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Milica Rakić
Milica Rakić
Милица Ракић
	Photo of Milica Rakić
Born	9 January 1996; Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Died	17 April 1999 (aged 3); Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Citizenship	Yugoslav
Known for	Child killed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

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Milica Rakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Ракић; 9 January 1996 – 17 April 1999) was a three-year-old Serbian girl who was killed by a cluster munition during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Biography

Milica Rakić was born in Belgrade on 9 January 1996.^[1] Her parents were Žarko and Dušica Rakić. She had an older brother named Aleksa.^[2]

Between 9:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on 17 April 1999, three-year-old Rakić was struck by shrapnel while in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment at 8 Dimitrije Lazarov Raša Street, in the Belgrade suburb of Batajnica.^[3] Her home was located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Batajnica Air Base. Batajnica was repeatedly targeted by NATO during its air campaign against Yugoslavia, which lasted between March and June 1999.^[4] Rakić was killed instantly. At the time of her death, she was sitting on a training potty.^[5] Five civilians were wounded in the attack.^[6]

Rakić's funeral took place on 19 April.^[2] The same day, Yugoslavia's Minister of Information Milan Komnenić released a statement attributing her death to "NATO cowards".^[7]

Legacy

Rakić was one of 89 children killed during the NATO air campaign, according to Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković.^[8] Rakić's death was widely covered in the Serbian media.^[9] Her death was not reported by most major Western news outlets.^[10] The final NATO report on the bombing of Yugoslavia made no mention of Rakić's death, even under the category of "special incidents".^[11] Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigators visited the site of her death on 7 August 1999, inspected the damage and interviewed eyewitnesses. According to HRW, a cluster munition exploded next to the apartment in which Rakić was living.^[3] The incident marked the first NATO use of cluster munitions in Serbia-proper; all prior instances of their use by NATO had been recorded in Kosovo.^[4] The Yugoslav Ministry of Health provided HRW with photographic documentation of the incident, which was also included in the book White Book of NATO Crimes in Yugoslavia, published by the Government of Yugoslavia.^[3]

Following her death, some sectors of the Serbian public called for Rakić to be canonized as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.^[12] In 2000, a monument dedicated to the children killed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was unveiled in Belgrade's Tašmajdan Park. It featured a bronze sculpture of Rakić in front of a marble block inscribed with the words "we were just children" written in Serbian and English. The monument was commissioned by the newspaper Večernje novosti and financed by donations that it had received from its readers. The sculpture was stolen twice, once in 2000 and again in 2001, after which it was never recovered.^[13]

In 2004, the Tvrdoš Monastery near the town of Trebinje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, unveiled a fresco of Rakić which contained an inscription describing her as a neomartyr. At the time, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced that it would only consider canonizing Rakić if her cult gained a widespread following.^[14] In 2014, a commemorative fountain was dedicated in Rakić's memory in Batajnica.^[15] The following year, a new sculpture of Rakić was unveiled in Tašmajdan Park to replace the one that had previously been stolen.^[13] The Little Milica Rakić Park in Batajnica was also established in her memory. The park was subjected to extensive renovations in 2017, financed by Serbia's Ministry of Defence.^[16]

