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and other Serb paramilitary forces entered Borovo
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Gojković, charged with criminal acts related to the selection, abuse and killings of civilians and POWs from the Borovo Commerce building on 19 November 1991. Gojković had already been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in a court ruling 1997.
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314:"Obilježena 32. obljetnica stradanja branitelja i civila u Borovu naselju u Domovinskom ratu"
440:"Representatives of the Humanitarian Law Center Lay Wreath For Victims from Borovo Naselje"
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