Ex-Dutch solider moves to Srebrenica

A former Dutch UN peacekeeper who served in Srebrenica has decided to move his family to this eastern Bosnian town. According to Sarajevo daily Dnevni Avaz, Rob Zomer, who currently lives near Amsterdam, has visited Srebrenica on several occasions. He served there until June 1995. Ex-Dutch solider moves to Srebrenica He and his wife last visited in December, when they expressed readiness to buy several downtown properties and use them in tourism business. "We are in constant contact with Zomer. He has plenty of friends in Srebrenica, people remember him from when he was a solider at Zeleni Jadar UNPROFOR checkpoint, and he remembers many of our people," said Muhizin Omerovic of the local administration. Omerovic continued to say that Zomer and his family "simply fell in love with Srebrenica" and that the Dutchman now stays with friends in Potocari when he visits. Zomer left Bosnia a month before the genocide in Srebrenica.

Ex-Dutch solider moves to Srebrenica

He and his wife last visited in December, when they expressed readiness to buy several downtown properties and use them in tourism business.

"We are in constant contact with Zomer. He has plenty of friends in Srebrenica, people remember him from when he was a solider at Zeleni Jadar UNPROFOR checkpoint, and he remembers many of our people," said Muhizin Omerović of the local administration.

Omerović continued to say that Zomer and his family "simply fell in love with Srebrenica" and that the Dutchman now stays with friends in Potočari when he visits.

Zomer left Bosnia a month before the genocide in Srebrenica.