[1] The perpetrators of this massacre were members of Momčilo Đujić's Dinara Chetnik Division, under the leadership of Commander (vojvode) Mane Rokvić.

[2] At the end of September 1942, the Yugoslav partisans in Dalmatia intensified their actions against the Axis forces and caused disturbance among Italian officers in charge of the region.

Shortly before entering the village, the Chetniks met a group of Croatian women carrying milk to Omiš.

[citation needed] After Gata was surrounded by Chetnik and Italian forces, the initial ones started massacring the villagers.

A nine-year-old boy named Maksim saw his cousin Ante run away covered in blood and with a knife sticking out of his throat.