Ahmići
Ahmići is a village in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the municipality of Vitez in the Lašva river valley.
Ahmići | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 UN Peace keepers collecting bodies from Ahmići, Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1993 | |
  Ahmići | |
| Coordinates: 44°8′46″N 17°51′12″E | |
| Country |  |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Municipality | Vitez |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 466 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
In April 1993 during the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing, the Croatian Defence Council forces attacked the village and massacred around 120 civilians in the Ahmići massacre. Since then many survivors have returned and have begun to rebuild their homes.
Population
Ethnic composition, census 1991
total: 466
- ethnic Muslims - 356 (76.39%)
- Croats - 87 (18.66%)
- Yugoslavs - 2 (0.42%)
- others and unknown - 21 (4.50%)
These numbers are in dispute, see Wikipedia Ahmici massacre article for another pre-war (1991) analysis.
References
- Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
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