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Kravica (Кравица) is a Serb village in Bratunac county near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1991, it was a Serb military stronghold. It had a population of 357, of whom 353 were declared as Serbs, with no declared Bosniaks, Croats or Yugoslavs.

On January 7, 1993, Orthodox Christmas Day, Bosnian forces attacked the village. Mostly Serbian civilians according to Carla del Ponte were killed, among them were Mara Božić (born 1909), Vladimir Stojana Stojanović (b. 1915), Risto Koste Popović (b. 1920), Mitar Cvijana Nikolić (b. 1927), Vladimir Gajic (b. 1989). In this massacre 11 people were killed (State sponsored Research & Documentation Center data). The whole village was practically burnt, and even grave yard was destroyed.

29 perpetrators led by Naser Orić were allegedly identified by Serb witnesses.

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