Totić kidnapping was an April 1993 kidnapping of Živko Totić, the head of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) Military Police in Zenica and a few other persons. It is alleged that the kidnapping was performed by Muslim forces. The claim is presented by the Defence case during Kupreškić trial in the ICTY against Croat soldiers accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Bosniaks during Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing. It is said the kidnapping sparked the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing. However, the ICTY found that the evidence revealed a tendency on the Croat side to spread alarm among the Croat population. A videotape of a news programme reporting the kidnapping of Živko Totić, is also instructive. The broadcaster recites all the alleged crimes committed by the Bosniaks against the C