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1992 convoy ambush in Tuzla
Location	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date	15 May 1992
Attack type	Military convoy ambush
Death(s)	50
Perpetrator(s)	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Tuzla column case was an armed response on the troops of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) on 15 May 1992, who were withdrawing as agreed from the city of Tuzla. The plan was to retreat from the barracks inside the city to fortified positions around it- JNA officers claimed to be withdrawing to Serbia, but broke the agreement by opening fire on civilians and objects in the city of the newly independent state of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city of Tuzla celebrates 15 May as city liberation day.^[1]^[2] The JNA convoy broke the agreement on peaceful withdrawal of troops from the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the guarantees given, the Bosnian territorial defense units responded with small arms fire and grenade launchers firing on the armored column. At least 50 members of the JNA were killed and 44 wounded.^[3]

The Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor's Office indicted Bosnian Croat Ilija Jurišić, on suspicion that he committed a war crime in Tuzla by taking part in the attack. He got arrested at the Belgrade airport in May 2007. He was found guilty of improper battlefield conduct in 2009 and sentenced to 12 years in prison.^[3]

[edit] See also

Attack on the JNA, Sarajevo

[edit] References

^ Nastavlja se suđenje za napad na tuzlansku kolonu (Serbian)
^ 1998 account (Serbian)
^ ^a ^b Serbia jails Bosnian Croat for 1992 war crimes

[edit] External links

[0] Nastavlja se suđenje za napad na tuzlansku kolonu (Serbian)

[1] 1998 account (Serbian)

[serbs-2] Serbia jails Bosnian Croat for 1992 war crimes

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