Novoseoci massacre
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 Mosque of Novoseoci, destroyed during the massacre, rebuilt in 2007. | |
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| Location | Novoseoci, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 43°52′47″N 18°47′35″E / 43.87972°N 18.79306°E |
| Date | 22 September 1992 |
| Target | Bosniak civilians |
Attack type | Mass killing and ethnic cleansing |
| Deaths | 45 |
| Perpetrators | Army of Republika Srpska |
The Novoseoci massacre is a war crime murder against 45 Bosniak civilians commited by Serb forces on 22 September 1992 in the village of Novoseoci, located in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Background
The Bosniaks of the sub-Romanian village of Novoseoci had lived relatively peacefully, even though they were completely surrounded by Serbs. At the start of the war, local Serbs formed Serb Autonomous Oblasts, and the Sokolac region fell under the self-proclaimed SAO Romanija.
Amor Mašović, a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina, came to know that the crime in Novoseoci was carried out in retaliation for the death of a Serbian soldier, the son of Serb army colonel Aleksa Krsmanović. Krsmanović then orders that in retaliation for the death of his son, the entire male population of Novoseoci to be killed.[2]
Massacre
On 22 September 1992, Bosnian Serb forces (2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade) entered the village of Novoseoci and asked villagers to leave their homes and group themselves on the Metaljka elevation.[3]
One woman, Devla Karić, was killed in front of everyone, reportedly because she was moving faster.
Women were separated from men, and they were told that men are going for exchange or forced labor, after which the women and children were expelled and transported to the territory of Sarajevo.
After that, the men were transported by military trucks to the location of the landfill in Ivan Polje, where they were shot and buried in the landfill.
Many women were raped on the way to Sarajevo, in Sokolac.
On 30 September 1992, after the committed crime, the mosque in Novoseoci was mined and demolished, and the remains of the mosque were taken to a landfill and thrown over the bodies of the murdered.[3]
Exhumation and reburial
In September-October 2000, an exhumation was performed on the Ivan Polje landfill, by the Bosnian Commission for Missing Persons.[4]
Among those killed, there were minor boys, as well as one woman who was killed during the attack on the village. The youngest victim was 14 and the oldest was 82.[5] Seven victims were Bosniaks from Rogatica.
All the victims, except for the remains of one murdered civilian, were discovered, exhumed, and identified after the war, and as many as 178 gunshot wounds were found in the remains.[6]
It is found that victims were: Kabaš Zahid, Karić Edhem, Karić Edin, Karić Fikret, Karić Halis, Karić Hilmija, Karić Huso, Karić Izet, Karić Kasim, Karić Lutvo, Karić Mehmed, Karić Nail, Karić Redžo, Karić Rifet, Karić Sead, Karić Suljo, Očuz Asim, Očuz Damir, Očuz Hasan, Očuz Ismet, Očuz Lutvo, Očuz Munever, Selmanović Amir, Selmanović Asim, Selmanović Ćamil, Selmanović Memiš, Selmanović Memo, Selmanović Muhamed, Selmanović Mustafa, Selmanović Osman, Selmanović Salko, Selmanović Smajo, Selmanović Šaćir, Selmanović Velija, and 10 unidentified people.[7]
Trials
The indictment was created by order of the Special Department for War Crimes, and refers to suspects:[8]
- Milan Tupajić, born in 1954, Knežina, Sokolac, former president of the Sokolac Crisis Staff
- Radomir Obradović "Dragan", born in 1950 in Krševi, Sokolac, former commander of the SJB Sokolac
- Radislav Krstić, born in 1948, Nedjelišta, Vlasenica, former commander of the 2nd Romanian Motorized Brigade of the VRS
- Nikola Koprivica, born in 1954, a member of the Military Police Company 2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade, resides in Canada, (extradition from Canada was requested)
- Miladin Gašević "Ćirko", born in 1961, Vidrići, Sokolac, deputy commander of the 2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade Reconnaissance Company
- Momir Kezunović, born in 1957, Vidrići, Sokolac, member of the Scout Company 2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade
- Branislav Kezunović "Miki", born in 1959, in Vidrići, Sokolac, a member of the Scout Company 2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade
- Željko Gašević, born in 1968, Sokolac, member of the Scout Company 2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade
- Jadranko Šuka, born in 1957, Sokolac, member of the Scout Company 2nd Romanija Motorized Brigade
On 16 September 2020, on suspicion of having committed a war crime, former SDS deputy Milan Tupajić, wartime commander of PS Sokolac Dragan Obradović, members of VRS Miladin Gašović, Jadranko Šuka, Željko Gašović, Momir Kezunović, and Branislav Kezunović were arrested.[9]
Milan Tupajić died on December 2021, during the trial.[10]
Radislav Krstić was already serving 35 years sentence for Srebrenica genocide, where he commanded 3 years after Novoseoci massacre.[11]
On 4 April 2022, Nikola Koprivica was extradited from Canada, accused of directly shooting civilians of Novoseoci.
Trials are still in progress in front of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
See also
External links
- BOSNIA: IVAN POLJE: MASS GRAVE LATEST - AP Archive YouTube channel (exhumation of victims in 2000)
References
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- ^ "Umro pukovnik Krsmanović: Zbog osvete sina naredio masakr nad civilima iz Novoseoca". radiosarajevo.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ a b Dizdarević, Emina (2022-04-14). "Obradović i ostali: Otac i suprug ubijeni u Novoseocima". Detektor (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Indictment filed against Nikola Koprivica for war crimes in the Sokolac area". fena.ba. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "NOVOSEOCI, 30 GODINA KASNIJE: ŽIVOT JE NEGDJE DRUGDJE". stav.ba. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Bahtanović, Berina (2020-12-18). "Podignuta optužnica protiv devet osoba za ratni zločin u Novoseocima". N1 (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Bursać, Dragan. "Koliko metaka može stati u tijelo vašeg djeteta?". balkans.aljazeera.net (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina". tuzilastvobih.gov.ba. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Uhapšeni sa Sokoca se sumnjiče za brutalno ubistvo 44 civila bošnjačke nacionalnosti u Novoseocima". www.klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ faktor.ba. "Gdje nema džamija, nema ni muslimana: Umro Milan Tupajić, optužen za progon i ubistva na Sokocu". www.faktor.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ Mršo, Selma Boračić (2023-02-09). "Obradović i ostali: "Krstić čisti Novoseoce"". Detektor (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-05-07.