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According to
the official results of the 1991 census, the Livno district had
39,526 residents:
28,456 Croats
(72,0%)
5,927 Moslems (15,0%)
3,782 Serbs (9,6%)
1,361 others (3,4%)
The Serb and YPA forces occupied the Kupres district in April 1992,
stirring the fear of the open Serbian aggression on Bosnia-Herzegovina
among the residents of the Livno district. The first fierce attack
on the part of the Serbs happened on April 17th from the direction
of Glamoc, and the general attack started on April 23rd 1992. A
handful of defenders successfully repelled both attacks, and since
that time Serbs have been shelling the district area from the long
range heavy artillery.
The villagers
of Celebic, Kovacic and Strupnic had to abandon their homes. All
buildings in the village of Celebic and partly in the village of
Kovacic were totally destroyed.
A large number
of refugees from the occupied parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina (Glamoc,
Sarajevo, Travnik, Bugojno, Jajce, Prijedor and Banja Luka) found
shelter in the district area.
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