US Edition
Thirty Years After Genocide, Srebrenica Has More Graves than Residents
3 Articles
3 Articles
Thirty years after genocide, Srebrenica has more graves than residents
Thirty years on from Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica is still marked by empty streets, rows of graves and families who have never stopped waiting. Home to 6,000 people before the war, it now has fewer than 800 residents, as many young people leave in search of a fresh start far from Bosnia’s old divisions.
A ruined building at the entrance to the town of Konjevic Polje shows an inscription almost erased by time. But it is not just any graffiti: it is written with gunshots, and you can read “Arkan”, the Serbian war criminal responsible for numerous atrocities in the Podrinje mountains, in eastern Bosnia. This is how the Chetnik paramilitaries proudly signed once the “job” was done. The job, 8,372 men and children executed in cold blood. A genocide …
Thirty years ago, Bosnian Serb soldiers murdered more than eight thousand Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica. The security of the Srebrenica enclave was to be guaranteed by UN peacekeepers.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
