and the nearby village of Zamlaca Struga and Kuljani killings 26 July 1991 Struga and Kuljani near Dvor 17 Rebel Serb forces killed seventeen Croat civilians in Struga and Kuljani near Dvor This is reportedly believed to be the first mass killings of civilians during the Croatian War of Independence 3 Aljmas massacre August 1991 Aljmas 58 JNA and Serb paramilitaries killed 58 Croat civilians 4 Dalj massacre 1 August 1991 May 1992 Dalj 135 SAO and TO forces target Croatian police and ZNG POWs Croat and Hungarian civilians Sarvas massacre 2 August 1991 Sarvas 9 Croatian police and ZNG forces massacre 9 Serb civilians after attacking the village 5 Lovinac massacre 8 August 1991 Lovinac 5 SAO Krajina paramilitary units massacred 5 elderly Croat civilians in Lovinac 6 Kraljevcani and Pecki killings 14 and 16 August 1991 Kraljevcani and Pecki hr near Petrinja 9 Serb paramilitaries killed five Croat civilians in Kraljevcani and then another four Croat civilians in nearby Pecki hr 7 Pakrac killings 19 August 1991 1992 Pakrac municipality 176 Croats killed by JNA and Serb paramilitary groups during the occupation of Pakrac and surrounding areas 8 Banija villages killings 22 August 1991 Blinjski Kut and neighbouring villages 15 ZNG forces killed 15 Serb civilians and POWs 2 Berak killings September 1991 Berak Croatia 56 Fifty six Croats killed by Serb forces throughout September 1991 during the Battle of Vukovar 9 Cetekovac massacre 3 September 1991 Cetekovac Balinci Coljug near Podravska Slatina 22 Serb paramilitaries massacred 20 Croat civilians and 2 PoWs 10 Sajmiste killings 5 September 1991 Sajmiste hr Vukovar 120 JNA and Serb paramilitaries killed 120 Croat civilians after seizing the Sajmiste suburb during the Battle of Vukovar 11 Toranj massacre 8 September 1991 Toranj Mali Banovac Batinjani near Pakrac 12 Croat civilians massacred by SAO Krajina rebels 12 Kusonje massacre 9 September 1991 Kusonje 7 SAO Krajina forces massacre seven Croat POWs 13 Korana massacre 13 September 1991 Korana near Karlovac 13 Croat forces massacre thirteen JNA POWs over the Korana bridge near Karlovac 3 Trpinja massacre 14 September November 1991 Trpinja and Borovo Naselje 24 70 Croat civilians and POWs massacred by Serb paramilitaries 14 15 Ivanovo Selo massacre 21 September 1991 Ivanovo Selo 7 Seven Czech civilians massacred by Serb paramilitaries 12 Svinjarevci massacre 22 September 1991 Svinjarevci 34 Thirty four Croat civilians killed by the JNA and Serb paramilitaries 16 Tovarnik massacre 22 September 1991 Tovarnik 68 JNA forces massacred 68 Croat civilians after capturing the village of Tovarnik in September 1991 17 Antin massacre 29 September 1991 Antin and Korođ 27 killed 10 wounded A civilian clarification needed refugee column fleeing a JNA attack was deliberately shelled by mortar fire between the villages of Antin and Korođ 18 Bacin massacre 21 October 1991 February 1992 Bacin near Hrvatska Dubica 118 SAO Krajina paramilitaries killed 118 civilians apart from Croats two Serbs Tordinci massacre 25 October 1991 Tordinci 22 Twenty two Croat civilians massacred by the 12th Proletarian Mechanised Brigade of the Yugoslav People s Army supported by Serb Paramilitaries 19 Glinska Poljana massacre 27 October 1991 Glinska Poljana 13 Serb paramilitaries killed 13 Croat civilians 20 Bogdanovci killings 2 October 10 November 1991 Bogdanovci near Vukovar Disputed Croatia alleged 87 Croats were killed in the predominantly Croat village of Bogdanovci approximately 8 km south east of Vukovar during and after the attacks carried out on the village on 2 October and 10 November 1991 by the JNA and Serb forces However Taking account of Serbia s admission see paragraph 228 above and the evidence put before it the Court concludes that a number of Croats were killed by the JNA and Serb forces in Bogdanovci on both 2 October and 10 November 1991 although it is unable to determine the exact number 21 Novo Selo Glinsko massacre 3 and 16 October 1991 Novo Selo Glinsko near Glina 32 SAO Krajina forces massacred thirty two Croat civilians in two separate