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WEEKLY BULLETIN
no. 56
November 7, 1994
I. GENOCIDE
001 B-H - MOSTAR - 13.06.1992
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Illegal mass arrests, detainment
and murder.
TIME AND LOCATION: 13.06.1992, eastern part of the Mostar
district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: In the period from the end of May to
mid June 1992, members of the YPA and Serbian paramilitary
formations known as "Vojska SAO istocna Hercegovina" (Serbian
Army of eastern Herzegovina), together with members of irregular
police units known as "Milicija SAO Hercegovine" (Serbian Police
of Herzegovina) occupied the eastern part of the Mostar district
(east of the Neretva River) and established their authority in
that area. Members of the occupying authorities of the eastern
part of the Mostar district arrested, illegally imprisoned,
tortured and killed civilians of both Croat and Muslim
nationality from the occupied town quarters of Kuti Livac,
Potoci, Sutina, Vrapcici and Zalik. The prison buildings were
located in the mortuary of the town cemetery Sutina, the factory
"Djuro Salaj" in Vrapcici and in the rooms of the former military
institute in Bijelo Polje.
On 13.06.1992 at approximately 3 p.m., armed members of the
occupying authorities came to the atomic shelter in Zalik where
the inhabitants of that quarter had taken refuge. The armed men
separated the men on one side, and the women and children on the
other. 60 men were chosen and taken to the so-called North Camp
(a YPA barracks in the northeastern part of Mostar). Some 10 men
of Serbian nationality were released from the group, while the
remainder - Muslims and Croats - was registered on the basis of identification papers and then loaded onto three military
vehicles known as "Pincgauers" and taken to the Sutina cemetery.
They were locked in rooms which serve as the mortuary. That same
evening, members of the occupying authorities started
interrogating, physically abusing and torturing the prisoners.
They cut the ears off some of the prisoners, broke their fingers
and then took them to the area in front of the mortuary where
they were shot or stabbed to death. Prisoners that were
physically stronger were made to carry the dead bodies to the
dyke on the left bank of the Neretva River.
Apart from the above-mentioned event, members of the occupying
authorities in the Mostar district groundlessly arrested and
imprisoned civilians of Croatian and Muslim nationality in the
concentration camp established in the locker-rooms of the
football stadium in Vrapcici, and this from the end of May to mid
June 1992.
In this period, members of the occupying authorities took a group
of more than 40 prisoners (mostly Croats) from the concentration
camp at the football stadium in Vrapcici to the camp in the town
of Bileca in eastern Herzegovina.
From this camp, individual prisoners - civilians of Croatian and
Muslim nationality - were taken for interrogation to headquarters
of the irregular police known as "Milicija SAO Hercegovina" which
was located in the rooms of the town cemetery in Sutina and to
the headquarters of the Serbian paramilitary formations in the
cotton factory "Djuro Salaj" in Vrapcici.
On an unspecified day (after 15.06.1992) in the late evening
hours, members of the occupying authorities in the concentration
camp of the Vrapcici football stadium ordered the imprisoned
civilians to leave their rooms, saying they were to be relocated.
They boarded a white van, which could carry some 30 persons, and
were taken to the town's refuse dump called UBORAK in Vrapcici.
Upon arrival, the prisoners were taken out in two's and shot in
the head or chest. Members of the occupying authorities took a
total of three groups of 30 prisoners to UBORAK. One prisoner
from the first group survived the execution (data available at
the Centre) and one prisoner of the third group was released
(data available at the Centre).
On 25.06.1992 (after the liberation of Sutina), a mass grave was
discovered in Sutina, on the left bank of the Neretva River
(location name - Cupina Liman). 18 corpses were exhumed (8 Croats
and 10 Muslims). 14 corpses were identified:
1. Beslim Beslimaj, address: Mostar, Zalik-4;
2. Redzep Boloban, born 12.01.1940, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
10;
3. Dane Boskovic, born 15.01.1941, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
10;
4. Mirsad Catic, born 02.05.1950, address: Mostar, Rudarska
street No. 31/1;
5. Vice Jerkic, born 21.05.1937, address: Mostar, Zalik No.74;
6. Zurahid Karacevic, born 12.10.1948, address: Mostar, Zalik-Z-
5;
7. Senad Kuko, born 18.06.1956, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 23;
8. Ljubo Manduric, born 05.09.1936, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
18;
9. Ilija Miletic, born 10.03.1945, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
69;
10. Hajdar Omerika, born 1942, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 17;
11. Petar Rozic, born 03.03.1918, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 33;
12. Ekrem Selak, born 19.09.1949, address: Mostar, Bijeli brijeg
No. 13;
13. Murat Simidzija, born 06.06.1932, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
58;
