The remains of 11 victims of the July 1995 genocide in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Srebrenitsa, whose identities were identified, will be devoted to the Earth on July 11
The statement of the Institute for the missing persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina says that 11 victims of the genocide and their families were identified for the burial of the remains of their relatives.
The statement notes that the identification procedures are ongoing. According to this message, until the beginning of July, the number of victims may increase.
The United Nations General Assembly (UN) announced on July 11 “The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide in Srebrenica”.
On this day of the year, many memorable events will be organized.
Genocide in the Srebrenitsa
Residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 11 will post the memory of more than 8 thousand Muslims killed in 1995 in the city of Srebrenitsa.
Genocide in Srebrenitsa is considered the largest humanitarian catastrophe in Europe since the Second World War.
Every year on July 11, the remains of the victims of the genocide after the identification procedure of personality indulge in the earth in the cemetery in the city of Potocari. This year, the remains of another 19 Bosnians will be reburied, the Bosnian Institute for the missing reports.
UN Security Council in April 1993 declared a Srebrenitsa zone of security.
However, this did not prevent mass massacre. The city was captured on July 11, 1995 by the army of Bosnian Serbs, led by Ratko Mladic, who later sentenced by the International Tribunal in The Hague to a life imprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity.
The peaceful Bosnians tried to find protection from the Dutch peacekeepers from the UN, but the latter passed them to the Serbs.
more than 8 thousand Bosnians died in a wooded area, in factories and in warehouses.
The bodies of the killed Bosnians were buried in mass burials.