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, Kinja\u010dka Gornja, Kinja\u010dka Donja, Blinjska Greda, Bestrma, Trnjani, \u010cakale, and Br\u0111ani.<\/p>\n
Time:<\/span><\/strong> 22 August 1991<\/p>\n Description of the crime:<\/span><\/strong> 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 Ma\u0111ari 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 \u017deljka Bojinovi\u0107, 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.<\/p>\n Victims:<\/strong><\/p>\n Judicial consequences:<\/strong> In 2006, a criminal complaint was filed with the County State Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Croatia against Ivica Kova\u010di\u0107 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 \u017deljka Bojinovi\u0107. 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 Bojinovi\u0107. The court determined that the act had the characteristics of a war crime. The appeal procedure is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1303","zlocini","type-zlocini","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n