The commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the crime committed against 33 Croatian soldiers and six civilians on Stipića Livada, in the municipality of Jablanica, will take place today, July 28, on Stipića Livada.
The commemoration will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the laying of flowers and the lighting of candles, after which a holy mass for the dead will be held at 11 a.m.
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.
