GENOCIDE TIMELINE

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  • Bijelijna Massacre

  • First Casualty of the Bosnian

  • Seiege of Sarajevo

    the longest siege of a city in modern warfare. It began after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared seceded from Yugoslavia, when Serb forces surrounded the city with a force of 18,000, including heavy ordinance such as tanks and AA guns. Snipers also took up positions in the city. On average, there were 329 shell impacts per day. Nearly 10,000 people were killed or went missing during the seige. The seige ended on February 29, 1996, follwing the Dayton Agreement.

  • Foca Massacre

    a series of killings by Serb forces that occurred between April 7, 1992, and January 31, 1994. During the genocide, houses were systematically ransacked or burned down, while civilians were rounded up, men separated from women, and taken to concentration camps. Many were killed in the process and many women were repeatedly raped in the camps. In total, approximately 2,704 were displaced or killed.

  • Zvornik Massacre

    It was the killing of between 700 and 900 Bosniaks and the ethnic cleansing of 40,000 in the city of Zvornik by several Serbian paramilitary groups. A total of 4,127 were killed or missing in the Zvornik area.

  • Prijedor Masssacre

    the second largest massacre during the Bosnian War, second only to the Srebrenica Genocide. The event began when 400 Serb policemen were used to perform a coup in Prijedor. The massacre included both the killing of civilians using troops and artillery in the streets and their homes, as well as massacres in camps. In total, 5,200 Bosniaks and Croats were killed or missing in the city of Prijedor, and around 14,000 in the whole municipality.

  • Doboj Massacre

    Serbian forces took over Doboj. Following the takeover, the mass disarming and arrest of all non-Serb civilians began. Then, Serb forces systematically looted and destroyed Croat and Bosniak homes, then executed Croats and Bosniaks and raped the women. Those who were not executed outright were taken to camps and were tortured and put to work. In total, over 2,300 people were killed or missing following the massacre.

  • Lasva Valley Ethnic Cleansing

    campaign carried out by Croat forces against Bosniaks living in the Lašva Valley region of Bosnia-Herzegovina. This campaign, which took place from May 1992 to April 1993, included the rape and mass murder of Bosniaks. In addition, some were placed into camps and property was destroyed. It is believed that about 2,000 Bosniaks were killed during this time. A ceasefire was reached by Mate Boban and Alija Izetbegović on April 25, 1993.

  • Glogova Massacre

  • Zaklopaca Massacre

    a massacre of Bosniaks by Serb forces. At least 83 Bosniaks were killed after the Serb forces confiscated the few weapons the village owned then blockaded its exits.

  • Visegrad Massacre

    the killings of Bosniaks in the Višegrad municipality from May 19, 1992 until August of 1992 by Serbian police and military forces. According to the ICTY, Višegrad was “one of the most comprehensive and ruthless campaigns of ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian conflict", during which 1661 people were killed in the city of Višegrad and a total of about 3,000 in the municipality as a whole.

  • Ahatovici Massacre

    massacre of 47 to 50 Bosniaks by Serb forces in Ahatovići in the Novi Grad municipality. Serbs took 64 males from 15 to 75 years old prisoner and held and tortured them until June 14, 1992, when they were put on a bus, driven to the village of Sokoline, where the bus was fired upon by the Serbs. 47 were killed, and s total of 50 bodies were exhumed in 1996.

  • Cemerno Massacre

    an alleged massacre of Serbs on June 10, 1992, in the Ilijaš Municipality. According to the testimony of a survivor, the attack was made by Croats, although conflicting reports also say that it was carried out by Bosnian Muslims and the Bosnian Army. According to differing information, either 29, 31, or 32 individuals were killed.

  • Koricani Cliffs Massacre

  • Kravica Attack

  • Dusa Massacre

  • Strpi Massacre

  • Ahmici Massacre

  • Dabrinja Massacre

  • Stupini Do Massacre

  • Kravica Massacre

  • Second Markale Massacre

  • Erclut Agreement

    Signed November 12, 1995, between Croatia and Yugoslavia, this agreement officially ended the Croatian War of Independence. It is named after the village of Erdut where it was signed.

  • General Framework Agreement