Kravica attack (1993)

Not to be confused with Kravica massacre (1995).
Kravica attack
Part of the Bosnian War
Kravica is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kravica
Kravica
Kravica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
LocationKravica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates44°13′N 19°12′E / 44.217°N 19.200°E / 44.217; 19.200
Date7 January 1993
TargetBosnian Serb civilians and soldiers
Attack type
attack
Deaths43–46 (claimed 430) Serbians [1][2]
VictimsVRS troops and ethnic Serb civilians
PerpetratorsArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBIH)

The Kravica attack was an attack on the Bosnian Serb village of Kravica by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) from the Srebrenica enclave on Orthodox Christmas Day, 7 January 1993. The attack was organized to coincide with the Serbian Orthodox Christmas, leaving the Serbs unprepared for any attack. 43-46 people died in the attack on the Serb side: 30-35 soldiers and 11-13 civilians.[1]

The event is still marked by controversy. Republika Srpska claimed that all the homes were systematically torched by Bosniak armed group, but this could not be independently verified during the trial of Naser Orić by the ICTY, where the judges concluded that many houses were already previously destroyed during the war.[3] The civilian casualties in the village led to allegations by Serbia that Bosniak forces had carried out a massacre. Orić was acquitted of the charges relating to the killings, and later acquitted of all charges on appeal.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Myth of Bratunac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Grigorova Mincheva, Lyubov; Robert Gurr, Ted (2013). Crime-Terror Alliances and the State: Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security. Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-13513-210-1.
  3. ^ ICTY Orić Judgement, p. 236.
  4. ^ "Former commander of Bosnian Muslim forces acquitted by UN tribunal". UN News Centre. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2017.