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ry in Serb-held Bosnia. On the day of the incident, February
27, the train pulled out of the Belgrade railroad
station behind schedule. The passengers included a
group of armed men in combat fatigues with various
Chetnik insignia. The train was forced to stop on Bosnian
territory at the village of Štrpci, where a group of
men, also in combat fatigues, were waiting for it. They
boarded the train and, with the help of those already on
board, took 19 identified Muslim-Slav passengers off
the train at gun point. The fate of these passengers
remains unknown.
In view of the Muslim-Slav origin of all but one of the
identified abducted passengers, it may be concluded
that this was an ethnically motivated attack. Considering
that the abductors deliberately by-passed a Muslim-Slav
whose papers identified him as a resident of Priboj (Serbia),
it may be assumed that the target was Muslim-Slavs
from specific areas of Serbia and Montenegro. A Croat
is among the abducted, in which case he was in all likelihood
taken because of his non-Serb origin. Eight of
the abducted carried identity cards issued in Prijepolje,
Serbia, and the rest, identity cards issued in Bijelo Polje,
Podgorica, Bar, Ivangrad, all Montenegrin townships.
...Although none of the eyewitnesses recalls the abductors
asking the victims where they worked, it is to be
noted that the majority were employees of firms located
in Belgrade.
The following persons have been identified as abducted:
1. Esad Kapetanović, 19, employee of Rad, Belgrade
2. Iljaz Ličina, 43, employee of Ratko Mitrović, Belgrade
3. Fehim Bakija, 43, employee of Planum, Belgrade
4. Šećo Softić, 48, employee of ZGP, Belgrade
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