With the laying of wreaths at the memorial on the Stipića Livada and a holy memorial mass, 30 years have been marked since the crimes committed by members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina against 39 Croatian civilians and soldiers.
About 200 residents of Doljan and the surrounding settlements were arrested that day and taken to the Museum of the Battle of the Neretva in Jablanica, which was then used as a camp.
They were held captive until March 1, 1994, when they were exchanged.
Numerous delegations laid wreaths and lit candles for all victims, and the commemoration program continued with a memorial mass.
It was reported from this place that no one has been held accountable for this crime to this day.
The former inmates pointed out that it is unbelievable that those responsible for the crime on Stipića Livada were not prosecuted, even though, as they say, the case was clear and well-argued a long time ago.
Stipića livada, a place above Doljani, Jablanica municipality, is the place where on the morning of July 28, 1993, a crime was committed against 33 Croatian soldiers and 6 civilians who were killed and massacred by members of the RBiH Army, among whom the Mujahideen were mentioned.
On July 28, 1993, during the incursion into Doljane, the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina murdered, mostly using cold weapons, 17 Croats in Doljani, and then 22 people in the Stipića meadow. Then 39 civilians and soldiers were slaughtered or shot in one of the most serious crimes committed against Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
All the surviving inhabitants of the village, over 200 of them, mostly women and children, were arrested and taken to Jablanica, where they were detained until March 1, 1994, when they were exchanged.
Before the war, more than a thousand Catholic Croats lived at the foot of the Stipić Livada. Today, only about 400 people live there, half of them Bosniaks and half Croat returnees.
