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According to
the official results of the 1991 census, the Fojnica district had
16,227 residents:
6,639 Croats
(40,9%)
8,010 Moslems (49,4%)
154 Serbs (0,9%)
1,424 others (8,8%)
At the time
of the Serbian aggression on Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) there were
no military activities in the Fojnica district area. On July 2nd
1993, B-H Army soldiers attacked the Croat populated section of
the district. This attack was followed by arrests and evictions
of Croat civilians. On July 10th 1993, the villages of Tjesilo and
Gradina were ethnically cleansed, and shortly after that the same
method was used in other villages and towns in the Fojnica district.
Since July 15th 1993, only a small number of Croat residents have
remained in the district area. Many residential and farm buildings
were severely damaged or destroyed.
On November
13th 1993, four members of the "Crni labudovi" unit ("Black
Swans", a B-H Army unit) murdered Father Nikica Milicevic (the
guardian of the local Franciscan monastery) and Father Leon Migic
(the vicar).
013 B-H - FOJNICA
- November 13, 1993
DESCRIPTION
OF REPORTED CRIME: Killing of civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: November 13, 1993; Franciscan Monastery in Fojnica.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On November 13, 1993, the following persons
were killed in the Holy Spirit Franciscan Monastery in Fojnica:
Father Nikica Milicevic (the parish priest and the guardian of the
monastery), and Father Leon Mato Migic (the vice- guardian). This
crime was committed by the members of the B-H Army (the Muslim Army).
The monastery is located in the region which is currently under
the B-H Army control.
PERPETRATORS:
B-H Army soldiers (the Muslim Army) who controlled the Fojnica region
at the time.
EVIDENCE: November 18, 1993 issue of "Vecernji List" daily,
p. 9. Title: "Kukavicki i zlocinacki cin" ("The Cowardly
and Criminal Act"). Document currently kept in the archives
of the Centre.
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