Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Tuzla Kapija massacre. A grenade fired from Ozren, from a position of the then Army of Republika Srpska, killed 71 and wounded more than 200 young people.
The average age of those killed was 21 years, and the youngest victim was two and a half years old Sandro Kalesić.
General of the Army of the Republika Srpska Novak Đukić, who was the commander of the Ozren Tactical Group, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Court of BiH for the crime at the Tuzla Kapija. However, since 2014, he has not appeared for execution of the sentence under the pretext of being in Serbia for medical treatment.
Although an arrest warrant has been issued for him, he has not been extradited to Bosnia and Herzegovina because he has Serbian citizenship.
On May 25, 1995, the following were killed at the Tuzla Gate: Suzan Abdulismail, Edina Ahmetašević, Elvis Alagić Enko, Admir Alispahić, Lejla Atiković, Asmir Bakalović, Adnan Beganović, Damir Bojkić, Indira Borić, Ivana Bošnjaković, Elma Brguljak, Lejla Bučuk, Sanja Čajić, Selma Čaušević, Amir Čekić, Samir Čirak Ćiro, Almasa Ćerimović, Zada Dedić, Razija Djedović, Amir Đapo, Suzana Dušić, Amir Đuzel, Muris Fatušić, Ago Hadžić, Hamdija Hakić, Senad Hasanović, Šemsa Hasečić, Alem Hidanović, Nedim Hodžić, Hasan Hrustanović, Adnan Hujdurović, Elvira Hurić, Almir Jahić, Azur Jogunčić, Sandro Kalesić, Franc Kantor, Damir Kurbašić, Vanja Kurbegović, Vesna Kurtalić, Sulejman Mehanović, Pera Marinović, Nenad Marković, Amira Mehinović, Edin Mehmedović, Edisa Memić, Adrijana Milić, Nešet Mujanović, Edin Mujabašić, Samir Mujić, Elvir Murselović, Šaban Mustačević, Dijana Ninić, Selma Nuhanović, Indira Okanović, Rusmir Ponjavić, Raif Rahmani, Fahrudin Ramić, Nedim Rekić, Jasminko Rosić, Nihada Šišić, Armin Šišić, Senahid Salamović, Edhem Sarajlić, Jasminka Sarajlić, Aim Slijepčević, Savo Stjepanović, Jelena Stojičić, Ilinka Tadić, Azur Vantić, Mustafa Vuković and Adnan Zaimović.
In 2016, the Government of the Tuzla Canton declared May 25th as the Day of Mourning in the Tuzla Canton.
For all citizens of Tuzla, May 25th remains a symbol of pain and memory of the innocent victims of the war crime at Kapija and all civilian victims of the war in Tuzla and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
