An independence referendum was held in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 29 February and 1 March 1992, following the first free elections of 1990 and the rise of ethnic tensions
Heavily damaged apartment buildings in the Grbavica district of Sarajevo.
Bijeljina massacre
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The Bijeljina massacre involved the killing of civilians by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina on 1–2 April 1992 in the run-up to the Bosnian War. The majority of those killed were Bosnian Muslims.
Ron Haviv's image showing Srđan Golubović (a member of the Serb Volunteer Guard) kicking Tifa Šabanović, a dying Bosnian Muslim woman