Motike (Serbian Cyrillic: Мотике) is a village in the municipality of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
Motike
Мотике (Serbian) | |
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Motike | |
Coordinates: 44°49′20″N 17°08′17″E / 44.82222°N 17.13806°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Municipality | Banja Luka |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 2,622[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
On 7 February 1942, Ustaše paramilitaries, led by a Franciscan friar, Miroslav Filipović (aka Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović), killed more than 2,300 Serbs (among them 500 children) in Drakulić, Motike and Šargovac.[3]
44°49′20″N 17°08′17″E / 44.82222°N 17.13806°E