Balatun

Balatun (Serbian Cyrillic: Балатун) is a small village located north of the city of Bijeljina in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the 2013 census, its population was 1,286.

[1] On 24 and 25 September 1992, 22 Bosniaks including seven children were removed from their homes in the village of Bukreš and taken to Balatun where they were killed and thrown into the Drina river.

[2] Balatun is the birthplace of Slobodan Pejić, a Bosnian painter and sculptor.

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