| Prijedor massacre | |
|---|---|
 A photo from the Trnopolje concentration camp near Prijedor | |
| Location | Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 44°58′51″N 16°42′48″E / 44.98083°N 16.71333°E |
| Date | 30 April 1992–? 1993 |
| Target | Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats |
Attack type | mass murder, ethnic cleansing, population transfer |
| Deaths | over 3,500[1][2] |
| Perpetrators | Bosnian Serb forces |
| Motive | Anti-Bosniak sentiment, anti-Croat sentiment, Serbianisation, Greater Serbia |
During the Bosnian War, there was an ethnic cleansing campaign committed by the Bosnian Serb political and military leadership – Army of the Republika Srpska, mostly against Bosniak and Croat civilians in the Prijedor region of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 and 1993. The composition of non-Serbs was drastically reduced: out of a population of 50,000 Bosniaks and 6,000 Croats, only some 6,000 Bosniaks and 3,000 Croats remained in the municipality by the end of the war.[3] Apart from the Srebrenica massacre, Prijedor is the area with the second highest rate of civilian killings committed during the Bosnian War.[4] According to the Sarajevo-based Research and Documentation Center (IDC), 4,868 people were killed or went missing in the Prijedor municipality during the war. Among them were 3,515 Bosniak civilians, 186 Croat civilians and 78 Serb civilians.[5] As of October 2013[update], 96 mass graves have been located and around 2,100 victims have been identified, largely by DNA analysis.[6]
- ^ Trahan (2006), p. 178
- ^ Daria Sito-Sučić (6 August 2012). "Bosnia camp survivors protest for memorial at ArcelorMittal mine". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ McDonald 2000, p. 1182.
- ^ Berry 2018, p. 191.
- ^ Ivan Tučić (February 2013). "Pojedinačan popis broja ratnih žrtava u svim općinama BiH". Prometej.ba. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Remains of Bosnia's war victims exhumed". Sky News. 6 October 2013.