References

^ "List of killed, missing and disappeared 1998–2000". Humanitarian Law Center. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Ilic, Srdjan (19 April 1999). "Kosovo Crisis: The Conflict". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Human Rights Watch (February 2000). "Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign". Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Hudson, Robert C. (2007). "Lessons from Kosovo: Cluster Bombs and Their Impact Upon Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Rehabilitation". In Ferrándiz, Francisco; Robben, Antonius C.G.M. (eds.). Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Research: A View from Europe. Bilbao, Spain: University of Deusto. p. 235. ISBN 9788498305203.
^ Peric Zimonjic, Vesna (14 May 1999). "Yugoslavia: NATO Cluster Bombs Spray Death". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ Krieger, Heike (2001). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974–1999. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-521800-716-.
^ Norwegian People's Aid South Eastern Europe (2007). Yellow Killers: The Impact of Cluster Munitions in Serbia and Montenegro. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian People's Aid. p. 67. OCLC 350363422.
^ "Serbia marks bombing anniversary". BBC News. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ Atanasovski, Srđan (2016). "Recycled Music for Banal Nation: The Case of Serbia 1999–2010". In Mazierska, Ewa; Gregory, Georgina (eds.). Relocating Popular Music: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 101, note 2. ISBN 978-1-13746-338-8.
^ Sremac, Danielle (1999). War of Words: Washington Tackles the Yugoslav Conflict. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 978-0-27596-609-6.
^ Satjukow, Elisa (2017). ""These Days, When a Belgrader Asked, 'How are You Doing?', the Answer is, 'I'm Waiting': Everyday Life During the 1999 NATO Bombing". In Roth, Klaus; Kartarı, Asker (eds.). Crises Related to Natural Disasters, to Spaces and Places, and to Identities. Cultures of Crisis in Southeast Europe. Münster, Germany: LIT Verlag. p. 338. ISBN 978-3-64390-791-2.
^ Tolvaisis, Leonas (2013). "Historical Memories of Kosovo Serbs in the Post-War Period and Conflicting Serbian National Narratives About Kosovo" (PDF). Darbai Ir Dienos. Kaunas, Lithuania: Vytautas Magnus University: 215, note 13. ISSN 1392-0588.
^ ^a ^b "Po treći put otkriven spomenik Milici Rakić". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ Pašić, P. (1 December 2004). "Mala Milica Rakić novi srpski svetac". Glas javnosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^ Čalija, Jelena (5 September 2014). "Spomen-česma za večno sećanje na Milicu Rakić". Politika (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ "The Military Preserves the Memory of Milica Rakić". Ministry of Defence. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[1] "List of killed, missing and disappeared 1998–2000". Humanitarian Law Center. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[WaPO-2] Ilic, Srdjan (19 April 1999). "Kosovo Crisis: The Conflict". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[HRW-3] Human Rights Watch (February 2000). "Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign". Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[Hudson-4] Hudson, Robert C. (2007). "Lessons from Kosovo: Cluster Bombs and Their Impact Upon Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Rehabilitation". In Ferrándiz, Francisco; Robben, Antonius C.G.M. (eds.). Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Research: A View from Europe. Bilbao, Spain: University of Deusto. p. 235. ISBN 9788498305203.

[5] Peric Zimonjic, Vesna (14 May 1999). "Yugoslavia: NATO Cluster Bombs Spray Death". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[6] Krieger, Heike (2001). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974–1999. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-521800-716-.

[7] Norwegian People's Aid South Eastern Europe (2007). Yellow Killers: The Impact of Cluster Munitions in Serbia and Montenegro. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian People's Aid. p. 67. OCLC 350363422.

[8] "Serbia marks bombing anniversary". BBC News. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[9] Atanasovski, Srđan (2016). "Recycled Music for Banal Nation: The Case of Serbia 1999–2010". In Mazierska, Ewa; Gregory, Georgina (eds.). Relocating Popular Music: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 101, note 2. ISBN 978-1-13746-338-8.

[10] Sremac, Danielle (1999). War of Words: Washington Tackles the Yugoslav Conflict. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 978-0-27596-609-6.

[11] Satjukow, Elisa (2017). ""These Days, When a Belgrader Asked, 'How are You Doing?', the Answer is, 'I'm Waiting': Everyday Life During the 1999 NATO Bombing". In Roth, Klaus; Kartarı, Asker (eds.). Crises Related to Natural Disasters, to Spaces and Places, and to Identities. Cultures of Crisis in Southeast Europe. Münster, Germany: LIT Verlag. p. 338. ISBN 978-3-64390-791-2.

[12] Tolvaisis, Leonas (2013). "Historical Memories of Kosovo Serbs in the Post-War Period and Conflicting Serbian National Narratives About Kosovo" (PDF). Darbai Ir Dienos. Kaunas, Lithuania: Vytautas Magnus University: 215, note 13. ISSN 1392-0588.

