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6. Muslim Offensive on Čajniče
On 15 February 1993, the Belgrade daily Politika carried
a state news agency Tanjug report on the military success
of the Bosnian Serb army at Čajniče. 69 According to
the report, Bosnian Serb forces repelled a threepronged
attack by Muslim troops coming from
Goražde and Rudo in Bosnia and from the Serb’s rear,
that is, from Yugoslav territory. The agency added that
250 of the Muslim combatants were from Montenegrin
villages along the border with Bosnia. Carrying the
report, Monitor commented: ”At the height of the offensive
on Čajniče, which is some 55 kilometers from Pljevlja,
the Belgrade media reported that about 250 Muslims,
who are allegedly responsible for crimes committed
in the area, are taking part in the attack. Reacting to
this, Serb parties in Pljevlja, which are under the direct
control of military intelligence, demanded from the
Montenegrin authorities a list of these Muslims, laying
the groundwork for even more fantastic accusations
against Bulatović who is supposedly infiltrating Muslim
irredentists into ‘Serb Bosnia.’“
That same day, Bosnian Serb soldiers kidnapped five
members of the Bungur family from Kruševci village:
two women and three children, of whom two very
young. On 16 February, another six Bungurs were taken
from Ravni, all over the age of 70. Latif Bungur (95) was
killed in the course of this abduction.
The Montenegrin authorities mentioned the Bukovica
abductions for the first time on 6 March when the Minister
of Internal Affairs said in Parliament, ”All we have
are some indications that a number of persons from
69 ”Attack From Montenegrin Side,“ Politika, Belgrade, 15 February 1993.