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History of Banja Luka


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by the Croatian Army in 1995, some 85 corpses were discovered, associated with the killings at the camp.

An estimated 40,000 Serbs from Croatia and Muslim-dominated ares of Bosnia took refuge in Banja Luka. Nearly all of Banja Luka's Croats and Muslims were expelled during the war and all of the city's 16 mosques were destroyed. A court ruling resulted in the authorities of Banja Luka having to pay $42 million for the destruction of the mosques. However, the Banja Luka district court later overturned the ruling stating that the claims had exceeded a three-year statute of limitations. The Bosniak community vowed to appeal against the decision.

In 2001, several thousand Serb nationalists attacked a group of Muslims during a ceremony marking the reconstruction of the historic 16th-century Ferhadija mosque.There were indications of police collaboration. Fourteen Bosnian Serb nationalists were jailed for starting the riots
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