SHAMEFUL DECISION BY BELGRADE COURT: Chetnik criminal Nikola Kalabić officially rehabilitated

(Patria) - Former commander of the Mountain Guard of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, Nikola Kalabić, has been officially rehabilitated, and did not cooperate with the occupier, it was announced on the website of the Court of Appeals in Belgrade.

Let us recall, the massacre in Vranić, a village about thirty kilometers from Belgrade, was a Chetnik crime, in which, on the night between December 20 and 21, 1943, about 70 people were killed - whether they were men, women, or children. One of those who carried out the horrific crimes was the rehabilitated Chetnik Nikola Kalabić, writes Nova.rs.

During that night, the First Battalion of the Posavina Brigade of the Avala Corps of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (JVUO) carried out a massacre of civilians. The Chetniks were divided into three groups at the time, and the massacres were carried out in 14 houses in the village, where people suspected of maintaining contact with the Partisans lived.

That night, almost all residents of all 14 houses were killed. According to preserved data, between 68 and 72 residents were brutally killed that night.

Children as young as a few months old and elderly people aged 90 were killed. Some residents of Vranić were shot, but most were tortured and slaughtered. Girls and women were raped.

Five people survived, three of whom were seriously wounded. Of the total number of victims, 15 were under 17 years old, seven were over 60, and 35 victims were women.