The Bugojno group was the name of a Croatian terrorist paramilitary formation which was infiltrated into Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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 on June 20, 1972 to raise a rebellion against the communist Yugoslav government.

The Bugojno group was organized by the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood

Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood

The Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood ) was a far right-wing organisation formed in Australia in the early 1960s. The organisation was created by Croatian migrants to Australia from Yugoslavia after World War II...

 (Hrvatsko revolucionarno bratstvo or HRB). The HRB was formed in Australia

Australia

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 in 1961 and was active in Europe

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 and the USA. The founding principle of the HRB was to free Croatia from Yugoslavia, and reestablish independent Croatia

Croatia

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.

After the suppression of the Croatian Spring

Croatian Spring

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 movement the HRB believed that there existed in Croatia a climate which would support the beginning of an armed rebellion. After short preparations, the HRB organized their personnel, weapons and funding to support an initial group to start a rebellion. Most of the fighters and money came from Australia while the armed training was done in Germany

Germany

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. After a short preparation in Austria

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, the group travelled through Dravograd

Dravograd

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into Yugoslavia on June 20, 1972. By June 25 the group came into their first conflict with police, and then the Yugoslav territorial defence units. With the help of an informer the Bugojno group was caught by the security forces by July 24 of that same year, unsuccessful in their mission.