Draft:Stari Vitez explosion
 | Draft article not currently submitted for review.
This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. To be accepted, a draft should:
It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it. Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Last edited by Miminity (talk | contribs) 8 days ago. (Update) |
 |
The Stari Vitez explosion was one of mass murders done by HVO on Bosniak civilains on 18 April 1993, the HVO attacked Bosniaks in Stari Vitez with a tanker full of explosives. The explosino killed 6 Bosniak civilians.[1]
| Stari Vitez explosion | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Croat–Bosniak War | |
| Location | Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Date | 18 April 1993 |
| Target | Bosniaks |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | 6 killed, 50 wounded |
| Perpetrators | Croatian Defence Council (HVO) |
Crime
[edit]Two days after the massacar against Bosniaks in Ahmići, on April 18, 1993, the HVO carried out a terrorist attack on Bosniaks in Stari Vitez with a tanker full of explosives.[2]
The driver of the truck was Mujo Šahman, who was handcuffed to the steering wheel by HVO. Military truck from the direction of Vitez, then under the control of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO), approached the old part of the city. Members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) tried to stop him by shooting.[3]
While the truck was approaching Stari Vitez, where there were civilians, Almir Bešo, then 17 years old, was in the house together with a friend and a relative, who complained of a headache. Bešo went to his house to take the pill. When he got out, he sayed, he didn't hear the explosion that happened 50 meters away, nor did he see the truck. He just heard "some unbearable noise". At the time of the explosion, nine-year-old Aldin Grizović was in the basement of the house, where there was a shelter. There were about 20 of civilians, women and children. I they dont remember the explosion so much, it was more of a wave. They were all thrown around the basement, windows were broken, logs flew out. Debris fell everywhere. A minute after the explosion, everything fell," Grizović recalled, noting that they were in fear and panic.[4]
At the time of the explosion of the truck, filled with 3,5 tons of explosives, Haris Cicvara was on the first floor of the house together with his cousin. Suddenly, as he says, something struck them. Samir Sejdić ran out of fear onto the main street, not knowing what was happening. Around, he says, there were parts of human bodies.[5]
On that occasion, at least six people were killed, and another 50 were injured. The Trial Chamber concludes that it was a purely terrorist act committed by elements from the Vitez HVO.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cisterne bomba u Starom Vitezu". republika zapadna bosna. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "18. aprila 1993. – HVO je napao Bošnjake u Starom Vitezu sa cisternom punom eksploziva". Magazin Plus (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "18. aprila 1993. – HVO je napao Bošnjake u Starom Vitezu sa cisternom punom eksploziva – www.veterani.ba" (in Bosnian). 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "Vitez - Sudski utvrđene činjenice iz rata u BiH" (in Bosnian). 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ Bursać, Dragan. "Mujo Šahman, čovjek koji je spriječio druge Ahmiće". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ Eldar (2022-12-15). "Priča o Muji Šahmanu - Čovjek koji je spriječio novi masakr nad Bošnjacima Viteza 1993. godine". BOSNAE (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ IML TV.PRESS (2024-04-18). CISTERNA - STARI VITEZ - TERORISTIČKI NAPAD HVO-a NA BOŠNJAKE 18. APRILA 1993. GODINE. Retrieved 2024-09-14 – via YouTube.