When the local government tried to force the miners back to work, they resisted with firearms and the uprising was eventually suppressed with great violence.
The rebellion was choked in blood by the Yugoslav government and the miners and their families' homes were confiscated, women were raped, over 400 people were arrested and some were expatriated.
The indictment charged the c. 350 miners, including the leader of the uprising, Juro Kerošević, who was originally sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly killing gendarmerie officers.
[3][4] The steles of the victims installed in the municipal park of Husino testify still today to that dark time in the recent history of the village.
[citation needed] In February 2014, multiple Bosnian newspapers including Oslobođenje called the 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the "new Husino Uprising".