Marino Selo camp
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| Marino Selo camp | |
|---|---|
| Detainment camp | |
| Location | Marino Selo, Croatia |
| Operated by | 76th Independent Battalion Croatian National Guard (ZNG) |
| Operational | November 1991-February 1992 |
| Inmates | Croatian Serbs |
| Number of inmates | 24 |
| Killed | 17[1]-18[2] |
The Marino Selo camp was a makeshift prison camp located on the premises of the fishing hut in the village of Marino Selo where Croatian Serb civilians were detained, tortured and killed by members of the 76th Independent Battalion Croatian National Guard (ZNG).
In 1990, following the electoral defeat of the government of the Socialist Republic of Croatia by the Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, HDZ), ethnic tensions between Croats and Serbs worsened.[3] The self-styled Republic of Serb Krajina (RSK) declared its intention to secede from Croatia and join the Republic of Serbia while the Government of the Republic of Croatia declared it a rebellion.[4] In June 1991 Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia. Tensions eventually broke out into full-scale war, which lasted until 1995.[5]