From 1994 to 2003: 29 Bosniaks and Croats killed in western Mostar, killers never found

After the Washington Agreement was signed, as many as 29 murders occurred in the area of western Mostar and its surroundings, in the period from 1994 to 2003, which remain unsolved to this day, writes the Patria News Agency.

Unknown killers, against whom a criminal complaint was filed on October 25, 1994, killed Mensur Škaljić in western Mostar on March 8 of that year.

Zejna and Jusuf Piragić were killed on May 4, 1994, at Crna Street number 10 in western Mostar. A criminal complaint was filed against unknown perpetrators on October 24, 1994.

On the same date, a criminal complaint was also filed against unknown killers who brutally liquidated Asim Mustafić on May 8, 1994.

Edin Kasumačić was also killed on the same day, and a criminal complaint was filed 22 years ago on October 20.

Sead Kadić was killed on June 16, 1994, in the western part of Mostar. His body was thrown into the Neretva River and found 13 days later. Again, a criminal complaint was filed against unknown perpetrators on October 28, 1994.

Ambrudin Suhonjić was killed on June 17, 1994. Criminal charges were filed against the killers on October 21 of that year. They threw his body into the Neretva River, and it was found 12 days later.

Malik Alajbegović was also taken from his apartment at Husinska buna Street number 3/a by unknown persons on July 25, 1994, after which they killed him. A criminal complaint was filed on October 28, 1994.

Seyed Husein Nevab was brutally liquidated on August 28, 1994, in the western part of Mostar. Unknown perpetrators have allegedly been sought since October 28 of that year.

Vahid Vrabac and Jusuf Ahmetović were killed on August 18, 1994, and their bodies were found on August 21. Unknown perpetrators were reported for the murders on October 24, 1994.

Mustafa Ahmičević was killed on September 16, 1994, in the Široki Brijeg area. There is no information that a criminal complaint was ever filed for this murder.

On the night of December 8-9, 1994, Esad Đuliman was killed in the western part of Mostar. There is no official information about an investigation against the killers.  

Zulejha Šiširak and Vahida Hadžioman were killed in an apartment in Balinovac, in the former Ahmet Sefić Street, on the night of December 16-17, 1994. A criminal complaint against the killers of these two women was never filed.

Jadranko and Jasminka Bilopavlović were killed in an apartment at Matija Gubec Street in the western part of Mostar. There is no official information about the date of the murders or any opened investigation.

On January 6, 1996, three police officers killed Alan Mušatović on the Boulevard near the hotel "Ero". They were not held accountable for this murder.

Police officer of Croatian nationality, Željko Ljubić, was killed on the same day as Mušatović. His killers have not been discovered to this day, although a criminal complaint was filed on January 10, 1996.  

Jasminka Đukić was killed on March 7, 1996, in the western part of Mostar. There is no information about the investigation.

Rukija Bejtović was killed on December 23, 1996, in her apartment at Ante Zvanića Street number 23 in the western part of Mostar. Her body was thrown next to the M17 highway near Kočine. It was found on January 6, 1997. A criminal complaint against unknown perpetrators was filed on January 20, 1997.

Adem Muminagić was killed on December 2, 1998, in Tasovčići near Čapljina. The Čapljina Police Department filed a criminal complaint against unknown killers on November 8, 1998, and the Mostar Prosecutor's Office requested additional information at the request of the MUP of HNK.

Mustafa Pajević was killed on January 11, 2000, and his body was found in the Neretva River near Čapljina. The killers are unknown.

Cvijeta Raguž was killed on November 2, 2002, in Vukovar Street number 14 in the western part of Mostar. A criminal complaint was filed against unknown perpetrators on November 14, 2002.

Smail Hrnjičić was killed on February 28, 2003, at Splitska Street number 58, also in the western part of Mostar. A criminal complaint was filed against unknown perpetrators, and the case was also forwarded to the Federal Prosecutor's Office.

Blaško Knezović was killed on the night between February 4 and 5, 2003, near Široki Brijeg. His killers were also never found.  

Safet Oručević's father-in-law killed in 1998 

Husein Đelilović and Emina Ćatić were killed on July 4, 1998, in front of the garden of the catering facility "Štok". That evening, they were sitting in the garden when indiscriminate shooting began from the western part of Mostar, after the football match between Croatia and Turkey. The Mostar Prosecutor's Office filed a request for information necessary for the investigation on December 8, 1998. As the Patria News Agency learns, Husein Đelilović is the father-in-law of the former mayor of Mostar, Safet Oručević.

Attack in Liska Park

An attack occurred on February 10, 1997, in Liska Street near the harem in Liska Park, in which Šefik Sulejmanić was killed, and more than 20 Bosniaks were wounded. This happened on Bajram, when several hundred Bosniaks were visiting cemeteries.

According to the indictment of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Mostar, the accused Marko Radić, in his capacity as commander of the Mostar Police Administration, led a group of police officers from the Mostar Police Administration and members of the Special Police of the so-called Croatian Republic of "Herceg-Bosna" in the western part of the city, including Ivan Hrkać Čikota (a former member of the infamous HVO Punishment Company), Božo Perić, Željko Planinić, and Josip Cvitanović.

On February 10, 1997, at 2 PM, armed with pistols and clubs, they jointly attacked a group of several hundred Bosniaks in Liska Park in Mostar, resulting in the fatal wounding of Šefik Sulejmanović, while Seid Maksumić and Safet Radoš were seriously injured, and twenty-two people sustained minor injuries. The then mufti of Mostar, Seid ef. Smajkić, was also wounded during the incident. The trial of the accused began on December 15, 2011, at the Cantonal Court in Mostar.