The killing Killing was committed Commitment by a local paramilitary group known as Mirko 's Chetniks and by the Serb Volunteer Guard ( SDG , also known as Arkan 's Tigers ) , a Serbia-based paramilitary group led by Željko Ražnatović ( aka Arkan ) .

The SDG were under the command Control of the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , which was controlled Control by Serbian President Slobodan Milošević .

On 31 March , the Patriotic League in Bijeljina was provoked Causation into fighting Hostile_encounter by local Serbs and the SDG .

On 1–2 April , the SDG and the JNA took over Conquering Bijeljina with little resistance ; murders , rapes , house searches Scrutiny , and pillaging Robbery followed Motion .

, local courts had not prosecuted anyone for the killings Killing , and no members of the SDG had been prosecuted for any crimes the unit carried out Action in Bijeljina or elsewhere in Croatia or Bosnia and Herzegovina .