The local Serb Democratic Party leadership, aided by paramilitaries, conducted a systematic campaign of deportations and property confiscation against the Muslim population in the town, as well as in surrounding villages.
Lokalno čelništvo Srpske demokratske stranke, uz pomoć paravojnih snaga, provodilo je sustavnu kampanju deportacije i oduzimanja imovine muslimanskom stanovništvu u gradu, kao i u okolnim selima.