[RTS-13] "Po treći put otkriven spomenik Milici Rakić". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[14] Pašić, P. (1 December 2004). "Mala Milica Rakić novi srpski svetac". Glas javnosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 January 2020.

[15] Čalija, Jelena (5 September 2014). "Spomen-česma za večno sećanje na Milicu Rakić". Politika (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[16] "The Military Preserves the Memory of Milica Rakić". Ministry of Defence. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

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 | caption       = Photo of Milica Rakić
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+| birth_place   = [[Belgrade]], [[Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)|Serbia]], [[Serbia and Montenegro|FR Yugoslavia]]
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-'''Milica Rakić''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Милица Ракић}}; 9 January 1996 – 17 April 1999) was a three-year-old [[Serbia]]n girl who was killed by a [[cluster munition]] during the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]].
+'''Milica Rakić''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Милица Ракић}}; 9 January 1996 – 17 April 1999) was a three-year-old [[Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)|Serbian]] girl who was killed by a [[cluster munition]] during the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]].
 ==Biography==
 Milica Rakić was born in [[Belgrade]] on 9 January 1996.<ref>{{cite web|website=Humanitarian Law Center|title=List of killed, missing and disappeared 1998–2000|url=http://www.kosovomemorybook.org/db/kkp_en/index.html|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Her parents were Žarko and Dušica Rakić. She had an older brother named Aleksa.<ref name="WaPO">{{cite news|last=Ilic|first=Srdjan|date=19 April 1999|title=Kosovo Crisis: The Conflict|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/gallery0420/dailygallery1.htm|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
-Between 9:30&nbsp;p.m. and 10:00&nbsp;p.m. on 17 April 1999, three-year-old Rakić was struck by shrapnel while in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment at 8 ''Dimitrija Lazarova Raše'' Street, in the Belgrade suburb of [[Batajnica]].<ref name="HRW">{{cite web|author=[[Human Rights Watch]]|date=February 2000|title=Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign|volume=12|number=1|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Her home was located {{convert|1|km}} from the [[Batajnica Air Base]]. Batajnica was repeatedly targeted by [[NATO]] during its [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|air campaign]] against Yugoslavia, which lasted between March and June 1999.<ref name="Hudson">{{cite book|last=Hudson|first=Robert C.|editor1-last=Ferrándiz|editor1-first=Francisco|editor2-last=Robben|editor2-first=Antonius C.G.M.|year=2007|title=Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Research: A View from Europe|chapter=Lessons from Kosovo: Cluster Bombs and Their Impact Upon Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Rehabilitation|publisher=University of Deusto|location=Bilbao, Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOwPBAAAQBAJ|page=235|isbn=9788498305203}}</ref> Rakić was killed instantly. At the time of her death, she was sitting on a [[chamber pot|training potty]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Peric Zimonjic|first=Vesna|date=14 May 1999|title=Yugoslavia: NATO Cluster Bombs Spray Death|website=Inter Press Service|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1999/05/rights-yugoslavia-nato-cluster-bombs-spray-death/|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Five civilians were wounded in the attack.<ref>{{cite book|last=Krieger|first=Heike|year=2001|title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974–1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=978-0-521800-716-|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC|page=502}}</ref>
