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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>name="Reuters - exhimations"</ref><ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57P2RI20090826 Forensic experts unearth 60 Bosnian war victims</ref>, [[Reuters]], 26 Aug 2009. |
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>name="Reuters - exhimations"</ref><ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57P2RI20090826 Forensic experts unearth 60 Bosnian war victims</ref>, [[Reuters]], 26 Aug 2009. |
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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. |
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Revision as of 08:23, 28 August 2014
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 of about 1200 meters.[1][2][3][4]
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. 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 camp. Beside them, the truck "Autotransport Prijedor", who drove Serbian polismen that 30 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.[5][6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
The victims were among more than 3,500 non-Serbs killed during the ethnic cleansing campaign in the Prijedor area in 1992.[11] The unit behind the Korićani Cliffs massacre was alleged to have committed many other crimes in the area, including some against local Serbs.[12] After a systematic investigation of the site in 2009 most of the victims' remains have yet to be recovered.[13][14], Reuters, 26 Aug 2009.
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
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Mučibabić B., Ed. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori%C4%87ani_Cliffs_massacre
- ^ http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakr_na_Kori%C4%87anskim_stijenama
- ^ http://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masakr_na_Kori%C4%87anskim_stijenama
- ^ Iris M. (2009). NAPA Bulletin, Passages: The Ethnographic Field School and First Fieldwork. John Wiley & Sons, New York, ISBN 9781444306965.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori%C4%87ani_Cliffs_massacre
- ^ name=reuters
- ^ name="cpj.org"
- ^ name="Reuters - exhimations"
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57P2RI20090826 Forensic experts unearth 60 Bosnian war victims