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The Serdari massacre was the mass murder of 16 Bosnian Serb civilians by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) on 17 September 1992 in the village of Serdari, near Kotor Varoš, during the Bosnian War.

On 17 September 1992, members of the Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina of Kotor Varoš operating in the village of Serdari killed Bosnian Serb civilians, using rifles and hand grenades. In January 2014, four ex-members of the Kotor Varoš TO forces were jailed for a total of 43 years for their role in the massacre. Fikret Planincic and Sead Menzil were sentenced to 11+1⁄2 years in prison, Mirsad Vatrac to ten and a half years, and Rasim Lisancic to nine and a half years.

According to the trial's findings, Planincic arrived at the house of a man called Jelenko Serdar in the morning with other fighters and killed nine victims inside. One of the key witnesses was a villager who had observed the attack and identified Planincic from a photo album. Planincic, Menzil and Vatrac were acquitted of taking part in the killings of seven more civilians at another villager's house on the same day. Among the victims were two children.

In February 2016, the Bosnian state court's appeals chamber upheld Planincic's 11-year prison sentence while acquitting Menzil and Vratac. Lisancic had since passed away. In July of that same year, an Austrian court in Linz sentenced another Bosniak man who had Austrian citizenship, to 10 years in prison for his participation in the massacre.

References

1. ^ "Bosniak Fighters Jailed for Massacre of Serbs". Balkan Insight. 14 January 2014.
2. ^ "Bosniak Ex-Fighter Jailed for Serdari Village Massacre". Balkan Insight. 4 February 2016.
3. "An Austrian court sentenced Wednesday a Bosnian Muslim man to 10 years in jail over the massacre of 16 civilians in a Serb village during the bloody 1992-5 Bosnian war". thelocal.at. Agence France-Presse. 6 July 2016.

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1992	Battle of Kupres Siege of Sarajevo Kazani pit killings Foča ethnic cleansing Bosanski Šamac ethnic cleansing Siege of Srebrenica Zvornik massacre Doboj Snagovo massacre Prijedor ethnic cleansing Sarajevo column incident Siege of Goražde Graz agreement Glogova massacre Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing Tuzla column incident Zaklopača massacre Siege of Doboj Bradina massacre Sarajevo bread line massacre Bijeli Potok massacre Pionirska Street fire Operation Jackal Višegrad massacres Bosanska Jagodina Paklenik Barimo Sjeverin Čemerno massacre Siege of Bihać Ahatovići massacre Croat–Bosniak War Operation Vrbas '92 Operation Corridor 92 Bikavac fire Killings in Bratunac and Srebrenica Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia Korićani Cliffs massacre Mičivode massacre Novoseoci massacre Gornja Jošanica massacre
1993	Kravica attack Duša killings Skelani massacre Štrpci Siege of Mostar Srebrenica shelling Ahmići massacre Trusina massacre Sovići and Doljani killings Zenica massacre Vranica case Dobrinja mortar attack Battle of Žepče Battle of Travnik (1993) Battle of Bugojno Operation Irma Operation Neretva '93 Grabovica massacre Mokronoge massacre Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia Inter-Bosniak conflict in Bosanska Krajina Stupni Do massacre Operation Deny Flight Križančevo Selo killings
1994	Operation Tvigi 94 First Markale massacre Banja Luka incident Washington Agreement Establishment of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Operation Bøllebank Attack on Spin magazine journalists Operation Tiger Operation "Breza '94" Battle of Kupres Operation Amanda Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 Operation Spider Operation Winter '94
1995	Operation Vlašić Operation Leap 1 Battle of Orašje Operation Leap 2 Split Agreement Operation Summer '95 Pale air strikes Tuzla shelling Battle of Vrbanja Bridge Srebrenica massacre Kravica Battle of Vozuća Operation Miracle Operation Storm Second Markale massacre NATO bombing campaign Operation Mistral 2 Operation Sana Operation Una Operation Southern Move Exodus of Sarajevo Serbs Dayton Agreement Establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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