Victims buried as Bosnia marks Srebrenica anniversary

[lesket]

Hundreds of victims of the Srebrenica massacre are being buried at a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the atrocity in the Bosnian town.

The 775 coffins with the remains of newly identified victims from mass graves are being laid to rest at the Potocari cemetery, outside Srebrenica.

More than 7,000 (8372 is the official number, I believe)

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[hotcoffeems]

I attended a dhikr last night with 4 Bosnian Muslims in attendance, and they were talking about this. I don't see it mentioned in the article, but they said that this burial ceremony is an annual event, when all those remains identified within the year are buried at once.

[lesket]

It's tragic that burying your neighbours, friends and family needs to be an annual event, but with about 2000 victims left unidentified, it will take at least a few more.

[lesket]

What's with BBC keeping on saying there were "more than 7000" victims? YEAH, AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND AND A FEW HUNDRED MORE, ASSHOLES.

[caitliiin]

"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.

I actually had a Serb friend in high school who used to tell people that the whole thing was a fabrication by Bill Clinton, who just wanted to kill every last Serb because he was jealous of how superior they are as an ethnic group. Like that was actually what she said. And whenever someone attempted to say anything otherwise, she would tell them that there's an anti-Serb conspiracy in the American media because the American government is upset that it relies so heavily on the Serbian economy. idk it was kinda batshit.

[cigarettelover]

One of my teachers was like that. She was Montenegrin, though, so I don't know where all the Serb-loving came from... But I'm glad that I don't know anyone who's that insane to think that there's an anti-Serbian conspiracy going on, apart from her (I'm Serbian).

[joy_mora]

Not all, but many Serbs would agree. Serbia's nationalism can get pretty scary and Serbia is one of the most nationalist countries on the Balkans and for a region like that to be at the top, definitely says a lot.

[sailor_moonbeam]

that's sad.

[sailor_moonbeam]

15 years later and i still tear up when i read about srebrenica and the other atrocities that occurred during the war.

i've never understood the denial of genocide by ethnic serbs. i don't think i ever will.

in case anyone wanted it, this is the website for the memorial (it's in bcsm): http://www.potocarimc.ba/