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NOVI TRAVNIK

 

According to the official results of the 1991 census, the Novi Travnik district had 30,624 residents:

12,127 Croats (39,6%)
11,649 Moslems (38,0%)
4,087 Serbs (13,3%)
2,761 others (9,1%)


During the Serbian aggression against Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992), the Novi Travnik district area was attacked from the long range Serbian artillery and YPA planes, during which time many residential and farm buildings were either damaged or destroyed.

The "Bratstvo" ammunition factory was also considerably damaged.

In the period between June 1993 and March 1994, B-H Army soldiers attacked, occupied and ethnically cleansed approximately three-fourths of the district area.

In the beginning of June 1993, the Croat populated villages in the southern and western sections of the district came under attack (Rostovo, Dahovo, Senkovici, Kopila, Potocani, Bugojcici, Trenica, Pribilovici, Budisici, Stojkovici, Rankovici...).

Upon barging into the village of Kasapovici, B-H Army soldiers killed three Croats and set fire to ten family houses.

The surviving Croat residents from the occupied sections of the district were either evicted or imprisoned in the camps that B-H Army soldiers had formed in almost every town. During the B-H Army attacks on the Croat populated villages and towns, the B-H Army soldiers looted and destroyed civilian property. Many residential and farm buildings were damaged and/or destroyed.

B-H - KASAPOVICI - NOVI TRAVNIK - June 13, 1993

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians, killings of civilians, and destruction of civilian property.


TIME AND LOCATION: June 13, 1993, at 8:00 a.m., the village of Kasapovici (cca 18 kilometres west of Novi Travnik.

SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: A mortar and infantry attack by the members of the B-H Army on Croatian villagers of Kasapovici. During the attack Pero Bokan (born 1936), Ivan Brkan (born 1944), and Anto Vrhovac (born 1954) were killed, while the houses of Ivan Brkan, Ruza Brkan, Mirko Brkan, Drago Condo, Pero Celam, and Zeljko Sisak were set on fire.


PERPETRATORS: Members of the B-H Army. Among them were Naser Krnjic, Ekrem Hajric, prof. (35 years old, from Kasapovici, a B-H
Army commander), Ener Hadzic (40 years old, from Novi Travnik; he used to work in the B-H Army staff), Senad Kukic (born 1958, from Kasapovici, commander of the B-H Army military police, Jasmin Krnjic (27 years old, from Kasapovici, member of the B-H Army military police).

EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the archives of the Department, no. 1F3NT07A001

029 B-H - MALJINE - NOVI TRAVNIK - June 1993


DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on the civilian population, killing of prisoners and civilians.


TIME AND LOCATION: The beginning of June, 1993, the village of Maljine at the foot of Mount Vlasic, Novi Travnik district.


SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On June 8, 1993 Muslim units attacked the village. Women and children (Croatian) were captured and taken as hostages in the Muslim village of Mehurici. The men, some of whom belonged to the Croatian Defence Council, were shot. According to the statement of a survivor, they were shot at the entrance to the village of Bikuse. 20-30 people were killed.


PERPETRATORS: Members of Muslim units and groups of volunteers which the witness calls "Mujaheddin".


EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness, supplemented by a written statement currently kept in the archives of the Department, no. 1F3TR07A003.

 


   
 
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