 In early January, Chetniks massacred fifty-four Muslims in Čelebić and burned down the village.On 3 March, a contingent of Chetniks burned forty-two Muslim villagers to death in Drakan.In early January 1943 and again in early February, Montenegrin Chetnik units were ordered to carry out "cleansing actions" against Muslims, first in the Bijelo Polje county in Sandžak and then in February in the Čajniče county and part of Foča county in southeastern Bosnia, and in part of the Pljevlja county in Sandžak.