incidents in October 1991 in the village of Novo Selo Glinsko near Glina 22 Lovas killings 10 18 October 1991 Lovas and Opatovac 70 Serb forces killed 70 Croats in the village of Lovas 23 A total of around 90 Croats were killed in Lovas by Serb forces between October and November 1991 24 Pakracka Poljana massacre October 1991 Pakracka Poljana near Pakrac 22 Croat forces massacred at least 22 Serb civilians and POWs 3 Siroka Kula massacre 13 October 1991 Siroka Kula near Gospic 41 SAO Krajina police force massacre of Croat civilians in the village of Siroka Kula citation needed Gospic massacre 16 18 October 1991 Gospic c 100 About 100 Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces over a period of several days in October 1991 3 Pozega killings 29 October 1991 Cecavac Cecavacki Vucjak Jeminovac Rusevac and Snjegavic near Pozega 41 Croat forces killed at least 41 Serb civilians across several Serb villages near Pozega 2 Bapska killings October November 1991 Bapska 17 SAO Krajina forces killed 17 Croats 25 Luzac massacre 2 November 1991 Luzac hr near Vukovar 69 Members of the Serbian Paramilitary group Arkan s Tigers and JNA forces killed 69 Croat civilians in Luzac during the Battle of Vukovar 26 Staro Selo massacre 4 November 1991 Staro Selo 10 Ten Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces 27 Murder of the Zec family 7 November 1991 Zagreb 3 Ethnic Serb family of three murdered by five Croatian militiamen two family members survived The murderers were apprehended but released after a controversial court decision in 1992 The Croatian government agreed to compensate the surviving family members in a 2004 court settlement 28 Poljanak and Vukovici massacres 7 November 1991 Poljanak and Vukovici near Slunj 10 Local Serb TO forces and a special JNA unit killed 10 Croat civilians in the villages of Poljanak and Vukovici in the Plitvice lakes area 29 Saborsko massacre 12 November 1991 Saborsko 29 Serb paramilitaries kill 29 Croats in the village of Saborsko 30 Kostrici massacre 15 November 1991 Kostrici 16 Serb paramilitary unit killed 16 Croats Majur massacres 15 November 1991 Majur Grabostani and Stubalj 38 On the same day the Kostrici massacre occurred the same Serb paramilitary unit massacred another 38 Croat civilians in the nearby villages of Majur Grabostani and Stubalj 31 Slunj massacres 16 November 1991 1995 Slunj and neighbouring areas including Cetingrad and Rakovica 297 Serb forces killed Croat civilians in Slunj and surrounding areas throughout the occupation The majority were killed between November 1991 and the Spring of 1992 32 Skabrnja massacre 18 November 1991 Skabrnja and Nadin 67 Serb paramilitaries killed 48 Croat civilians 33 and five Croatian POWs in the village of Skabrnja 34 and 14 civilians in the village of Nadin 35 Borovo Naselje massacre 19 November 1991 Borovo Naselje Vukovar 100 Shortly after the fall of Vukovar Serb forces rounded up and killed more than 100 Croat civilians and POWs found taking shelter in the Borovo commerce factory The bodies were mostly thrown into the Danube 36 Vukovar massacre 20 November 1991 Vukovar 264 A mostly Croatian group of 263 men and 1 woman including civilians and POWs of whom 194 have been identified were murdered by members of the Serb militias following the Yugoslav People s Army JNA withdrawal from Ovcara after it brought those patients there from the Vukovar hospital 37 38 Dabar massacre 21 November 1991 Dabar near Vrhovine 7 SAO Krajina paramilitaries tortured and killed seven Croat civilians 39 Laslovo massacre 23 November 1991 Laslovo 6 Six elderly Croat and Hungarian civilians massacred by Arkan s Tigers 40 Divos massacre early December 1991 Divos 24 Serb civilians massacred by Croatian forces 5 Paulin Dvor massacre 11 December 1991 Paulin Dvor near Osijek 19 Croatian Army soldiers massacred eighteen Serbs and one Hungarian in the village of Paulin Dvor citation needed Gornje Jame massacre 11 December 1991 Gornje Jame 16 16 civilians 15 Croats and 1 Serb killed by Siltovi Serbian paramilitary unit citation needed Vocin massacre 13 