+Between 9:30&nbsp;p.m. and 10:00&nbsp;p.m. on 17 April 1999, three-year-old Rakić was struck by shrapnel while in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment at 8 Dimitrije Lazarov Raša Street, in the Belgrade suburb of [[Batajnica]].<ref name="HRW">{{cite web|author=[[Human Rights Watch]]|date=February 2000|title=Civilian Deaths in the NATO Air Campaign|volume=12|number=1|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/nato/|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Her home was located {{convert|1|km}} from the [[Batajnica Air Base]]. Batajnica was repeatedly targeted by [[NATO]] during its [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|air campaign]] against [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]], which lasted between March and June 1999.<ref name="Hudson">{{cite book|last=Hudson|first=Robert C.|editor1-last=Ferrándiz|editor1-first=Francisco|editor2-last=Robben|editor2-first=Antonius C.G.M.|year=2007|title=Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Research: A View from Europe|chapter=Lessons from Kosovo: Cluster Bombs and Their Impact Upon Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Rehabilitation|publisher=University of Deusto|location=Bilbao, Spain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOwPBAAAQBAJ|page=235|isbn=9788498305203}}</ref> Rakić was killed instantly. At the time of her death, she was sitting on a [[chamber pot|training potty]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Peric Zimonjic|first=Vesna|date=14 May 1999|title=Yugoslavia: NATO Cluster Bombs Spray Death|website=Inter Press Service|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1999/05/rights-yugoslavia-nato-cluster-bombs-spray-death/|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Five civilians were wounded in the attack.<ref>{{cite book|last=Krieger|first=Heike|year=2001|title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974–1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=978-0-521800-716-|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC|page=502}}</ref>
 Rakić's funeral took place on 19 April.<ref name="WaPO"/> The same day, Yugoslavia's Minister of Information [[Milan Komnenić]] released a statement attributing her death to "NATO cowards".<ref>{{cite book|author=Norwegian People's Aid South Eastern Europe|year=2007|title=Yellow Killers: The Impact of Cluster Munitions in Serbia and Montenegro|publisher=Norwegian People's Aid|location=Oslo, Norway|oclc=350363422|page=67}}</ref>
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 ==Legacy==
 [[File:Memorial in Tašmajdan park (DSC04689).jpg|thumb|left|200px|A monument to the children killed in the NATO bombing located in [[Tašmajdan Park]], featuring a bronze sculpture of Rakić]]
-Rakić was one of 89 children killed during the NATO air campaign, according to Serbian [[Prime Minister of Serbia|Prime Minister]] [[Mirko Cvetković]].<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|date=24 March 2009|title=Serbia marks bombing anniversary|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7960415.stm|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Rakić's death was widely covered in the Serbian media.<ref>{{cite book|last=Atanasovski|first=Srđan|editor1-last=Mazierska|editor1-first=Ewa|editor2-last=Gregory|editor2-first=Georgina|year=2016|title=Relocating Popular Music: Pop Music, Culture and Identity|chapter=Recycled Music for Banal Nation: The Case of Serbia 1999–2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York City|isbn=978-1-13746-338-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2poMCgAAQBAJ|page=101, note 2}}</ref> Her death was not reported by most major Western news outlets.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sremac|first=Danielle|year=1999|title=War of Words: Washington Tackles the Yugoslav Conflict|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-27596-609-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGeJzd6BLU4C}}</ref> The final NATO report on the bombing of Yugoslavia made no mention of Rakić's death, even under the category of "special incidents".<ref>{{cite book|last=Satjukow|first=Elisa|editor1-last=Roth|editor1-first=Klaus|editor2-last=Kartarı|editor2-first=Asker|year=2017|title=Crises Related to Natural Disasters, to Spaces and Places, and to Identities|chapter="These Days, When a Belgrader Asked, 'How are You Doing?', the Answer is, 'I'm Waiting': Everyday Life During the 1999 NATO Bombing|series=Cultures of Crisis in Southeast Europe|publisher=LIT Verlag|location=Münster, Germany|isbn=978-3-64390-791-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YK1IDwAAQBAJ|page=338}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) investigators visited the site of her death on 7 August 1999, inspected the damage and interviewed eyewitnesses. According to HRW, a [[cluster munition]] exploded next to the apartment in which Rakić was living.<ref name="HRW"/> The incident marked the first NATO use of cluster munitions in Serbia-proper; all prior instances of their use by NATO had been recorded in Kosovo.<ref name="Hudson"/> The Yugoslav Ministry of Health provided HRW with photographic documentation of the incident, which was also included in the book ''White Book of NATO Crimes in Yugoslavia'', published by the Government of Yugoslavia.<ref name="HRW"/>
