1942 Massacre of Serbs in the vicinity of Banja Luka
75 years ago, on February 7, 1942, the Croatian Ustashe massacred Serbs in the villages of Drakulich, Shargovac, Motika and the Rakovac mine in the vicinity of the Bosnian city of Banja Luka. 2,315 people were killed, including 551 children. The killing took place after the Serbs refused to voluntarily leave their villages. The organizers of the massacre Miroslav Filipović and Viktor Gutić were executed in 1946 and 1947.