Šargovac
Village in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Šargovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шарговац) is a village in the municipality of Banja Luka (present-day Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina).[2]
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Šargovac
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Coordinates: 44°49′50″N 17°10′54″E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Municipality | Banja Luka |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 3,171[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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During World War II, on 7 February 1942, Ustaše paramilitaries, led by a Franciscan friar, Miroslav Filipović (aka Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović), killed more than 2,300 Serbs (among them 500 children) in Drakulić, Motike, and Šargovac.[3]