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According to
the official results of the 1991 census, the Novi Travnik district
had 30,624 residents:
12,127 Croats
(39,6%)
11,649 Moslems (38,0%)
4,087 Serbs (13,3%)
2,761 others (9,1%)
During the Serbian aggression against Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992),
the Novi Travnik district area was attacked from the long range
Serbian artillery and YPA planes, during which time many residential
and farm buildings were either damaged or destroyed.
The "Bratstvo"
ammunition factory was also considerably damaged.
In the period
between June 1993 and March 1994, B-H Army soldiers attacked, occupied
and ethnically cleansed approximately three-fourths of the district
area.
In the beginning
of June 1993, the Croat populated villages in the southern and western
sections of the district came under attack (Rostovo, Dahovo, Senkovici,
Kopila, Potocani, Bugojcici, Trenica, Pribilovici, Budisici, Stojkovici,
Rankovici...).
Upon barging
into the village of Kasapovici, B-H Army soldiers killed three Croats
and set fire to ten family houses.
The surviving
Croat residents from the occupied sections of the district were
either evicted or imprisoned in the camps that B-H Army soldiers
had formed in almost every town. During the B-H Army attacks on
the Croat populated villages and towns, the B-H Army soldiers looted
and destroyed civilian property. Many residential and farm buildings
were damaged and/or destroyed.
B-H - KASAPOVICI
- NOVI TRAVNIK - June 13, 1993
DESCRIPTION
OF REPORTED CRIME: Armed attack on civilians, killings of civilians,
and destruction of civilian property.
TIME AND LOCATION: June 13, 1993, at 8:00 a.m., the village of Kasapovici
(cca 18 kilometres west of Novi Travnik.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED
CRIME: A mortar and infantry attack by the members of the B-H Army
on Croatian villagers of Kasapovici. During the attack Pero Bokan
(born 1936), Ivan Brkan (born 1944), and Anto Vrhovac (born 1954)
were killed, while the houses of Ivan Brkan, Ruza Brkan, Mirko Brkan,
Drago Condo, Pero Celam, and Zeljko Sisak were set on fire.
PERPETRATORS: Members of the B-H Army. Among them were Naser Krnjic,
Ekrem Hajric, prof. (35 years old, from Kasapovici, a B-H
Army commander), Ener Hadzic (40 years old, from Novi Travnik; he
used to work in the B-H Army staff), Senad Kukic (born 1958, from
Kasapovici, commander of the B-H Army military police, Jasmin Krnjic
(27 years old, from Kasapovici, member of the B-H Army military
police).
EVIDENCE: Audio
tape recording of an interview with a witness, supplemented by a
written statement currently kept in the archives of the Department,
no. 1F3NT07A001
029 B-H - MALJINE
- NOVI TRAVNIK - June 1993
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTED CRIME: Attack on the civilian population,
killing of prisoners and civilians.
TIME AND LOCATION: The beginning of June, 1993, the village of Maljine
at the foot of Mount Vlasic, Novi Travnik district.
SUMMARY OF REPORTED CRIME: On June 8, 1993 Muslim units attacked
the village. Women and children (Croatian) were captured and taken
as hostages in the Muslim village of Mehurici. The men, some of
whom belonged to the Croatian Defence Council, were shot. According
to the statement of a survivor, they were shot at the entrance to
the village of Bikuse. 20-30 people were killed.
PERPETRATORS: Members of Muslim units and groups of volunteers which
the witness calls "Mujaheddin".
EVIDENCE: Audio tape recording of an interview with a witness, supplemented
by a written statement currently kept in the archives of the Department,
no. 1F3TR07A003.
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