TRIBUTE PAID TO YOUNG MEN BRUTALLY MURDERED IN TUZLA CONVOY

BIJELJINA, MAY 15 /SRNA/ – A memorial service was held today in Bijeljina for 54 young men brutally killed in the 1992 Muslim attack on a JNA convoy in Tuzla, in front of the memorial ossuary at the Pučile cemetery, where wreaths and flowers were laid.

The memorial service was attended by envoy of Republika Srpska President Bojan Savić, envoy of the Serb member of the BiH Presidency Boško Tomić, Republika Srpska Minister of Labor and Veterans' and Disability Protection Radan Ostojić, Minister for Scientific and Technological Development and Higher Education Draga Mastilović, and Serbian State Secretary at the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans' and Social Affairs Nikola Vukelić.

Also attending were family members of the innocent victims, who have been waiting for justice for these brutal killings for 34 years, surviving participants of the Tuzla Convoy, representatives of local authorities, organizations preserving the tradition of liberation wars and members of the Third Republika Srpska Infantry Regiment of the BiH Armed Forces.

Earlier, at Brčanska Malta in Tuzla, where 54 young men were brutally killed on May 15, 1992, a memorial service was held for the victims and flowers were laid.

Muslim forces attacked the JNA convoy in Tuzla on May 15, 1992, although under a previously reached agreement it was supposed to leave the Tuzla barracks peacefully.

During the attack, 54 JNA members were killed, 78 wounded and 44 captured. Five of the captured soldiers were later killed, while the others were abused and tortured.