Bosansko Grahovo massacre | |
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Location | Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Date | 27 July 1941 |
Target | Croat civilians |
Attack type | War crime |
Deaths | Around 100 |
Perpetrators | Chetniks |
The Bosansko Grahovo massacre was a massacre of Croat civilians was committed by local Chetnik rebels on 27 July 1941 in the village of Bosansko Grahovo.
On 27 July 1941, a Yugoslav Partisan-led uprising began in the area of Dvar and Bosansko Grahovo ( Drvar uprising). [1] It was a coordinated effort from both sides of the Una River in the territory of southeastern Lika and southwestern Bosanska. [2] It succeeded in transferring key NDH territory under rebel control. [2]
On the same day the Trubar massacre occurred, Chetniks and other affiliated Serb rebels, commanded by Branko Bogunović, [3] attacked Croat civilians in Bosansko Grahovo and surrounding villages, killing about 100, of whom 62 were identified. Among those killed were at least 5 women and 9 children. [4] Numerous homes were burned, along with the Catholic church and rectory in Grahovo. A parish priest, Juraj Gospodnetić, was tortured and killed. [5]
Bosansko Grahovo massacre | |
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Location | Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Date | 27 July 1941 |
Target | Croat civilians |
Attack type | War crime |
Deaths | Around 100 |
Perpetrators | Chetniks |
The Bosansko Grahovo massacre was a massacre of Croat civilians was committed by local Chetnik rebels on 27 July 1941 in the village of Bosansko Grahovo.
On 27 July 1941, a Yugoslav Partisan-led uprising began in the area of Dvar and Bosansko Grahovo ( Drvar uprising). [1] It was a coordinated effort from both sides of the Una River in the territory of southeastern Lika and southwestern Bosanska. [2] It succeeded in transferring key NDH territory under rebel control. [2]
On the same day the Trubar massacre occurred, Chetniks and other affiliated Serb rebels, commanded by Branko Bogunović, [3] attacked Croat civilians in Bosansko Grahovo and surrounding villages, killing about 100, of whom 62 were identified. Among those killed were at least 5 women and 9 children. [4] Numerous homes were burned, along with the Catholic church and rectory in Grahovo. A parish priest, Juraj Gospodnetić, was tortured and killed. [5]