Široka Kula massacre
1991 killing of 41 civilians in Croatia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Široka Kula massacre was the killing of 41 civilians in the village of Široka Kula near Gospić, Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence. The killings began on 13 October 1991 and continued until late October. They were perpetrated by the Croatian Serb SAO Krajina police and generally targeted ethnic Croat civilians in Široka Kula. Several victims were ethnic Serbs suspected by the police of collaboration with Croatian authorities. Most of the victims' bodies were thrown into the Golubnjača Pit, a nearby karst cave.
Široka Kula massacre | |
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Part of the Croatian War of Independence | |
Location | Široka Kula, near Gospić, Croatia |
Date | 13–21 October 1991 |
Target | Croat civilians and some Serbs suspected of assisting Croatian authorities |
Attack type | Summary executions, ethnic cleansing |
Deaths | 41 |
Perpetrators | SAO Krajina police |
Thirteen individuals were charged and tried in connection with the killings, four were convicted in absentia in Belgrade. The other eleven were tried and convicted in absentia in Gospić. One of those convicted by Gospić County Court subsequently returned to Croatia, where he was granted a retrial and acquitted. A monument dedicated to the victims of the massacre was built in the village in 2003.