The Plitvice Lakes incident of late March/early April 1991 (known in Croatian as "Plitvice Bloody Easter", Krvavi Uskrs na Plitvicama/Plitvički Krvavi Uskrs) was an incident at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence. It was a clash between Croatian policemen and special police (the Croatian army was still being formed and organized at that time), the forces aiming to create the independent Republic of Croatia, and Serbs, supported by Belgrade and the Yugoslav People's Army. It resulted in two deaths – one on each side – and contributed significantly to the worsening ethnic tensions that were to be at the heart of the subsequent war. It started when the rebel Serbs took over the Plitvice Lakes, expelled its management and annexed it to the SAO Krajina.
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