The 9th Corps of the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) led by Colonel Ratko Mladić and the forces of the Serbian Autonomous Oblast ( region ) of Krajina ( SAO Krajina ) under Knin police chief Milan Martić besieged Besieging the Croat-inhabited village of Kijevo in late April and early May 1991 .

Martić was tried Self_motion at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) on several different charges of war crimes including , his involvement Participation in the siege of Kijevo .

In 2007 , the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) returned Arriving a guilty verdict Legal_rulings against Milan Martić , one of the Serb leaders in Croatia , for having colluded Collaboration with Slobodan Milošević and others to create Creating a `` unified Serbian state '' .

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) characterized Statement the attack Attack as a crime against humanity and convicted Legal_rulings Croatian Serb leader Milan Martić of ordering Arranging the attack Attack .

The capture Conquering of Saborsko and the killing Killing and expulsion Removing of its civilian population was included Cause_to_be_included in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) indictments of Milan Babić and Milan Martić , high-ranking officials of the Croatian Serb-declared wartime breakaway region of SAO Krajina .

Following the war Military_operation , the ICTY convicted Legal_rulings Babić and Martić for their role in the events .