The Mokronoge massacre was the mass killing of nine Muslim civilians in the village of Mokronoge, Tomislavgrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was committed on 10 August 1993 by Ivan BakoviÃÂ, a soldier of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) during the Croat-Muslim War. In November 1999, the Municipal Court of Zagreb found Ivan BakoviÃÂ guilty in absentia and sentenced him to 15 year imprisonment. After Ivan BakoviÃÂ was arrested, he was also tried in the Cantonal Court in Livno and found guilty of war crimes committed against the civilian population. In 2004, he was sentenced to 15 year imprisonment.
The explanation of the verdict of the Municipal Court in Zagreb, with Ranko Marijan as a presiding judge, stated that Ivan BakoviÃÂ, also known as IkaÃÂ, appeared together with at least one unidentified person on 10 August 1993 in the village of Mokronoge, at the doorstep of the Beà ¡laga family's house. Armed with an automatic and a machine-gun and wearing fatigues, he entered the house and aimed their weapons at Husein, Emir, Subha, Emira and Dika Beà ¡laga, Ibrahim, Muharem, and Mustafa Tiro, as well as at Sinha ÃÂuliman. He ordered them to get out of the house. Together with his accessory, holding the victims at gunpoint, he took them to a nearby forest, some 500 meters away, and ordered them to lie on the ground, face down. Then, the two assailants fired at least 33 shots from the automatic gun and 51 shots from the machine gun. All nine victims were killed on the spot.
During the presentation of evidence before the court, the most relevant was the testimony of minor Amela Beà ¡laga, who recognized the murderer on the night he came to their house. Bakoviàhad been her father's best man at his wedding. When Bakoviàordered them to lie down, her mother implored him: "Don't do that brother Ivan. Your dad was a good man". Bakoviàreplied: "He might have been good, but I am an Ustaà ¡a", and took them out of the house.