The crime in question took place in seven Banija villages located within the triangle formed by Sisak, Petrinja, and Sunja. These villages are Blinjski Kut, Kinjačka Gornja, Kinjačka Donja, Blinjska Greda, Bestrma, Trnjani, Čakale, and Brđani.

Time: 22 August 1991

Description of the crime: In the early morning hours of 22 August 1991, members of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian National Guard (Gromovi Unit) launched a military operation from the villages of Komarevo and Mađari towards several neighbouring Serb villages. The operation was conducted with several modified/armoured trucks, accompanied by infantry. Upon entering the villages, the Croatian National Guard members called some residents by name and killed them as they came out of their houses with gunfire. Some victims were killed inside their homes. Most victims were civilians, but some residents of the attacked villages were armed and engaged in clashes with the Ministry of the Interior and Croatian National Guard members, as evidenced by the deaths of five Croatian forces members and injuries to several others. During this attack, 15 people were killed, and a larger number were wounded. All victims were Serbs. The youngest victim was Željka Bojinović, who was 22 years old at the time of her killing. Members of the Croatian forces, who knew her, called her by name to come out of her house and killed her when she appeared.

Victims:

  1. Bekić, Dragan (Dušan), born 16 April 1952
  2. Biškupović, Dragan (Ranko), born 5 June 1947
  3. Bojinović, Željka (Petar), born 31 March 1969
  4. Crljenica, Petar (Miloš), born 23 September 1941
  5. Čajić, Nedeljko (Dušan), born 17 October 1945
  6. Đekić, Ratko (Lazar), born 27 October 1918
  7. Kladar, Milan (Dušan), born 26 August 1940
  8. Kragulj, Radovan (Dragoljub), born 2 February 1955
  9. Martinović, Ranko (Nikola), born 5 September 1940
  10. Pajić, Nenad (Jovan), born 1 January 1951
  11. Simić, Stevo (Matija), born 3 August 1937
  12. Stanić, Lazo (Milan), born 4 March 1934
  13. Tatišić, Ljuban (Mirko), born 8 May 1932
  14. Vranešević, Mladen (Stojan), born 19 March 1938
  15. Vučinić, Milan (Boško), born 31 October 1944

Judicial consequences: In 2006, a criminal complaint was filed with the County State Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Croatia against Ivica Kovačić and others for the criminal offence of a war crime, but in the same year, the County State Prosecutor’s Office in Sisak dismissed the criminal complaint. To date, no one has been held accountable for this crime. Some of the families sued the Republic of Croatia for damages and obtained compensation in first-instance rulings. A well-known example is the case of the parents of Željka Bojinović. The Municipal Court in Sisak accepted their claim for compensation, established the responsibility of the Republic of Croatia, and awarded material compensation to Milja and Petar Bojinović. The court determined that the act had the characteristics of a war crime. The appeal procedure is ongoing.