I am interested in this because the HVO soldiers have Bosniak-sounding names and seem to have served in the HVO in Livno until July 1993. Does anyone have any information about Croat-Muslim relations there during the war?

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article ... -311433773

Bosnia Arrests Two for War Crimes Against Serbs


Former Croatian Defence Council military policemen Muamir Jasarevic and Sead Velagic are suspected of involvement in the wartime torture, persecution and murders of Serbs in the Livno area.

Justice Report

BIRN
Sarajevo

The State Investigation and Protection Agency on Tuesday detained Jasarevic and Velagic, who are suspected by the Bosnian prosecution of having detained, tortured, persecuted and killed Serbs in the western municipality of Livno from April 1992 to July 1993.

According to the prosecution, Jasarevic was a deputy commander of the Croatian Defence Council military police in Livno, while Velagic was a member of the military police’s criminal section.

They are suspected of having participated in a joint criminal enterprise aimed at forcing the Serb population out of the Livno area and its surroundings, as well as abusing, persecuting and detaining about 300 people at the Ivan Goran Kovacic school building in Livno.

Serbs were held at the school in inhumane conditions, and subjected to threats, tortured and murdered, the prosecution alleges. A total of 16 people were killed, it says.

After their arrests in the Sarajevo and Bihac areas, the suspects will be handed over to the Bosnian state prosecution for examination. The prosecutor will then decide whether to file a custody motion or not.

Rory

As far as I'm aware, relations were pretty good. I don't think there was ever an ABiH presence in Livno and even when the fighting between the ABiH and HVO broke out, I think relations were good. I think people from Livno should be better able to speak to this.

Actually, the Muslim HVO members (they removed their HVO insignia, but happily held onto their HVO supplied weaponry) staged an insurrection in the old quarter of Livno, trying to carve out that part of town for themselves. The conflict lasted about a day, with several casualties on both sides, before they surrendered.

http://hercegbosna.org/forum/rat-bih-hrvatskoj/sukob-u-livnu-1993-t138.html