BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: BOSNIAN SERB REFUGEES HEAD FOR BANJA LUKA FOLLOWING ADVANCE OF CROAT AND BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS

Record ID: 275080

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: BOSNIAN SERB REFUGEES HEAD FOR BANJA LUKA FOLLOWING ADVANCE OF CROAT AND BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS
  • Date: 14th September 1995
  • Summary: ON ROAD TO BANJA LUKA (SEPTEMBER 14, 1995)(RTV ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV BOSNIAN SERB WOMEN WITH CATTLE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD 0.07 2. SV PANS BOSNIAN SERB WOMAN ON TRACTOR DRIVING ALONG ROAD WIPES AWAY A TEAR 0.14 3. GV/SV CONVOY OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD/ CHILDREN IN CAR (2 SHOTS) 0.21 4. MCU ROAD SIGN FOR SARAJEVO AND JAJCE/PAN T
  • Embargoed: 29th September 1995 13:00
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  • Location: OUTSKIRTS OF BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVA3QYNKFIKQBJ6D29HRMGRCLXF9
  • Story Text: Thousands of Serb refugees streamed towards the northern Bosnian town of Banja Luka after Croat and Bosnian government troops drove deep into central Bosnia this week, international relief workers said on Friday (September 15).

    Routes leading to the Serb-held town were jammed with cars and tractors packed with refugees in scenes resembling the flight of tens of thousands of Serbs from the Krajina enclave in Croatia last month, one relief worker said.

    Banja Luka was already swollen with up to 50,000 Krajina Serbs as well as thousands of civilians who fled from advancing Croat troops in western Bosnia.

    Serb officials hoped that some of the refugees would go to nearby Prijedor as Banja Luka could not absorb the new influx. With so many civilians headed north, international relief workers said the Banja Luka area was beginning to resemble a large refugee camp.

    Refugees from Jajce, Bosanski Petrovac, Kljuc, Sipovo and Mrkonjic Grad were reported to be pouring into Banja Luka.


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