The occupation occurred Coming_to_be during the Battle of Vukovar , as the JNA sought to consolidate its control Control over the area surrounding Surrounding the city of Vukovar .

The occupation occurred Coming_to_be during the Battle of Vukovar , as the JNA sought to consolidate its control Control over the area surrounding Surrounding the city of Vukovar .

After the JNA captured Conquering Vukovar on 18 November 1991 , Osijek was the next target Aiming for its campaign Military_operation in Croatia .

The Vukovar massacre , also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre , was the killing Killing of Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries , to whom they had been turned Becoming over by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , at the Ovčara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The Vukovar massacre , also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre , was the killing Killing of Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries , to whom they had been turned Becoming over by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , at the Ovčara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The Vukovar massacre , also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovčara massacre , was the killing Killing of Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries , to whom they had been turned Becoming over by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) , at the Ovčara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991 , during the Croatian War of Independence .

The massacre occurred Coming_to_be shortly after Vukovar 's capture by the JNA , Territorial Defence ( TO ) , and paramilitaries from neighbouring Serbia .

The group , largely consisting Cause_to_be_included of Croats but also including Serbs , Hungarians , Muslims and two foreign nationals who fought Quarreling on the side of the Croatian National Guard , was initially transported Sending to the JNA barracks in Vukovar .

Several prisoners were identified Check as hospital staff and removed Removing from the group to be returned Arriving to the hospital while the rest of them were transported Sending to the Ovčara farm south of Vukovar .

The ICTY convicted Legal_rulings two JNA officers in connection with the massacre , and also tried former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević for a number of war crimes , including those committed at Vukovar .