Motike, Banja Luka
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Motike (Serbian Cyrillic: Мотике) is a village in the municipality of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
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Motike
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Coordinates: 44°49′20″N 17°08′17″E | |
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Municipality | Banja Luka |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 2,622[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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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]