VUČIĆ: BOMBING OF REFUGEE CONVOY ON PETROVAC ROAD - THE MOST HORRIFIC COLD-BLOODED CRIME

BOSANSKI PETROVAC, AUGUST 2 /SRNA/ – Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić said that the Croatian bombing of a convoy of Serb refugees on the Petrovac Road in 1995 was the most horrific cold-blooded crime for which no one has ever been held accountable.

"It is our duty to remember this event and to ensure that the children and elderly people who were killed on the Petrovac Road are never forgotten," Vučić said at the memorial in the village of Janjila on the Petrovac Road, where he paid tribute to the Serb victims together with President Milorad Dodik. Vučić recalled that Serbia had provided the funding for the construction of the memorial and said that plans are also in place to build a chapel at the site. "As for the construction of the chapel, there is a problem because a high-speed road is planned to pass through this area. However, in agreement with Bishop Sergije, we will seek to build the chapel a few hundred metres away so that we can commemorate the anniversary of this crime there," Vučić said. On August 7, 1995, during Operation Storm, Croatian aircraft bombed Serb refugee convoys on the road near the village of Janjila, close to Bosanski Petrovac. Ten civilians, including four children, were killed in the attack.