the estimate is several thousand killed italian citizens. according to a report issued in 2000 by a mixed slovene-italian historical commission established in 1993, the number of people missing from the region, most of whom finished in the "foibe", alias local geological clefts, range from 1,300 to 1,600 but this estimate does not include those killed in current croatian territory. some of them were court-martialed fascists or enemy soldiers, but many civilian persons were also killed. the great majority of the persons killed were of italian nationality.