After the JNA completed its evacuation of the Zadar garrison , its force north of the city regrouped and launched a new offensive on 18 November with infantry and armoured units ( supported by artillery bombardment and close air support ) . The attack targeted the villages of Škabrnja , Gorica , Nadin and Zemunik Donji . Škabrnja was captured on the first day after an air assault by a battalion of the JNA 63rd Parachute Brigade , and Nadin fell on 19 November . During and immediately after the attack on Škabrnja , the JNA and the supporting SAO Krajina TO forces killed 39 civilians and 14 ZNG soldiers in what became known as the Škabrnja massacre . Some of those killed were buried in a mass grave in the village ; twenty-seven victims were exhumed in 1995 , after the end of the war . Another seven civilians were killed in Nadin
Škabrnja massacre
Škabrnja massacre
Battle of Zadar