December 1991 Vocin 43 43 Croat civilians massacred by White Eagles paramilitaries during Operation Papuk 91 41 Bokane massacre 13 December 1991 Bokane Kraskovic Miokovicevo and Zvecevo 20 On the same day of the Vocin massacre the same White Eagles paramilitaries killed another 20 Croat civilians during their retreat through neighbouring villages south of Vocin 5 Josevica massacre 16 December 1991 Josevica 21 Serb paramilitaries killed 21 Croatian civilians killed reportedly in retaliation for Serb losses sustained in Operation Whirlwind 42 Masicka Sagovina killings 18 19 December 1991 Masicka Sagovina near Okucani 55 55 Serb civilians and POWs killed by ZNG forces 43 Lađevac killings 21 December 1991 June 1993 Donji Lađevac and Gornji Lađevac 20 Series of abuses and killings of Croat civilians who remained in the Donji and Gornji Lađevac villages by SAO Krajina paramilitaries 44 Bruska massacre 21 December 1991 Bruska 10 Ten Croatian civilians killed by Republic of Serbian Krajina forces 45 Erdut killings 10 November 1991 3 June 1992 Erdut 37 A series of killings of 37 Croat and Hungarian civilians by local SAO forces and Serb Volunteer Guard paramilitaries 46 Petrinja killings September 1991 June 1992 Petrinja 250 After the fall of Petrinja to Serb forces in September 1991 more than 250 Croat civilians and POWs were killed during the occupation 47 Sisak killings July 1991 June 1992 Sisak 24 107 Illegal detainment torture and killings of at least 24 Serbian civilians from Sisak by members of the Croatian Army and police forces Other reports claim that up to 107 Serbian civilians were murdered or disappeared during this time period 48 Sotin massacre 26 December 1991 Sotin 64 Thirty two Croat civilians massacred by Croatian Serb militia and Territorial Defense A further thirty two civilians are declared missing and are presumed to have been killed by Serb forces later into the occupation 49 50 Banski Kovacevac massacre 20 March 1992 Banski Kovacevac near Karlovac 15 Croat civilians killed by Serb paramilitaries 51 Grabovac massacre 4 May 1992 Grabovac 5 Serbia s Red Berets special forces abducted and killed three men and two women They were initially buried in Tikves before the bodies were moved to conceal the killings 52 53 Slavonski Brod shelling 15 July 1992 Slavonski Brod 12 12 Bosniak refugees killed after their accommodation at a stadium in Slavonski Brod was shelled by the Army of the Republika Srpska 54 Medviđa massacre 9 February 1993 Medviđa near Benkovac 18 Eighteen Croat civilians killed by Serb forces allegedly in retaliation for the Croatian Army offensive Operation Maslenica 55 Soline rocket attack 14 June 1993 Biograd na Moru 5 killed 7 wounded Republic of Serbian Krajina forces fired M 87 Orkan cluster rockets at the Soline beach in Biograd na Moru killing 5 and wounding 7 civilians 56 Operation Medak Pocket 9 17 September 1993 near Gospic 36 ICTY estimate Serb civilians and POWs killed by Croat forces during and after Operation Medak Pocket 2 Medari massacre 1 May 1995 Medari near Okucani 22 HV forces killed 22 Serb civilians during Operation Flash 2 Zagreb rocket attacks 2 3 May 1995 Zagreb 7 killed 214 wounded Republic of Serbian Krajina forces used multiple rocket launchers fitted with cluster munitions to strike civilian populated areas of Zagreb on the 2 and 3 May 1995 in retaliation for the Croatian Army offensive Operation Flash Part of the ICTY conviction of Milan Martic and Momcilo Perisic 57 Golubic massacre August 1995 Golubic 18 Serb civilians killed by Croat forces during and after Operation Storm 2 Donji Lapac killings August 1995 Donji Lapac 20 20 Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces after Operation Storm Part of the ICTY indictment of Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac 58 Biskupija massacre August 1995 Biskupija near Knin 15 Fifteen Serb civilians massacred by Croat forces in the aftermath of Operation Storm 58 Kijani killings August September 1995 Kijani Croatia 14 14 elderly Serb civilians 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