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Citizens of Tuzla mark May 15 - Defense Day of the City

FENA Maja Nikolić

TUZLA, May 15 (FENA) - Delegations of the City of Tuzla, representatives of veteran organizations and participants in the defense of Tuzla in the last war, laid flowers at the memorial in Brčanska Malta to the victims of May 15, 1992, on the occasion of the Defense Day of the City.

"We are all proud that we managed to defend Tuzla and the lives of innocent citizens because their fate could have been the same as that of the victims in Prijedor, Srebrenica, Biljeljina and Vlasenica. We need to know that there can only be one truth. Here in Tuzla, we have defended the lives of citizens from the fate that was intended for them by the aggressors," says Mirza Ahmić, president of the Organization of Demobilized Veterans of the City of Tuzla.

The Mayor of Tuzla, Jasmin Imamović, says that the biggest battle for the defense of this city took place in Brčanska Malta.

"What could have happened if we did not manage to protect the city? This was an army led by Ratko Mladić! The same thing would have happened in Tuzla as it did to Srebrenica or Višegrad. Thanks to the police of this city and the defenders of Tuzla, such a tragedy was prevented. We need to cherish this eternal gratitude because they saved people's lives," says Mayor Imamović.

He added that those responsible for this crime have never been held accountable, and considers the then JNA general Mile Dubajić to be the main culprit for the entire incident known as the "Tuzla convoy".

Selim Bešlagić, who served as the mayor of Tuzla in 1992, pointed out today that May 15 is a date that should be marked as the Day of the Defense of the City, in which all citizens, regardless of nationality, participated.

"Even the Prosecutor's Office of Serbia said that this was a lawful action in which there was no war crime. In other words, I can say that our story and our struggle was long and arduous, but in the end, it resulted in the truth. I would be glad if that truth came to the other side and to simply open the trial concerning the events of May 15, 1992, against Dubaić as the organizer of the withdrawal of military units, because he did not act as he should have done and he, on his own, said at the trial of Ilija Jurišić that he was guilty. However, I leave that to the judicial authorities," said Bešlagić.

Members of the Tuzla Public Security Station managed to defend the city from the enemy on May 15, 1992, and that date became one of the most important dates in the history of the city.

(FENA) S. R.

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