Prijedor massacres

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The Prijedor massacres were a series of mass killings, ethnic cleansing, and abuses committed primarily against Bosniak and Croat civilians in and around the town of Prijedor during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic cleansing campaign ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
cause Serb takeover of Prijedor municipal government in 1992 ⓘ
characterizedBy arbitrary detention ⓘ
enforced disappearances ⓘ
expulsion of non-Serb population ⓘ
summary executions ⓘ
systematic persecution ⓘ
torture ⓘ
commemoratedOn 31 May ⓘ
conflict Bosnian War ⓘ
country Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
endTime 1995 ⓘ
ethnicTarget Bosniaks ⓘ
Croats ⓘ
legalAssessmentBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
location Prijedor ⓘ
Prijedor municipality ⓘ
mediaCoverage ITN and Guardian reports on Omarska ⓘ
memorial White Armband Day ⓘ
notableEvent destruction of cultural property ⓘ
destruction of religious sites ⓘ
forced deportations ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
systematic detention ⓘ
notablePlace Biscani ⓘ
Brdo ⓘ
Carakovo ⓘ
Hambarine ⓘ
Keraterm camp ⓘ
Kozarac ⓘ
Omarska camp ⓘ
Rakovcani ⓘ
Trnopolje camp ⓘ
linked to: Omarska camp
numberOfVictims over 3000 killed ⓘ
partOf ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
perpetrator Army of Republika Srpska ⓘ
Bosnian Serb forces ⓘ
Serb Crisis Staff of Prijedor ⓘ
precededBy coup in Prijedor municipal assembly April 1992 ⓘ
recognizedAs crimes against humanity ⓘ
result large-scale displacement of Croats from Prijedor municipality ⓘ
near-complete expulsion of Bosniaks from Prijedor municipality ⓘ
startTime 1992 ⓘ
victim Bosniak civilians ⓘ
Croat civilians ⓘ

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Višegrad massacres → relatedEvent → Prijedor massacres ⓘ