the trnoplje camp was set up in the village of trnoplje on 24 may 1992. the camp was guarded on all sides by the serb army. there were machine-gun nests and well-armed posts pointing their guns towards the camp. there were several thousand people detained in the camp, the vast majority of whom were bosnian muslim and some of them were croats. according to approximation, on 7 august 1992 there were around 5,000 people detained there. women and children were detained at the camp as well as men of military age. the camp population had a high turnover with many people staying for less than a week in the camp before joining one of the many convoys to another destination or concentration camps. the quantity of food available was insufficient and people often went hungry. moreover, the water supply was insufficient and the toilet facilities inadequate. the majority of the detainees slept in the open air. the serb soldiers used baseball bats, iron bars, rifle butts and their hands and feet or whatever they had at their disposal to beat the detainees. individuals were who taken out for questioning would often return bruised or injured. many women who were detained at the trnopolje camp were taken out of the camp at night by serb soldiers and raped or sexually assaulted.