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Sjeverin massacre
LocationNear Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date22 October 1992 (Central European Time)
TargetBosniaks
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths16
PerpetratorsSerbian paramilitary unit

The Sjeverin massacre was the massacre on 22 October 1992 of 16 Bosniak citizens of Serbia from the village of Sjeverin who had been abducted from a bus in the village of Mioče, in Bosnia.[1] The abductees were taken to the Vilina Vlas hotel in Višegrad where they were tortured before being taken to the Drina River and executed.[2] Members of a Serbian paramilitary unit commanded by Milan Lukić were convicted of the crime in 2002.[2]

  1. ^ "Bosniaks mark Sjeverin massacre". B92. 22 October 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Serbs sentenced for war crimes". BBC. 30 September 2003.

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