Pionirska Street fire

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The Pionirska Street fire was a notorious 1992 war crime in Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which dozens of Bosniak civilians were locked in a house and burned alive by Serb paramilitaries during the Bosnian War.

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instanceOf crime against humanity
war crime
category Crimes against humanity in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Massacres in 1992
Massacres in the Bosnian War
Massacres of Bosniaks NERFINISHED
Višegrad during the Bosnian War
cause deliberate arson
forcible confinement of civilians in a house
conflict Bosnian War NERFINISHED
country Bosnia and Herzegovina
courtCase Prosecutor v. Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić NERFINISHED
date 1992-06-14
fatalities 59
hasLanguageName Serbo-Croatian: Zločin u Pionirskoj ulici
hasSourceType ICTY judgments
human rights reports
legalQualification crime against humanity
extermination
murder
location Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
Višegrad NERFINISHED
method burning people alive in a locked house
motive ethnic persecution of Bosniaks
municipality Višegrad municipality NERFINISHED
notableFor one of the most notorious atrocities in Višegrad during the Bosnian War
numberOfVictims 59
partOf ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks in Višegrad
perpetrator Bosnian Serb paramilitaries
Milan Lukić NERFINISHED
Sredoje Lukić NERFINISHED
recognizedBy ICTY Appeals Chamber NERFINISHED
ICTY Trial Chamber NERFINISHED
region eastern Bosnia NERFINISHED
relatedEvent Bikavac fire NERFINISHED
relatedTo Višegrad massacres NERFINISHED
sentenceRelatedTo Milan Lukić life imprisonment
Sredoje Lukić 27 years imprisonment
street Pionirska Street NERFINISHED
timePeriod early phase of the Bosnian War
triedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia NERFINISHED
victimDemographics children
men
women
victimEthnicity Bosniak NERFINISHED
victimGroup Bosniak civilians
victimReligion Muslim
year 1992

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Višegrad massacres hasPart Pionirska Street fire