Bjelovac
| Bjelovac Бјеловац | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Bjelovac | |
| Coordinates: BA 44°09′36″N 19°24′30″E / 44.16000°N 19.40833°E | |
| Country |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Municipality | Bratunac |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Bjelovac (Cyrillic: Бјеловац) is a village in the municipality of Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
History
Bosniak forces killed 109 Serbs in the village in December 1992, during the Bosnian War.[2] They were called "revenge killings" for the Serb ethnic cleansing campaign against non-Serbs, mostly Bosniaks.
References
- ↑ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ↑ Robert Block (29 December 1992). "Bosnian Serbs flee Muslim vengeance: Muslim fighters are winning back areas of Bosnia 'cleansed' last spring and even threatening Serbia itself". The Independent. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
Coordinates: 44°09′36″N 19°24′30″E / 44.16000°N 19.40833°E
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