Štrpci Train Station
Donja Rijeka, 73260 Rudo1993
On February 27, 1993, a group of 20 non-Serb civilians were removed from a train running on the Belgrade-Bar line in Štrpci and killed in Mušići, after which their bodies were thrown into the Drina River. The train passengers had been brought to a school in Preljevo, where they were beaten and tied up.
Court facts
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Štrpci on February 27, 1993, a group of 20 non-Serb civilians were taken from a train travelling from Belgrade to Bar. They were killed in Mušići after which their bodies were thrown into the Drina River. (paras. 50-51. Mićo Jovičić, pp. 4-6, 16-17.), (paras. 204., 266-275. Luka Dragičević et al., pp. 5-6, 57, 73-76.), (paras. 158., 217-227. Boban Inđić, pp. 4-5, 42, 57-60.)
The passengers from the train had been taken to a school in Preljevo, where they were beaten and tied up, before being taken to a demolished house in Mušići. (paras. 50-51. Mićo Jovićić, pp. 4-6, 16-17.), (para. 222. Luka Dragičević et al., pp. 5-6, 62.), (para. 179. Boban Inđić, pp. 4-5, 48.)
The remains of four victims were found at a site at Perućac Lake. (para. 52. Mićo Jovićić, pp. 4-6, 17.), (para. 329. Luka Dragičević et al., pp. 5-6, 90.), (para. 273. Boban Inđić, pp. 4-5, 72.)
Higher Court in Bijelo Polje
A group of 20 passengers were taken off a train travelling from Belgrade to Bar in Štrpci on February 27, 1993 and killed in Mušići. (Nebojša Ranisavljević, judgment of the Higher Court in Bijelo Polje, pp. 2-3, 32-36, 39.)
Most of the passengers were killed on the ground floor of a house in Mušići, while two were killed in a nearby orchard. (Nebojša Ranisavljević, judgment of the Higher Court in Bijelo Polje, pp. 2-3, 39.)
The passengers from the train had been taken by truck to the gymnasium of the school in Prelovo, where they were beaten and their money and other valuables were taken from them. (Nebojša Ranisavljević, judgment of the Higher Court in Bijelo Polje, pp. 2-3, 37-38.)
One of the passengers tried to escape, after which he was shot and killed with a knife. (Nebojša Ranisavljević, judgment of the Higher Court in Bijelo Polje, pp. 2-3, 39.)
Ragib Ličina, the brother of Iljaz, who was killed, spent decades fighting for the truth about the abduction from the train in Štrpci, where passengers were taken to their deaths. He says the victims’ families still face a wall of silence and resistance in efforts to permanently mark the crime at the place where it happened.
Ragib Ličina — Štrpci railway station, Rudo
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