 The Yugoslav People's Army ("Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija" – JNA) confiscated Croatia's Territorial Defence ("Teritorijalna obrana" - TO) weapons to minimize resistance.On 17 August, the tensions escalated into an open revolt by Croatian Serbs, centered on the predominantly Serb-populated areas of the Dalmatian hinterland around Knin, parts of the Lika, Kordun, Banovina and eastern Croatia.Following the Pakrac clash between Serb insurgents and Croatian special police in March 1991, the conflict had escalated into the Croatian War of Independence.