Here massacre
The Here massacre is the name for a war crime committed by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) against Bosniak civilians in the village of Here on 24 January 1994, during operation Tvigi 94,[1] of the Croat-Bosniak War.[2][3]
| Here massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Croat–Bosniak War | |
| Location | Here, Prozor |
| Date | 24 January 1994 |
| Target | Bosniaks |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | 36 |
| Perpetrators | Croatian Defence Council (HVO) |
Crime
During Croat operation Tvigi 94,[4] Croatian Defence Council pushed ARBiH from its position until they got the village of Here, in which members of the Croatian Defence Council killed 36 Bosniak civilians.[5] In an extensive operation, everything found in the village was killed and residential and commercial buildings were destroyed. On January 24, as many as 36 people were killed, including two women of Croatian nationality. Among those killed were children and the elderly, and individual bodies were brutally massacred. Not much is known about this massacre because the Croats killed whoever they saw in the village. This was also one of the last massacres done by Croats on Bosniak civilians in the war[citation needed]
References
- ^ C, Ivana (2020-01-24). "Na današnji dan 1994. – Operacija Tvigi '94". Kamenjar (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Zločin nad Bošnjacima u Herama od strane HVO-a i HV-a – www.veterani.ba" (in Bosnian). 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Mevlud u Herama: Sjećanje na ubijene Bošnjake | Preporod.info". preporod.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Operacija "Tvigi 94" u ramskom kraju". vojnapovijest.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "PROZOR 24.01.1994. selo Here". republika zapadna bosna. Retrieved 2024-09-07.