Bosnian Serbs commemorate war victims

Serbs in Bratunac, eastern Bosnia, are today marking the 1992 killings of their compatriots in the region of that village and Srebrenica.

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Monday, 12.07.2010.

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Serbs in Bratunac, eastern Bosnia, are today marking the 1992 killings of their compatriots in the region of that village and Srebrenica. This commemoration comes a day after that held for the Muslim victims in Srebrenica, killed in 1995. Bosnian Serbs commemorate war victims The Serb republic in Bosnia, RS, data shows that Muslim forces commanded by Naser Oric killed several hundred Serb civilians in this area from May until December 1992. The murders happened in the municipalities of Srebrenica, Bratunac and Skelani. The Hague Tribunal tried and found Oric guilty for not stopping the killings. In the appeals process, however, his two-year jail sentence was overturned and he was acquitted. On June 12 1992 - a day marked by Orthodox Serbs as the holiday of St. Paul and Peter - Oric's forces stormed the Serb villages of Zalazje, Biljaca, Sase and Zagone and killed and massacred 69 civilians. More than 70 peole were wounded that day, while 19 are still listed as missing. The villages were pillaged and burned, and have never been repopulated or rebuilt. Just as no RS representatives were in Srebrenica on Sunday, no officials from the Muslim-Croat Federation will show up in Bratunac today.

Bosnian Serbs commemorate war victims

The Serb republic in Bosnia, RS, data shows that Muslim forces commanded by Naser Orić killed several hundred Serb civilians in this area from May until December 1992.

The murders happened in the municipalities of Srebrenica, Bratunac and Skelani. The Hague Tribunal tried and found Orić guilty for not stopping the killings.

In the appeals process, however, his two-year jail sentence was overturned and he was acquitted.

On June 12 1992 - a day marked by Orthodox Serbs as the holiday of St. Paul and Peter - Orić's forces stormed the Serb villages of Zalazje, Biljača, Sase and Zagone and killed and massacred 69 civilians.

More than 70 peole were wounded that day, while 19 are still listed as missing. The villages were pillaged and burned, and have never been repopulated or rebuilt.

Just as no RS representatives were in Srebrenica on Sunday, no officials from the Muslim-Croat Federation will show up in Bratunac today.

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