Gata massacre | |
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Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |
![]() Destroyed village houses after the massacre | |
Location | Gata, Croatia |
Date | 1 October 1942 |
Target | Croat civilians |
Attack type | War crime, ethnic cleansing, genocidal massacre |
Deaths | 96 |
Perpetrators | Dinara Chetnik Division assisted by Italian 12th Infantry Division Sassari |
The Gata massacre was the murder of 96 villagers in the Croatian village of Gata in 1942.[1] The perpetrators of this massacre were members of Momčilo Đujić's Dinara Chetnik Division, under the leadership of Commander (vojvode) Mane Rokvić.[2]
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