Battle of Hrasnica in 1992 | |||||||
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Part of the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War | |||||||
Location of Hrasnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Army of Republika Srpska | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Željko Ražnatović "Arkan" | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Serb Volunteer Guard | 6th Knight Motorized Brigade[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
23-27 killed[3][4][5][1] 17 wounded[3] |
The Battle of Hrasnica (in Serbian: Bitka kod Hrasnice; in Serbian Cyrillic: Битка код Храснице; in Bosnian: Bitka kod Hrasnice) on 4 August 1992 was a battle fought between the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH). The Bosnian Muslim units attacked the Bosnian Serbs in Hrasnica by passing through the factory of "Famos" but their attack was repelled and they suffered heavy losses.[1]