Il 26 aprile 1993 la pulizia etnica durante la guerra in Bosnia centrale: bruciato case e rovesciato il minareto della Donji Ahmići moschea, attaccato da HVO (croato-bosniaci forze) dieci giorni prima.
9660 x 4798 px | 81,8 x 40,6 cm | 32,2 x 16 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
26 aprile 1993
Ubicazione:
Ahmici, Vitez, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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The Ahmići massacre was the largest committed during the conflict between Bosnian Croats and the Bosnian government. On 16th April 1993 at 05:30, Croat forces attacked Vitez, Stari Vitez, Ahmići, Nadioci, Šantici, Pirići, Novaci, Putiš and Donja Večeriska, 20 to 22 sites of simultaneous combat all along the road linking Vitez, Travnik, and Busovača. Croat inhabitants of those villages were warned of the attack and some were involved in preparing it. Croat women and children were evacuated on the eve of the fighting. The main roads were blocked and the attack occurred from three sides, designed to force the fleeing population towards the south where marksmen shot those escaping. Other troops went from house to house setting them on fire and killing the residents. Around 100 soldiers took part in the operation. Among the more than 100 who died were 32 women and 11 children under the age of 18. Overall, 121 Bosniaks were killed. Twenty or so civilians were killed in Donji Ahmići as they tried to flee. They had to cross an open field before getting to the main road. About twenty bodies of people shot by marksmen were found in the field. Other bodies were found in the houses, so badly charred they could not be identified and in positions suggesting they had been burned alive. The ECMM (European Community Monitor Mission) stated that almost all the Muslim houses in the villages of Ahmići, Nadioci, Pirići, Sivrino Selo, Gaćice, Gomionica, Gromiljak and Rotilj were burned. Two mosques were deliberately mined; the one in Donji Ahmići was destroyed by explosives laid around the base of its minaret. The Croat–Bosniak War in central Bosnia began on 18th October 1992 and was a conflict between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, supported by Croatia. A ceasefire was finally co-ordinated on 23rd February 1994 and a Muslim-Croat Federation established.
