Anniversary of Croatian attack on Serbs
Today marks the 13th anniversary of the so-called Operation Flash, which the Croatian army mounted in western Slavonia.
Thursday, 01.05.2008.
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Today marks the 13th anniversary of the so-called Operation Flash, which the Croatian army mounted in western Slavonia. The result was a large number of ethnic Serb civilian casualties, while 30,000 were forced to leave their homes. Anniversary of Croatian attack on Serbs The two-day assault started with artillery fire on Pakrac. According to the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, 83 Serb civilians were killed in all. 30 of those died when refugee columns leaving the area were attacked, while 53 were murdered in their homes. The Veritas information and documentation center, however, says that 283 Slavonia Serbs either died or disappeared during the first days of May 1995. The Hague Tribunal was preparing a war crimes indictment against then Croatian President Franjo Tudjman for Operation Flash, but he died in 1999. One day after the assault on the Serb areas started, the president of the self-styled Republic of Serb Krajina, RSK, Milan Martic, ordered rocket attacks on Zagreb. 23 missiles hit the city, killing six people, and injuring a further 176. For this reason, Martic is currently undergoing trial at the Hague Tribunal, facing war crimes charges.
Anniversary of Croatian attack on Serbs
The two-day assault started with artillery fire on Pakrac. According to the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, 83 Serb civilians were killed in all.30 of those died when refugee columns leaving the area were attacked, while 53 were murdered in their homes.
The Veritas information and documentation center, however, says that 283 Slavonia Serbs either died or disappeared during the first days of May 1995.
The Hague Tribunal was preparing a war crimes indictment against then Croatian President Franjo Tuđman for Operation Flash, but he died in 1999.
One day after the assault on the Serb areas started, the president of the self-styled Republic of Serb Krajina, RSK, Milan Martić, ordered rocket attacks on Zagreb. 23 missiles hit the city, killing six people, and injuring a further 176.
For this reason, Martić is currently undergoing trial at the Hague Tribunal, facing war crimes charges.
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