Petrinja fighting
| Petrinja fighting | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Croatian War of Independence | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
|
SAO Krajina Support by: Yugoslavia | Croatia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
Milan Čeleketić Slobodan Tarbuk | Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
|
Croatian National Guard Croatian Police | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 8,000 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 224 soldiers killed | ||||||||
| Petrinja killings begin | |||||||||
The Petrinja fighting refers to a set of combat activities undertaken by Croatian forces at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence to defend town of Petrinja.