Ratkovići (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратковићи) is a village in the municipality of Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Ratkovići
Ратковићи | |
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Village | |
  Ratkovići | |
| Coordinates: 44°04′53″N 19°26′16″E / 44.08139°N 19.43778°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Municipality | Srebrenica |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Bosnian War
editIn 1991, Ratkovići had 338 inhabitants of which 337 (99.7%) were Serbs. On June 21, 1992, Bosnian Muslims killed 24 Serbs from Ratkovići.[2] The Muslims attacked the village in the morning, where they killed unarmed civilians and burned their houses. All 24 fatalities were civilians, and among them included women, children, and physically challenged people.
The Hague Tribunal on July 3, 2008, freed Naser Orić of charges for crimes in Ratkovići because there was no evidence of his command, and thus no evidence to support him being responsible.[3] To date, no one has been convicted for the 24 civilian deaths. A monument containing the names of the civilians who were killed is erected in Rankovići.
According to a recent census, there are now 53 inhabitants living in Ratkovići (Census 2013).
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Služen parastos za 24 ubijenih Srba iz Ratkovića" (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Ratkovići kod Srebrenice: Ubijali stare i iznemogle" (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 June 2016.
44°04′53″N 19°26′16″E / 44.08139°N 19.43778°E
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