 It was later claimed that this account was false and that Konjuh was neither Jewish, nor was she killed by Croats, rather Konjuh was a Croat killed by Serbs.In December 1991, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia distanced itself from Mandić's claims.She reportedly was a close associate of both Radovan Karadžić and Željko Ražnatović (known as "Arkan"), both later accused of war crimes in Croatia by the ICTY (International War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia).