Ka cika wannan magana: A watan Maris na shekara ta 1991, tashin hankali tsakanin 'yan Croatian da 'yan Serbia ya kai ga yaƙin neman 'yancin kai na Croatia. Bayan kuri'ar raba gardama kan 'yancin kai wanda yawancin Serbs na Croatia suka yi watsi da shi, majalisar dokokin Croatia ta amince da' yancin kai a ranar 25 ga Yuni. Jamhuriyar Serb Krajina (RSK) ta ba da sanarwar niyyarta ta rabu da Croatia kuma ta shiga Jamhuriyar Serbia yayin da Gwamnatin Jamhuriyar Croatia ta ayyana ta a matsayin tawaye. Tsakanin watan Agusta 1991 da Fabrairun 1992, RSK ta fara kamfen na tsaftace kabilanci don fitar da mutanen Croat da wadanda ba 'yan Serbia ba daga yankin da RSK ke gudanarwa, daga karshe ta kori mutane 250,000 a cewar Human Rights Watch. Sojojin Croatia sun kuma tsunduma cikin tsaftace kabilanci a kan 'yan Sabiya a Gabas da Yammacin Slavonia da sassan Krajina a kan iyakantaccen sikelin. A ranar 4 ga watan Agustan 1995, Sojojin Croatia (HV) sun kaddamar da
Operation Storm don dawo da yankin Krajina wanda aka kammala cikin nasara a ranar 7 ga Agusta. Aikin ya haifar da ƙauracewar kusan Serbiyan 200,000 daga Krajina yayin da Serbiyan da ba su iya ko ba sa son barin gidajensu, galibi tsofaffi, an yi musu laifuka daban-daban. Kotun ta ICTY ta sanya adadin fararen hula na Serbia da aka kashe a 324.