Draft:Crni vrh massacre
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| Crni vrh massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Croat–Bosniak War | |
| Location | Prozor, Bugojno |
| Date | 31 July 1993 |
| Target | Bosniaks |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | 23 |
| Perpetrators | Croatian Defence Council (HVO) |
The Crni vrh massacre was a war crime committed by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) against Bosniak civilians on the Crni vrh mountain in Prozor during the Croat-Bosniak War. HVO used bosniak civilians as human shield against ARBiH. In this massacre 23 Bosniaks were killed.[1]
Crime
[edit]On July 31, 1993, 80-year-old Osman Pračić lost his 30-year-old son, Muharem, who, together with 53 other Bosniak inmates, were taken from Prozor by truck, tied by their hands and necks, and led to their death as human shields by the members of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO). from Maklje to Crni Vrh.[2]
Halfway there, they took off their clothes, tied them to each other with cables around their necks, with their hands behind their backs.[3] Then the killing began, 23 inmates were killed. It was noted on the identification that each of these inmates was killed from behind, each one was shot in the head, and the bullet exited in the forehead.[4] Afterwards, everyone was shot in the chest and in the lower part of the body," he said. The other captured citizens of Prozor managed to free themselves, by sheer luck. Kmetaš pointed out that no one has been held accountable for the crime on Crni Vrh.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Crni vrh". republika zapadna bosna. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ RP (2024-07-31). "Na današnji dan 1993. godine - napad na Prozor i Crni Vrh - RPortal". www.rportal.eu (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Sjećanje na Bošnjake stradale na Crnom Vrhu". www.klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Memorijalni pohod na Crni Vrh u znak sjećanja na stradanje Bošnjaka s područja Prozora". Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "NAJAVA: Pohod na Crni Vrh povodom obilježavanja godišnjice stradanja Bošnjaka Prozora". Lug-Prozor.info | Prozorski internet Portal | Vijesti iz Prozor/Rame (in Croatian). 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-08.