14. Ivan Sunjic.
Near this mass grave, more exactly in the bushes beside highway
M-17, a corpse was found and determined to be:
1. Ante Rozic, born 03.09.1935, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 37.
The same day (25.06.1992) at the Catholic cemetery "Ivanova
glavica" in Vrapcici, a mass grave containing 5 bodies was
discovered (4 men and 1 woman), 3 bodies were identified:
1. Senad Hadzihajdic, born 15.09.1970, address: Mostar, Brace
Lakisica No.72;
2. Senad Omerika, born 10.02.1977, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
17;
3. Francika Raic, born 28.01.1958, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
178-a.
On 27.08.1992, at the UBORAK refuse dump in Vrapcici, 88 bodies
were exhumed (80 male and 8 female). A total of 81 bodies were
identified (63 Muslims and 18 Croats):
1. Dzafer Alibegovic, born 27.12.1941, address: Mostar, Zalik
No. 47;
2. Meho Alic, born 22.07.1962, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
300;
3. Semir Bahimic, born 1953, address: Mostar, Zalik-7-c;
4. Nedzad Benca, born 07.04.1970, address: Mostar, Zalik-10-a;
5. Stjepan Blazevic, born 17.02.1944, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
10;
6. Hava Brekalo, born 20.01.1914, address: (Mostar district)
Kuti Livac 75;
7. Husein Bubalo, born 18.10.1936, address: (Mostar district)
Potoci;
8. Stipe Busic, born 1948, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 7;
9. Petar Carapina, born 01.06.1929, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
34;
10. Stefa Culjak, born 14.03.1932, address: (Mostar district)
Kuti Livac No. 45;
11. Bajro Coric, born 24.06.1956, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac No. 61;
12. Himzo Coric, born 01.10.1958, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac No. 61;
13. Smajo Coric, born 02.04.1930, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac No. 44;
14. Admir Delagic, born 07.01.1970, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
178;
15. Fadil Delalic, born 13.08.1936, address: Mostar, Zalik-Z-3;
16. Fuad Delic, born 28.05.1946, address: Mostar, Gojka Vukovica
No. 52;
17. Omer Dumpor, born 06.03.1958, address: (Mostar district)
Rastani No. 51;
18. Mile Duzevic, born 18.11.1926, address: Mostar, Trg Ivana
Krndelja No. 11-F;
19. Zaim Gubeljic, born 30.09.1932, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
10-d;
20. Hamdija Hadzihajric, born 1937, address: Mostar, Brace
Lakisica 72;
21. Bajram Hajrizaj, born 15.03.1940, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
161-a;
22. Omer Hasic, born 05.04.1953, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 43;
23. Tidza Hasic, born 27.12.1957, address: Mostar, Zalik No.23;
24. Safet Isic, born 11.12.1953, address: Mostar, Mehe Tase No.
21;
25. Ibrahim Japalak, born 01.03.1939, address: (Mostar district)
Potoci No. 23;
26. Salko Japalak, born 15.08.1927, address: (Mostar district)
Potoci No. 123;
27. Salih Jazvin, born 15.02.1924, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
178;
28. Enes Juklo, born 03.08.1968, address: (Mostar district)
Gornje Gnojnice No. 12;
29. Jasmin Juklo, born 1975, address: (Mostar district) Gornje
Gnojnice No. 12;
30. Mirzo Juklo, born 29.08.1965, address: (Mostar district)
Gornje Gnojnice No. 12;
31. Kresimir Jurcic, born 24.04.1930, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
10;
32. Danica Juric, born 09.02.1949, address: (Mostar district)
Kuti Livac No.43;
33. Jelka Juric, born 08.12.1940, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
176;
34. Mario Juric, born 21.03.1968, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
176;
35. Jusuf Kaniza, born 1928, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 10-b;
36. Salih Karabeg, born 04.08.1943, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
176;
37. Adis Kasalo, born 01.03.1963, address: Mostar, Trg I.Krndelja
No. 11-f;
38. Aid Kasalo, born 15.04.1961, address: Mostar, Trg I.Krndelja
No. 11-f;
39. Hasan Kasalo, born 06.10.1929, address: Mostar, Rudarska No.
9;
40. Ibro Kalecija, born 27.12.1932, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
23;