+Rakić was one of 89 children killed during the NATO air campaign, according to Serbian [[Prime Minister of Serbia|Prime Minister]] [[Mirko Cvetković]].<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|date=24 March 2009|title=Serbia marks bombing anniversary|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7960415.stm|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Rakić's death was widely covered in the Serbian media.<ref>{{cite book|last=Atanasovski|first=Srđan|editor1-last=Mazierska|editor1-first=Ewa|editor2-last=Gregory|editor2-first=Georgina|year=2016|title=Relocating Popular Music: Pop Music, Culture and Identity|chapter=Recycled Music for Banal Nation: The Case of Serbia 1999–2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York City|isbn=978-1-13746-338-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2poMCgAAQBAJ|page=101, note 2}}</ref> Her death was not reported by most major Western news outlets.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sremac|first=Danielle|year=1999|title=War of Words: Washington Tackles the Yugoslav Conflict|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-27596-609-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGeJzd6BLU4C}}</ref> The final NATO report on the bombing of Yugoslavia made no mention of Rakić's death, even under the category of "special incidents".<ref>{{cite book|last=Satjukow|first=Elisa|editor1-last=Roth|editor1-first=Klaus|editor2-last=Kartarı|editor2-first=Asker|year=2017|title=Crises Related to Natural Disasters, to Spaces and Places, and to Identities|chapter="These Days, When a Belgrader Asked, 'How are You Doing?', the Answer is, 'I'm Waiting': Everyday Life During the 1999 NATO Bombing|series=Cultures of Crisis in Southeast Europe|publisher=LIT Verlag|location=Münster, Germany|isbn=978-3-64390-791-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YK1IDwAAQBAJ|page=338}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) investigators visited the site of her death on 7 August 1999, inspected the damage and interviewed eyewitnesses. According to HRW, a [[cluster munition]] exploded next to the apartment in which Rakić was living.<ref name="HRW"/> The incident marked the first NATO use of cluster munitions in [[Central Serbia|Serbia-proper]]; all prior instances of their use by NATO had been recorded in [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija|Kosovo]].<ref name="Hudson"/> The [[Ministry of Health (Serbia)|Yugoslav Ministry of Health]] provided HRW with photographic documentation of the incident, which was also included in the book ''White Book of NATO Crimes in Yugoslavia'', published by the [[Government of Serbia and Montenegro|Government of Yugoslavia]].<ref name="HRW"/>
-Following her death, some sectors of the Serbian public called for Rakić to be canonized as a saint by the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tolvaisis|first=Leonas|year=2013|title=Historical Memories of Kosovo Serbs in the Post-War Period and Conflicting Serbian National Narratives About Kosovo|journal=Darbai Ir Dienos|publisher=Vytautas Magnus University|location=Kaunas, Lithuania|issn=1392-0588|url=https://vdu.lt/cris/bitstream/20.500.12259/32858/1/ISSN2335-8769_2013_N_60.PG_205-235.pdf|page=215, note 13}}</ref> In 2000, a monument dedicated to the children killed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was unveiled in Belgrade's [[Tašmajdan Park]]. It featured a bronze sculpture of Rakić in front of a marble block inscribed with the words "we were just children" written in Serbian and English. The monument was commissioned by the newspaper ''[[Večernje novosti]]'' and financed by donations that it had received from its readers. The sculpture was stolen twice, once in 2000 and again in 2001, after which it was never recovered.<ref name="RTS">{{cite web|website=Radio Television of Serbia|date=24 September 2015|title=Po treći put otkriven spomenik Milici Rakić|language=sr|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/drustvo/2048395/po-treci-put-otkriven-spomenik-milici-rakic.html|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
