The Zenica massacre happened on 19 April 1993, shortly after noon. Several shells fired from the Croatian Defence CouncilâÂÂs positions located in PutiÃÂevo village, about west of Zenica, killed 16 and injured over 50 civilians in a large crowd.
At the time, there was significant commercial activity in the centre of the city, with about two to three thousand men, women and children in the area ultimately hit by shells.
The exact number of shells fired at the centre of Zenica is unknown. However, estimates place the number at nine shells shot from the Croatian Defence CouncilâÂÂs howitzers. A total of six shells hit the target, three series of two. The first attack began at about 12:10 local time, the second one with two shells at 12:24, and the final two shells at 12:29.
ICTY charged HVO's general Tihomir Blaà ¡kiàfor the crime. There are two different claims about source of the fire: charge in the Blaà ¡kiàprocess claims there were HVO's positions in PutiÃÂevo, while defence claimed that shelling perpetrator were Serbian forces from mountain Vlaà ¡iÃÂ.
The Trial Chamber acquitted General Blaà ¡kiàof all charges for which he was accused of the crime.
To remember the people killed after the crime of 19 April 1993, city square in Zenica became known as (translation of , name of Mak Dizdar's work); it is a memorial park with large curved memorial sculpture with names of killed Zenicans, one fountain and memorial plate referring to Dizdar.
Also, the date of massacre is commemorated as a civilian victims' day of Bosnian War in Zenica.