The Kingdom of serbia : report upon the atrocities committed by the Austro-Hungarian Army during the first invasion of Serbia

84 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ATROCITIES

(Cf. the deposition of Captain Stevanovitch, of Bara.)

Ljubovia

Minko Taditch, aged 49, Mayor and President of the Town Council, declares that his entire parish, including the villages, has a population of 4,500. Fifty-six persons were killed or have been lost sight of during the first Austrian invasion. During the second invasion the number of the killed and missing was augmented to 65. Yephrem Momitch, aged 80, had the male organ cut off and put in his mouth. Sima Savitch, who was ill (apoplexy), was burnt alive in his house. The other victims were either shot or bayoneted. The women were violated. At first they complained of this, but now they say nothing and try to hide their shame. Several persons were so badly beaten that they were crippled in consequence. The Mayor knew of three such cases :Rista Timotitch, aged 52; Glisha Nikolitch, aged 78 ; and Ranko Lazitch, aged 46.

All these atrocities were committed by Hungarians, Germans and Croats. No one in the commune had fired at the enemy.

Gorma Ljubovidja

Milo ITvanitch, aged 44, Mayor of Gornia Ljubovidja, declares that the Austrians killed 4 persons during their first invasion and 6 during the second. Most of the victims were bayoneted. Their number includes two women, one of whom was 68 years old, and the other 28, and Radovan