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 rukovodstvo Srpske demokratske stranke je, uz pomoć paravojnih snaga, sprovodilo sistematsku kampanju deportacije i oduzimanja imovine muslimanskog stanovništva u tom gradu, kao i u okolnim selima.