• Unknown perpetrators smashed a memorial plaque in Sloboština near Požega, dedicated to 1,368 victims of fascism killed in August 1942.
  • The perpetrators left a message “Križari SS U”, referring to a Ustasha guerrilla group.
  • The Serbian National Minority Council of Požega-Slavonia County strongly condemned the act, citing relativization of Serbian suffering in WWII.
  • The plaque was first erected in 1959, destroyed in 1991, and restored in 2014.
  • Police are searching for the perpetrator, who faces criminal charges for property damage.