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

MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS 65

Ilia Raitch, aged 56, had his nose and one ear cut off, before being killed.

Radislav Mitrovitch, aged 30, shot dead.

Ranko Mitrovitch, aged 26, shot dead.

Zhivoin Karapandjitch, aged 27, run through with bayonets and shot.

Milosh Vragolitch, age 39, covered all over the body with bayonet wounds, beaten, and finally shot.

Of two of the wounded it is known that one, aged 15, had received a bayonet wound in the left elbow, the other, likewise aged 15, has 17 bayonet wounds in the back. Besides these casualties, nine persons were carried off, some of whom were killed on the journey (at Leshnitza).

Donje Dobritch

Tzvetko Baitch, aged 40, of Donji Dobritch, declares that 16 persons were killed in his village, 8 of whom were shot, 1 bayoneted, 8 shot and thrust through with bayonets. Finally there was one whose nose and ears the Austrians cut off before finally shooting him. His name was Zhivko Spasotevitch, and he was 60 years of age. Stanko Zlioanovitch had his ears cut off and was shot afterwards. Ioan Alimpitch, aged 67, nose cut off and shot. Pavle Kovatchevitch, aged 68, had his face cut to pieces, and was then shot. Boshko Kovatchevitch, aged 56, hands cut off, teeth broken in, and then shot.

The Austrians arrived in the village in the evening of July 81st, and committed the massacres on the following morning. No one in the village had fired

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