Medari massacre
| Medari massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Medari, Croatia |
| Date | 1 May 1995 |
| Target | Croatian Serb civilians |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | 22[1] |
| Perpetrators | Croatian Army (HV) |
The Medari massacre was the mass murder of 22 Croatian Serb civilians on 1 May 1995 by members of the Croatian Army (HV) during Operation Flash. On 1 May 1995, according to Zagreb-based NGO Documenta and HHO, the Croatian Army killed 22 civilians, including 11 women and three children, in the village of Medari near Nova Gradiska in western Slavonia.[2] Two sisters, Radmila and Mirjana Vukovic survived the massacre by chance because they went to high school in a nearby town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] Their father, mother and seven-year-old sister were killed that day.[2] As of 2006, no criminal charges were filed in relation to the event.[3]
References[]
- ^ "18 years since killings, expulsion of Serbs in Croatia". B92.net. 1 May 2013.
- ^ a b c Milekic, Sven (1 May 2015). "The Contested History of Croatia's Operation Flash". BalkanInsight. BIRN.
- ^ "HHO: HV smaknuo 22 civila u selu Medari". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 19 September 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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- 1995 in Croatia
- Mass murder in 1995
- Massacres in 1995
- Croatian war crimes in the Croatian War of Independence
- Massacres in Croatia
- Massacres of Serbs
- History of the Serbs of Croatia
- May 1995 events in Europe