On the morning of 23 October 1993 , HVO infantry , likely with mortar and artillery support , attacked the village of Stupni Do in Vareš , which was guarded by an ARBiH platoon with 39 soldiers . In the process HVO soldiers destroyed the village , dynamited and looted buildings , and killed any resident that did not manage to flee in time . The ICTY determined that the HVO massacred 36 people , including three children , and that three women were raped . The HVO denied the massacre and prevented UN peacekeepers from investigating by planting mines and threatening them with anti-tank weapons . By the time peacekeepers gained access on 26 October the HVO had cleaned up the town , removing and destroying evidence of the massacre
massacred 36 people
Stupni Do massacre
Croat–Bosniak War