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FOJNICA

 

 

According to the official results of the 1991 census, the Fojnica district had 16,227 residents:

6,639 Croats (40,9%)
8,010 Moslems (49,4%)
154 Serbs (0,9%)
1,424 others (8,8%)

At the time of the Serbian aggression on Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) there were no military activities in the Fojnica district area. On July 2nd 1993, B-H Army soldiers attacked the Croat populated section of the district. This attack was followed by arrests and evictions of Croat civilians. On July 10th 1993, the villages of Tjesilo and Gradina were ethnically cleansed, and shortly after that the same method was used in other villages and towns in the Fojnica district. Since July 15th 1993, only a small number of Croat residents have remained in the district area. Many residential and farm buildings were severely damaged or destroyed.

On November 13th 1993, four members of the "Crni labudovi" unit ("Black Swans", a B-H Army unit) murdered Father Nikica Milicevic (the guardian of the local Franciscan monastery) and Father Leon Migic (the vicar).

013 B-H - FOJNICA - November 13, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.


TIME AND LOCATION: November 13, 1993; Franciscan Monastery in Fojnica.


SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On November 13, 1993, the following persons were killed in the Holy Spirit Franciscan Monastery in Fojnica: Father Nikica Milicevic (the parish priest and the guardian of the monastery), and Father Leon Mato Migic (the vice- guardian). This crime was committed by the members of the B-H Army (the Muslim Army). The monastery is located in the region which is currently under the B-H Army control.

PERPETRATORS: B-H Army soldiers (the Muslim Army) who controlled the Fojnica region at the time.


EVIDENCE: November 18, 1993 issue of "Vecernji List" daily, p. 9. Title: "Kukavicki i zlocinacki cin" ("The Cowardly and Criminal Act"). Document currently kept in the archives of the Centre.

 

 

 

   
 
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