Medari massacre
| Medari massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Medari, Croatia |
| Date | 1 May 1995 |
| Target | Croatian Serb civilians |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | 22[1] |
| Perpetrators | Croatian Army (HV) |
The Medari massacre was the mass murder of 22 Croatian Serb civilians on 1 May 1995 by members of the Croatian Army (HV) during Operation Flash. On 1 May 1995, according to Zagreb-based NGO Documenta and HHO, the Croatian Army killed 22 civilians, including 11 women and three children, in the village of Medari near Nova Gradiska in western Slavonia.[2] Two sisters, Radmila and Mirjana Vukovic survived the massacre by chance because they went to high school in a nearby town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] Their father, mother and seven-year-old sister were killed that day.[2]
References
- ^ "18 years since killings, expulsion of Serbs in Croatia". B92.net. 1 May 2013.
- ^ a b c Milekic, Sven (1 May 2015). "The Contested History of Croatia's Operation Flash". BalkanInsight. BIRN.