The village of Mokro Polje is part of the Municipality of Ervenik. According to the 1991 census, Mokro Polje had 803 inhabitants, of whom 801 were Serbs. By the 2011 census, 227 people lived in Mokro Polje.

Period: From 5 to 20 August 1995

Description of crimes: During Operation Storm, the vast majority of Mokro Polje’s residents left the village and joined a refugee column. Some individuals chose to stay behind. Since people in surrounding villages began their journeys only on the night of 4 — 5 August or later, a number from neighbouring villages were in Mokro Polje when the Croatian Army entered. After entering, Croatian forces killed some civilians they encountered in the village. In addition to inhabitants of Mokro Polje, civilians from the nearby settlements of Žegar and Ivoševac were also killed in the village. Because not all incidents were well documented, various sources report different victim counts. Jovan Popović from Mokro Polje, born in 1948, lost his mother Stana and brother Mirko on 7 August 1995. On that day, after soldiers had forced him around the village and abused him, he lay down to sleep on the first floor of his house. He was awakened by gunfire:

Then I heard my mother scream (…) When I heard a Croatian Army member shout: ‘I’ve killed one, we must burn him before the observers arrive’ (…) I went downstairs and found my brother killed, and my mother choking from a wound in her neck (…) She was waving her arm for me to run and asking for water. She soon died. A bullet entered my father’s ear and lodged itself in the TV screen (…).

Jovan’s father managed to survive despite this fact.

Victims:

  1. Babić, Ružica (Milan), born 1 January 1926,
    date of death: 6 August 1995
  2. Babić, Sava (Luka/Spasenije), born 28 September 1913,
    date of death: 27 August 1995 / 4 September 1995
  3. Batas, Manda (Tanasije), born 7 March 1926,
    date of death: 8 August 1995, the search for mortal remains is still ongoing
  4. Ivanišević, Stojan (Bogdan), born 8 February 1940,
    date of death: 5 August 1995 / 6 August 1995
  5. Kanazir, Jeka (Luka), born 1 January 1928,
    date of death: 28 September 1995
  6. Manojlović, Ružica (Jakov), born 27 July 1937,
    date of death: 6 August 1995 / 8 August 1995
  7. Manojlović, Stevan (Mile/Miloš), born 8 March 1940,
    date of Death: 6 August 1995 / 8 August 1995
  8. Popović, Mirko (Obrad), born 25 April 1953,
    date of death: 7 August 1995
  9. Popović, Stana (Mileta), born 18 August 1926,
    date of death: 7 August 1995
  10. Popović, Stana (Sava), born 14 March 1915,
    date of death: 15 August 1995
  11. Seović, Rade (Nikola), born 15 January 1955,
    date of death: 5 August 1995, unconfirmed/dual status soldier/civilian
  12. Sučević, Stevan (Dragija), born 1 April 1934,
    date of death: 6 August 1995
  13. Švonja, Ilija (Simo), born 24 January 1926,
    date of death: 4 August 1995 / 05 August 1995
  14. Traživuk, Sava (Nikola), born 19 November 1944,
    date of death: 6 August 1995

Judicial consequences: None of those responsible for these crimes have been held criminally accountable. In memory of the civilian residents of Mokro Polje who were killed in August 1995, the villagers of Mokro Polje and the Association of Serbian Families Against Oblivion erected a memorial plaque.