Many of the victims were refugees trying to flee from the village of Gunja in Croatia to the city of Brčko in Bosnia, while others were workers crossing from Croatia to Brčko to celebrate the Labour Day weekend.

[2] It is difficult to ascertain how many people died in the massacre because some of the bodies were swept away by the river.

[3] No one was held responsible for the massacre,[4] although some sources claim that the perpetrators may have been members of the White Eagles and Arkan's Tigers paramilitaries.

[5] In 1996, the government of Croatia reopened the Brčko bridge to civilian traffic.

[6] The United States NATO forces turned over control of the bridge to the Bosnian Serb police in 1997.