Kazani pit killings

Kazani pit killings
Part of the Bosnian War
The Kazani pit, located on the outskirts of Sarajevo. Used as an execution site and mass grave by Topalović and his forces.
LocationSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
DateApril 1992 – October 1993
TargetPredominantly Bosnian Serb civilians
Attack type
Mass killing
Deaths150–200
PerpetratorsMušan Topalović, 10th Mountain Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina

During the Siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War, a number of predominantly ethnic Serbs living inside besieged Sarajevo were murdered by the forces of Mušan Topalović, commander of the 10th Mountain Brigade in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disposed of in the Kazani pit mass grave.