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Village of Miletići

Location: Travnik

Importance of the locality:

During the armed conflict between the Army of RBiH and HVO in the wider Central Bosnian region, the Croat village of Miletići near Travnik was attacked on 24 April 1993. The village was attacked by units of foreign fighters, the so-called mujahideen, who killed five civilians that day, while 35 Croat civilians were captured and taken to the unit’s camp where they were detained. The ICTY found that the attack was carried out by units of so-called mujahideen made up of foreign fighters over which Army of RBiH units did not have effective control.


Entity: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ethnic group: Croats

Area that victims came from: Travnika

Responsibility: ARBiH and El-Mujahideen unit

Court trials:

The perpetrators of this crime were never punished and the ICTY considered details of the crime committed in Miletići in the cases against Enver Hadžihasanović and Amir Kubura, commanders of the Army of RBiH. The ICTY found that the attack was carried out by units of so-called mujahideen made up of foreign fighters over which Army of RBiH units did not have effective control.


Data source: ICTY (updated 19.06.2020)

Marked and photographed: 16.06.2020

Map:


Updated: 04.07.2021

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Army of Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina - ARBiH
Security services command centre - CSB
Herzeg Bosnia - HB
Croat Defense Forces - HOS
Army of Croatia - HV
Croat Defense Council - HVO
Yugoslav National Army - JNA
International Crime Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia - ICTY
Ministry of Interior - MUP
People's Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia - NO APZB
Police station - SJB
Serb Army of Krajina - SVK
Territorial defense of Bosnia-Herzegovina - TO BiH
Army of Republic of Srpska - VRS
Army of Yugoslavia - VJ