+Following her death, some sectors of the Serbian public called for Rakić to be [[Canonization#Eastern Orthodox Church|canonized]] as a saint by the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tolvaisis|first=Leonas|year=2013|title=Historical Memories of Kosovo Serbs in the Post-War Period and Conflicting Serbian National Narratives About Kosovo|journal=Darbai Ir Dienos|publisher=Vytautas Magnus University|location=Kaunas, Lithuania|issn=1392-0588|url=https://vdu.lt/cris/bitstream/20.500.12259/32858/1/ISSN2335-8769_2013_N_60.PG_205-235.pdf|page=215, note 13}}</ref> In 2000, a monument dedicated to the children killed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was unveiled in Belgrade's [[Tašmajdan Park]]. It featured a bronze sculpture of Rakić in front of a marble block inscribed with the words "we were just children" written in [[Serbian language|Serbian]] and English. The monument was commissioned by the newspaper ''[[Večernje novosti]]'' and financed by donations that it had received from its readers. The sculpture was stolen twice, once in 2000 and again in 2001, after which it was never recovered.<ref name="RTS">{{cite web|website=Radio Television of Serbia|date=24 September 2015|title=Po treći put otkriven spomenik Milici Rakić|language=sr|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/drustvo/2048395/po-treci-put-otkriven-spomenik-milici-rakic.html|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
 [[File:Wiki Šumadija IX Tresije Monastery 252.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Fresco]] of [[New Martyr|neomartyr]] Milica Rakić in the medieval Tresije monastery, [[Kosmaj]]]]
-In 2004, the [[Tvrdoš Monastery]] near the town of [[Trebinje]], in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], unveiled a [[fresco]] of Rakić which contained an inscription describing her as a [[New Martyr|neomartyr]]. At the time, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced that it would only consider [[Canonization|canonizing]] Rakić if her [[Cult (religious practice)|cult]] gained a widespread following.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pašić|first=P.|date=1 December 2004|title=Mala Milica Rakić novi srpski svetac|language=sr|newspaper=Glas javnosti|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2004/12/01/srpski/D04113003.shtml|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> In 2014, a commemorative fountain was dedicated in Rakić's memory in Batajnica.<ref>{{cite news|last=Čalija|first=Jelena|date=5 September 2014|title=Spomen-česma za večno sećanje na Milicu Rakić|language=sr|newspaper=Politika|url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/304319/Spomen-cesma-za-vecno-secanje-na-Milicu-Rakic|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> The following year, a new sculpture of Rakić was unveiled in Tašmajdan Park to replace the one that had previously been stolen.<ref name="RTS"/> The Little Milica Rakić Park in Batajnica was also established in her memory. The park was subjected to extensive renovations in 2017, financed by Serbia's [[Ministry of Defence (Serbia)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Ministry of Defence|date=29 July 2017|title=The Military Preserves the Memory of Milica Rakić|url=http://www.mod.gov.rs/eng/11337/vojska-cuva-secanje-na-milicu-rakic-11337|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
+In 2004, the [[Tvrdoš Monastery]] near the town of [[Trebinje]], in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], unveiled a [[fresco]] of Rakić which contained an inscription describing her as a [[New Martyr|neomartyr]]. At the time, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced that it would only consider canonizing Rakić if her [[Cult (religious practice)|cult]] gained a widespread following.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pašić|first=P.|date=1 December 2004|title=Mala Milica Rakić novi srpski svetac|language=sr|newspaper=Glas javnosti|url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2004/12/01/srpski/D04113003.shtml|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> In 2014, a commemorative fountain was dedicated in Rakić's memory in Batajnica.<ref>{{cite news|last=Čalija|first=Jelena|date=5 September 2014|title=Spomen-česma za večno sećanje na Milicu Rakić|language=sr|newspaper=Politika|url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/304319/Spomen-cesma-za-vecno-secanje-na-Milicu-Rakic|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> The following year, a new sculpture of Rakić was unveiled in Tašmajdan Park to replace the one that had previously been stolen.<ref name="RTS"/> The Little Milica Rakić Park in Batajnica was also established in her memory. The park was subjected to extensive renovations in 2017, financed by [[Ministry of Defence (Serbia)|Serbia's Ministry of Defence]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Ministry of Defence|date=29 July 2017|title=The Military Preserves the Memory of Milica Rakić|url=http://www.mod.gov.rs/eng/11337/vojska-cuva-secanje-na-milicu-rakic-11337|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
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