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Štrpci massacre
The Štrpci massacre was the massacre of 19 civilians (18 Bosniaks and one Croat) on 27 February 1993, taken from a Belgrade-Bar train at Štrpci station near Višegrad, on Bosnian territory. Fifteen Serbs were arrested in December 2014 and charged with war crimes for their participation in the massacre.
Background.
The Belgrade-Bar railway crosses into Bosnia and Herzegovina for 9 km, between the stations at Zlatibor and Priboj, both in Serbia. There is one station, Štrpci, but there
crime. The Štrpci massacre and the Sjeverin massacre were part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted against Bosniaks in the Sandžak area of Serbia that was organised and carried out under the cover of the Bosnian war. Police and judicial officials are alleged to have obstructed court proceedings against Milan Lukić.
See also.
- List of massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina