Survivors mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

11/7/2020 19:11

        Bosnia is marking the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the only crime in Europe since World War II that has been declared a genocide, with only a small number of survivors allowed to take part in commemoration events due to the coronavirus pandemic.
        
        The brutal execution in July 1995 of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys is being commemorated in a series of events and the reburial of recently identified remains of nine victims in a memorial cemetery and center just outside the town in eastern Bosnia.
        
        The Srebrenica massacre is the only episode of Bosnia's 1992-95 war to be defined as genocide, including by two U.N. courts. After murdering thousands of Srebrenica's Muslims, in an attempt to hide the crime, Serbs dumped their bodies in numerous mass graves scattered throughout eastern Bosnia.