TUZLA — 1995 · Major Tragedy
The Tuzla Kapija Massacre
At 8:55 pm on 25 May 1995, during the Bosnian War, a shell fired by the Bosnian Serb army landed on Kapija square in central Tuzla. Of the crowd gathered there to mark the Yugoslav-era Youth Day and spend the evening, 71 people were killed and more than 150 injured. Most of the victims were in their twenties. Novak Đukić, commander of the Ozren Tactical Group, was tried at the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and sentenced to 25 years in 2009; at retrial the sentence was set at 20 years. Đukić left for Serbia without serving his sentence. A memorial now stands at Kapija in honour of the victims.
- Date
- 1995
- Place
- Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla, BA
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 44.5385, 18.6747 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 25 May 1995, 8:55 pmA shell struck Kapija square; 71 people died.
- June 2009Đukić was sentenced to 25 years.
- June 2014At retrial the sentence was set at 20 years; he left for Serbia.
Sources
- Wikipedia — 25 May 1995 Tuzla massacre en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Balkan Insight — Bosnians Commemorate Tuzla Massacre, Demanding Justice for Victims balkaninsight.com ↗
- Humanitarian Law Center — Crime in Tuzla's Kapija hlc-rdc.org ↗
- Wikipedia
- Balkan Insight
- Humanitarian Law Center
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