Sjeverin ( sr-cyrl, Сјеверин) is a village in the
Raška (Sandžak) area of
Serbia
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, located in the municipality of
Priboj
Priboj ( sr-Cyrl, Прибој, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 13,172, while the population of the municipality is 23,514.
Geography
The municipality of Priboj i ...
, in the district of
Zlatibor
Zlatibor ( sr-cyr, Златибoр ) is a List of mountains of Serbia, mountainous region in western Serbia.
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, close to the border with
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. In 2002 it had a population of 337, with the majority being ethnic Serb.
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In October 1992, during the
Bosnian war
The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...
, 16 Bosniak residents of Sjeverin were abducted and murdered by
Milan Lukić and members of
Osvetnici ("Avengers") paramilitary group in the
Sjeverin massacre. Following the massacre, other Bosniaks fled the area. In 2006 the Sandžak Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms reported that the state was not working to facilitate the return of the population displaced by ethnic cleansing.
Population:
1948: 240 / 1953: 253 / 1961: 304 / 1971: 360 / 1981: 424 / 1991: 572 / 2002: 337
Ethnic composition of the population (1981):
Serbs: 169 (39,86%); Muslims: 231 (54,48%); Yugoslavs: 22 (5.19%); Unknown/Other:
Ethnic composition of the population (2002):
Serbs: 244 (72.40%); Bosniaks: 63 (18.69%); Muslims: 25 (7.41%); Montenegrins: 1 (0.29%); Unknown/Other:
References
Villages in Serbia
Populated places in Zlatibor District
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