Military occupation of the islands ended recently after an incident in which Serbian military opened fire and arrested the mayor of Vukovar Vladimir Štengel with 19 other Croatian civilians and 8 children who were going to visit Zvezdan Kisić, the mayor of the Serbian town Bačka Palanka.
Vojna okupacija otoka je završila tek nedavno nakon incidenta u kojem je srpska vojska otvorila vatru i uhitila gradonačelnika Vukovara Vladimira Štengela s 19 drugih hrvatskih civila i 8 djece koji su bili u posjetu Zvezdanu Kisiću, gradonačelniku srpskog grada Bačke Palanke.