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 Omarska - Definition 

Omarska is a locality near Prijedor in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It includes an old iron mine and ore processing plant.

Omarska gained worldwide infamy as the location for a detention or concentration camp set up by the authorities of the Republika Srpska during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia. It was officially termed investigation centre and the detainees were Bosnian Muslim and Croat men that the Serbs accused of paramilitary activities.

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Starved detainees at the Omarska camp, ITN pictures that went around the world

Persons indicted at the ICTY regarding the mistreatment of prisoners at Omarska have included:

  • Momčilo Gruban
  • Duško Knežević
  • Željko Meakić

See also

  • Keraterm, another camp for investigation of suspected paramilitaries
  • Trnopolje, a camp for civilians
  • Manjača, a camp for prisoners of war


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