Anniversary of Štrpci massacre

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SOME CORRECTIONS:
1. The incident took place at Štrpci (which is a place in Bosnia-Hercegovina), not in Štrpce (which is a place in Kosovo).

2. The 20 innocent civilians (19 Bosniaks and 1 Croat - all Yugoslav citizens) were removed from the Belgrade-Bar express train (not a bus) by a group of Serb paramilitaries, at the Štrpci railway station, where the Belgrade-Bar rail line passes through Bosnian territory for a brief stretch (less than 10 km). The victims were then taken to another location, where they were killed.

The paramilitaries implicated in this crime were led by Milan Lukić. Lukić is now at The Hague, on trial for unrelated charges involving atrocities in the Bosnian town of Višegrad, where he is accused of burning people alive in 1992.

On 29 September 2003, Lukić was tried and convicted in absentia and sentenced to 20 years by a Belgrade court, for yet another crime: the abduction and murder 16 Bosniaks from the Serbian town of Sjeverin, taken off a bus while on their way to work, and then killed by Lukić's group of paramilitaries.

http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=10776

At the time of his conviction in absentia, Lukić was on the run in South America. He was later (Aug. 2005) arrested in Argentina and handed over to The Hague.

Quite a hero of the nation. But Lukić did not carry out these crimes by himself. There are others who were involved in the crimes, who are still enjoying their freedom and apparent impunity.

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SOME CORRECTIONS:
1. The incident took place at Štrpci (which is a place in Bosnia-Hercegovina), not in Štrpce (which is a place in Kosovo).

2. The 20 innocent civilians (19 Bosniaks and 1 Croat - all Yugoslav citizens) were removed from the Belgrade-Bar express train (not a bus) by a group of Serb paramilitaries, at the Štrpci railway station, where the Belgrade-Bar rail line passes through Bosnian territory for a brief stretch (less than 10 km). The victims were then taken to another location, where they were killed.

The paramilitaries implicated in this crime were led by Milan Lukić. Lukić is now at The Hague, on trial for unrelated charges involving atrocities in the Bosnian town of Višegrad, where he is accused of burning people alive in 1992.

On 29 September 2003, Lukić was tried and convicted in absentia and sentenced to 20 years by a Belgrade court, for yet another crime: the abduction and murder 16 Bosniaks from the Serbian town of Sjeverin, taken off a bus while on their way to work, and then killed by Lukić's group of paramilitaries.

http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=10776

At the time of his conviction in absentia, Lukić was on the run in South America. He was later (Aug. 2005) arrested in Argentina and handed over to The Hague.

Quite a hero of the nation. But Lukić did not carry out these crimes by himself. There are others who were involved in the crimes, who are still enjoying their freedom and apparent impunity.