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Bosnia marks Srebrenica massacre | Bosnia marks Srebrenica massacre |
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More than 700 victims will buried at the cemetery on Sunday | More than 700 victims will buried at the cemetery on Sunday |
A ceremony is taking place in Bosnia to mark the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre - the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II. | |
More than 7,000 Muslim men and boys from the town were killed by advancing Bosnian Serb troops in July 1995. | More than 7,000 Muslim men and boys from the town were killed by advancing Bosnian Serb troops in July 1995. |
The remains of more than 700 recently identified victims are being buried at a cemetery near Srebrenica. | |
Serbian President Boris Tadic is attending the ceremony, in what is seen as a significant gesture. | |
Srebrenica had been declared a UN safe zone, to which thousands of Bosniaks had fled during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. But the Bosnian Serb army easily overran the lightly-armed Dutch force there in July 1995. | Srebrenica had been declared a UN safe zone, to which thousands of Bosniaks had fled during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. But the Bosnian Serb army easily overran the lightly-armed Dutch force there in July 1995. |
The massacre is the only episode of the conflict to have been deemed a genocide by the UN tribunal. | The massacre is the only episode of the conflict to have been deemed a genocide by the UN tribunal. |
Segregated town | Segregated town |
Thousands of people gathered at the Potocari cemetery, just outside Srebrenica, to mark the anniversary of the massacre. | |
New rows have been made for the burial of 775 victims, who will join nearly 4,000 already there. | New rows have been made for the burial of 775 victims, who will join nearly 4,000 already there. |
Hasan and Suhra Mahic, both in their 80s, will finally bury their sons Fuad and Suad. | Hasan and Suhra Mahic, both in their 80s, will finally bury their sons Fuad and Suad. |
"I would have preferred that all of us have been killed together, then we would not have had to live through this," Hasan told the AFP news agency. | "I would have preferred that all of us have been killed together, then we would not have had to live through this," Hasan told the AFP news agency. |
But many Serbs in the region reject the established narrative of July 1995, the BBC's Mark Lowen in Srebrenica reports. | But many Serbs in the region reject the established narrative of July 1995, the BBC's Mark Lowen in Srebrenica reports. |
"The Serb people are portrayed in the media as committing genocide, but it isn't so," Mladen Grujicic, who works for a local association helping the families of Serb victims of the war, told the BBC. | "The Serb people are portrayed in the media as committing genocide, but it isn't so," Mladen Grujicic, who works for a local association helping the families of Serb victims of the war, told the BBC. |
"No Serbs contest that a crime happened in Srebrenica, but they're insulted when the numbers are manipulated," Mr Grujicic says, adding that Serb victims of the war have been forgotten. | "No Serbs contest that a crime happened in Srebrenica, but they're insulted when the numbers are manipulated," Mr Grujicic says, adding that Serb victims of the war have been forgotten. |
Despite attempts to lay the past to rest, Srebrenica remains segregated 15 years after the tragic events, our correspondent says. | Despite attempts to lay the past to rest, Srebrenica remains segregated 15 years after the tragic events, our correspondent says. |
Marking the anniversary, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said the massacre was "a crime that shamed Europe", pledging to bring to justice the perpetrators. | Marking the anniversary, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said the massacre was "a crime that shamed Europe", pledging to bring to justice the perpetrators. |