41. Salko Kalecija, born 1953, address: Mostar, Brace Djukica No.
9;
42. Ferid Klepo, born 03.05.1949, address: Capljini, Zeljeznicka
kolonija;
43. Zeljko Kokotovic, born 18.09.1968, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
10-b;
44. Mara Kordic, born 20.01.1923, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac No. 35;
45. Ljubo Kordic, born 28.10.1921, address: (Mostar district)
Kuti Livac No. 54;
46. Asim Kospo, born 02.04.1934, address: Mostar, Zalik;
47. Husein Kremo, born 06.05.1925, address: Mostar, Salke Sestica
No. 23;
48. Ibro Kuko, born 23.06.1956, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 53;
49. Ramo Kuko, born 25.02.1930, address: Mostar, Zalik;
50. Mehmed Manjura, born 24.02.1938, address: Mostar, Zalik No.
17;
51. Ramo Maric, born 24.01.1966, address: (Mostar district)
Dobrc-Podvelezje;
52. Enes Mezit, born 21.01.1960, address: Mostar, Zalik;
53. Marko Mihalj, born 11.03.1929, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
29;
54. Stjepan Mihalj, born 1925, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No. 39;
55. Dragica Mikulic, born 26.06.1938, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
No. 72-a;
56. Semsudin Mrkonjic, born 29.09.1947, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
No. 178;
57. Mujo Nuhic, born 1931, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No. 178-a;
58. Alija Omanovic, born 16.01.1928, address: (Mostar district)
Potoci;
59. Bajro Omanovic, born 01.01.1945, address: (Mostar district)
Potoci, 122;
60. Enver Osmanovic, born 25.08.1955, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
No. 178-a;
61. Mujo Pehilj, born 14.08.1945, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
3-c;
62. Becir Polcic, born 01.03.1941, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 1;
63. Ivan Prskalo, born 24.12.1936, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 10;
64. Mustafa Puce, born 20.04.1961, address: (Mostar district) Dobrc-Podvelezje;
65. Suad Puzic, born 07.07.1939, address: Mostar, Trg. I.
Krndelja No. E/1;
66. Meho Ramic, born 15.06.1936, address: Mostar, Zahum-3/zgrada
1;
67. Enver Salcin, born 07.11.1947, address: Mostar, Vrapcici,
br178;
68. Nedzad Salcin, born 07.04.1953, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
178;
69. Osman Salcin, born 1922, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No. 178;
70. Edin Sefic, born 25.01.1952, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 10;
71. Sasa Sefic, born 26.06.1976, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 10;
72. Muhamed Simidzija, born 16.12.1955, address: Mostar, Zalik
No. 58;
73. Bego Sinanovic, born 06.05.1943, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
No. 178;
74. Esad Slipcevic, born 19.03.1950, address: Mostar, M.Pasica
No. 5;
75. Hajdo Smajic, born 04.09.1938, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 17;
76. Ferid Sakrak, born 06.12.1954, address: Mostar, Rude
Hrozniceka No. 31;
77. Miralem Sestic, born 08.04.1952, address: Mostar, Trg I.
Krndelja 11-c;
78. Sofija Skegro, born 1940, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
79. Salko Turkic, born 28.02.1934, address: Mostar, Potoci;
80. Petar Zadro, born 27.06.1915, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 1;
81. Mehmed Zukic, born 26.06.1938, address: Mostar, Zalik.
After the liberation of Potoci on 07.07.1992, a mass grave in
Kuti Livac was discovered containing 5 corpses. The same day, an investigative team exhumed and identified all five corpses all of
whom were female - civilians of Muslim nationality from Kuti
Livac:
1. Fatima Cokic, born 1928
2. Fatima Cucurovic, born 1949
3. Saja Cucurovic, born 1918
4. Emina Grebovic, born 1958
5. Dzemila Grebovic, born 1927
These mass graves are the result of systematic and organized
ethnic cleansing of Croats and Muslims on Serbian-occupied
territories committed by members of the YPA, Serbian paramilitary
formations and irregular police units called "Milicija SAO
Hercegovina".
Following are further crimes committed against civilians of
Croatian nationality:
1) On 17.05.1992, members of the occupying authorities arrested
the civilian Stojan Kolobara (born 09.02.1932, inhabitant of
Kuti Livac). When Kuti Livac was liberated, the body of Stojan
Kolobara was discovered immediately next to the body of civilian
Ante Azinovic (born 10.03.1934, inhabitant of Kuti Livac). Both
bodies were hideously massacred (the heads and arms had been
severed from the trunk and the fingers severed from the hands).
2) On 18.05.1992, members of the occupying authorities arrested
the civilian Ivan Skegro (born 1937, inhabitant of Kuti Livac)
and took him to the former military institute in Bijelo Polje
where he was executed and his body moved to Kuti Livac. When Kuti
Livac was liberated, the corpse was discovered and identified.
