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Korićanske stijene (Korićani Cliffs) are nearly vertical cliffs above Ilomska Canyon (on Vlašić Mountain). It is located about half a kilometer from the village Korićani, at an altitude between of about 750 and 1,100 meters. On the right cliff above Ilomska are Marići's and Imljani's rocks (1,100 m also). Thus, the depth of the abyss is 350 to 400 meters.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

On August 21, 1992, the rocks were the site of the Korićani Cliffs massacre of more than 200 civilians (Bosniaks and Croats) from Prijedor.^[5]

Every year on August 21 at Korićanske rocks, the anniversary of the massacre is marked by throwing 250 roses into the abyss, symbolizing the murdered civilians.

References

^ Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Vlašić (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.
^ Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija“, Sarajevo.
^ kartabih
^ Mučibabić B., Ed. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo.
^ http://www.icty.org/x/cases/mrda/cis/en/cis_mrdja_en.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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-'''Korićanske stijene'''  ([[Korićani]]'s Rocks) are nearly vertical cliffs  above  [[Ilomska]] Canyon (on [[Vlašić]] Mountain). It is located about half a kilometer from the village Korićani, at an altitude between of about 750 and 1,100 meters. On the right cliff above Ilomska are Marići's and Imljani's rocks (1,100 m also). Thus, the depth of the abyss is 350 to 400 meters.<ref>Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Vlašić (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.</ref><ref>Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija“, Sarajevo.</ref><ref>kartabih</ref><ref>Mučibabić  B., Ed. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo.</ref>
+'''Korićanske stijene''' ([[Korićani]] Cliffs) are nearly vertical cliffs above [[Ilomska]] Canyon (on [[Vlašić (Bosnian mountain)|Vlašić Mountain]]). It is located about half a kilometer from the village Korićani, at an altitude between of about 750 and 1,100 meters. On the right cliff above Ilomska are Marići's and Imljani's rocks (1,100 m also). Thus, the depth of the abyss is 350 to 400 meters.<ref>Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Vlašić (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd.</ref><ref>Spahić M. et al. (2000): Bosna i Hercegovina (1:250.000). Izdavačko preduzeće „Sejtarija“, Sarajevo.</ref><ref>kartabih</ref><ref>Mučibabić  B., Ed. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo.</ref>
+== History ==
-On  August  21, 1992, more than 200 civilians ([[Bosniaks]] and [[Croats]]) from [[Prijedor]] was displaced from the convoy of refugees who were sent to the exchange. [[Serbs|Serbian]] officials were brought in over the precipice at the Korićanske rocks. All these people were placed in two buses to join the column in [[Trnopolje | Trnopolje camp]]. Beside them, the truck "Autotransport Prijedor", who drove Serbian polismen that 30 civilians.
+On August 21, 1992, the rocks were the site of the [[Korićani Cliffs massacre]] of more than 200 civilians ([[Bosniaks]] and [[Croats]]) from [[Prijedor]].<ref>http://www.icty.org/x/cases/mrda/cis/en/cis_mrdja_en.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
+Every year on August 21 at Korićanske rocks, the anniversary of the massacre is marked by throwing 250 roses into the abyss, symbolizing the murdered civilians.
-They have all been ordered to stand on the edge of a precipice, and then shooting them in the back. After falling into the abyss, policmen have continued to throw bombs and scouting for possible surrvived.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori%C4%87ani_Cliffs_massacre</ref><ref>http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakr_na_Kori%C4%87anskim_stijenama</ref><ref>http://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakr_na_Kori%C4%87anskim_stijenama</ref><ref>Iris  M. (2009). NAPA Bulletin, Passages: The Ethnographic Field School and First Fieldwork. John Wiley & Sons, New York, ISBN 9781444306965.</ref><ref>Waterfield B.: (16 May 2012). "Ratko Mladic trial: with a clap and a cut-throat gesture, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' faces justice". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 2014-08-12. </ref>
-However, a few people have been to escape before falling into the abyss. They later testified at trial [[ICTY ]]Tribunal in [[The Hague]], concerning the war crimes of the [[Republika Srpska]].<ref>http://www.bim.ba/en/181/10/21824/</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/damir_ivankovic_804.html</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trialwatch/profile/db/facts/babic_zoran_803.html</ref><ref>http://www.bim.ba/en/181/10/21824/</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/gordan_djuric_798.html</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trialwatch/profile/db/facts/milorad_radakovic_800.html</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial watch/profile/db/facts/milorad_skrbic_801.html</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/ljubisa_cetic_799.html</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial watch/profile/db/facts/jankovic_dusan_797.html</ref><ref>http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/zeljko_stojnic_802.html</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori%C4%87ani_Cliffs_massacre</ref>
-A long time after the massacre above the abyss circled the flocks of ravens – vultures.
-The victims were among more than 3,500 non-Serbs killed during the [[ethnic cleansing]] campaign in the Prijedor area in 1992.<ref> name=reuters</ref> The unit behind the Korićani Cliffs massacre was alleged to have committed many other crimes in the area, including some against local Serbs.<ref>name="cpj.org"</ref> After a systematic investigation of the site in 2009 most of the victims' remains have yet to be recovered.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57P2RI20090826 Forensic experts unearth 60 Bosnian war victims</ref>
-Every year on August 21 at Korićanske rocks marking the anniversary of the crime by throwing 250 roses into the abyss, symbolizing the murdered civilians.
 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
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 == See also ==
+*[[Vlašić (Bosnian mountain)|Vlašić]]
-*[[Korićani Cliffs massacre]]
-*[[Vlašić]]
 *[[Pougarje]]
 *[[Ilomska]]
 *[[Imljani]]
 *[[Skender Vakuf]]
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+[[Category:Landforms of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
+[[Category:Cliffs of Europe]]
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