3) On 20.06.1992, in front of the house of Martin Culjak, in
Kuti Livac, the body of Danica Culjak (born 1915, inhabitant of
Kuti Livac) was discovered. Although the body had already
decomposed to a certain degree, it was ascertained that the
wounds on the body were the result of firearms.
4) On 24.06.1992, in Kuti Livac, the body of Jozo Jakic (born
27.06.1938, inhabitant of Kuti Livac) was discovered. The body
was in a state of decay but a plastic rope with which the victim
had been strangled was still around the neck.
5) On 24.06.1992, beside his house in Kuti Livac, the body of
Mijo Kordic (born 02.11.1925, inhabitant of Kuti Livac) was
discovered. It was evident that he had been massacred although
his body was in a state of decay.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the YPA, Serbian paramilitary formations
known as "Vojska SAO istocna Hercegovina" and irregular police
units known as "Milicija SAO Hercegovine", among whom are:
1. Dragan Antelj, born 22.02.1967, address: Mostar, Potoci;
2. Boro Antelj, born 08.08.1943, address: Mostar, Vrapcici;
3. Goran Bojanic, born 01.01.1960, address: Mostar, Zeljusa;
4. Boro Bovan known as "Tasi", born 30.09.1956, address: Mostar,
Zeljusa;
5. Danilo Bovan, born 07.08.1962, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
127;
6. Dusan Bovan, born 26.11.1936, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
32;
7. Lazar Bovan, born 11.07.1960, address: Mostar, Z. Neimarovica
br 17;
8. Rade Bovan, born 07.02.1952, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.18;
9. Slavko Bovan, born 13.05.1933, address: Mostar, Vrapcici;
10. Momo Cancar, born 03.04.1948, address: Mostar, Sutina br 19;
11. Dragan Doslo known as "Cuta", born 25.02.1949, address:
Mostar, Vrapcici No. 2;
012. Gojko Doslo, born 09.09.1936, address: Mostar, Vrapcici;
13. Milan Doslo, born 22.02.1944, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
140;
14. Miroslav Ivanisevic known as "Miro", born 26.09.1959,
address: (Mostar district) Kuti Livac;
15. Rajko Janjic known as "Diki", born 03.03.1965, address:
Mostar, Vrapcici No. 178;
16. Mladen Jelic, born 16.02.1931, address: Mostar, Avenija No.
109;
17. Jovica Kandic, born 05.12.1963, address: Mostar, Vrapcici;
18. Mladen Kandic known as "Gene", born 31.03.1962, address:
Mostar, Prigradjani 72;
19. Miladin Kovacevic, born 04.01.1950, address: Mostar,
Vrapcici;
20. Drago Kurtes, born 05.05.1946, address: (Mostar district)
Kuti Livac;
21. Pero Kurtes, born 10.02.1957, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
22. Danilo Lozo known as "Danac", born 21.09.1953, address:
(Mostar district) Kuti Livac;
23. Krsto Lozo, born 14.12.1960, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
24. Ljubo Lozo, born 09.11.1961, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
25. Maksim Lozo known as "Masek", born 24.05.1964, address:
Mostar, Vrapcici, No. 173;
26. Milorad Lozo, born 12.07.1938, address: (Mostar district)
Kuti Livac;
27. Mirko Lozo, born 11.05.1955, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
28. Vlado Lozo known as "Dzukac", born 26.06.1961, address:
Mostar, Potoci No. 91;
29. Zarko Lozo, born 18.05.1940, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
30. Momcilo Miladinovic, born 21.03.1949, address: Nevesinje
district, Pluzine;
31. Simo Mihic, born 04.01.1947, address: Mostar, Zalik No. 7-c;
32. Boro Miskin known as "Djindja", born 22.08.1944, address:
Mostar, Vrapcici;
33. Damir Miskin known as "Dama", born 23.11.1968, address:
Mostar, Vrapcici No. 44;
34. Dragan Miskin, born 26.05.1938, address: Mostar, Vrapcici;
35. Sinisa Palavestra, born 11.12.1970, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
No. 15;
36. Rajko Pejak known as "Ses", born 13.06.1957, address: Mostar, Potoci-Humilisani;
37. Ljubo Pejdo, born 26.10.1959, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac;
38. Ranko Pejdo, born 27.08.1957, address: (Mostar district) Kuti
Livac 12;
39. Nenad Prljeta, born 13.09.1961, address: Mostar, Vrapcici No.
256;
40. Milan Skoro known as "Miso", born 17.07.1951, address:
Mostar, Zalik No. 17;
41. Dragan Vujicic, born 02.12.1965, address: Mostar, Vrapcici
No. 228.
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