Photos: The 1995 Srebrenica Massacre remembered in Bosnia
July 11, 2013
A Bosnian woman says prayers next to the coffin of a child during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2013. People from around Bosnia and abroad have begun arriving in Srebrenica to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and rebury recently identified victims exhumed from mass graves. The victims' bodies are still being exhumed from mass graves in the area, where Serbs had dumped them in an attempt to cover up the crime. Identified victims are buried each year on the massacre's anniversary at a memorial cemetery near Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica )
Members of the Bosnian Army carry two of the 409 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 10, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
A Bosnian man cries near the coffin of his relative, one of 409 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Memorial Center Potocari near Srebrenica July 10, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA/ )
A Bosnian man walks near the 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 9, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
A child holds a big placard with portraits of people killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, while watching a truck, one of three carrying 409 coffins of newly identified victims of massacre, in front of the presidential building in Sarajevo July 9, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA/ )
Bosnian women cry while watching a truck, one of three carrying 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in front of the presidential building in Sarajevo July 9, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA/ )
Bosnians line up in the main street of Sarajevo to honor the remains of victims of the Srebrenica Massacre of 1995 as they are driven by in trucks, and shipped from a municipal morgue in the Central-Bosnian town of Visoko, on July 9, 2013, in preparation for mass burial, at Potocari Memorial cemetery near the Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 11. Potocari Memorial cemetery is undergoing preparations for another mass burial on July 11, when 408 newly identified bodies will be put to final rest. Bodies are identified as those belonging to Bosnian Muslim victims, of the offensive undertaken by Bosnian Serbs in July 1995 with aim to occupy the earlier declared UN safe haven area of Srebrenica and the surrounding villages. During the offensive more than 8000 Bosnian non-Serbs went missing to be found buried in mass graves years after the war ended. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521233988 )
Bosnian men unload coffins of the 409 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre from a truck in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 9, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian Muslims carry body caskets of their relatives killed during Srebrenica 1995 massacre as they prepare for mass burial at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521282669 )
Bosnians pray in front of 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian woman Merima Nukic searches for her father's grave among gravestones during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2013. People from around Bosnia and abroad have begun arriving in Srebrenica Thursday to commemorate 18th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and rebury recently identified victims exhumed from mass graves. The victims' bodies are still being exhumed from mass graves in the area, where Serbs had dumped them in an attempt to cover up the crime. Identified victims are buried each year on the massacre's anniversary at a memorial cemetery near Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica )
Bosnian Muslims search for the names of their relatives killed during Srebrenica 1995 massacre, on a monument at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521282595 )
Bosnians stand behind a memorial plaque, inscribed with the names of victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, before praying in front of 409 coffins of newly identified victims in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA/ )
A Bosnian woman is comforted by family members during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2013. People from around Bosnia and abroad have begun arriving in Srebrenica Thursday to commemorate 18th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and rebury recently identified victims exhumed from mass graves. The victims' bodies are still being exhumed from mass graves in the area, where Serbs had dumped them in an attempt to cover up the crime. Identified victims are buried each year on the massacre's anniversary at a memorial cemetery near Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica )
Bosnian Muslims prepare to burry body caskets of their relatives killed during Srebrenica 1995 massacre at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521282880 )
A Bosnian Muslim woman, survivor of Srebrenica 1995 massacre, mourns over body casket of her relative, at memorial cemetery in village of Potocarion near Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 10, 2013. Potocari Memorial cemetery is undergoing preparations for another mass burial on July 11, when 409 newly identified bodies will be put to final rest. Bodies are identified as those belonging to Bosnian Muslim victims, of the offensive undertaken by Bosnian Serbs in July 1995 with aim to occupy, earlier declared UN safe heaven area of Srebrenica and the surrounding villages. During the offensive more than 8000 Bosnian non-Serbs went missing to be found buried in mass graves, years after the war ended. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521266022 )
Bosnian woman cry beside coffins of relatives, which are amongst the 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian Muslims, survivors of Srebrenica 1995 massacre, pray and cry near body caskets of their relatives, laid out in a factory hangar, near memorial cemetery in village of Potocarion near Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 10, 2013. Potocari Memorial cemetery is undergoing preparations for another mass burial on July 11, when 409 newly identified bodies will be put to final rest. Bodies are identified as those belonging to Bosnian Muslim victims, of the offensive undertaken by Bosnian Serbs in July 1995 with aim to occupy, earlier declared UN safe heaven area of Srebrenica and the surrounding villages. During the offensive more than 8.000 Bosnian non-Serbs went missing to be found buried in mass graves, years after the war ended. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521264108 )
A Bosnian woman lays a flower on a coffin of a baby, among 409 newly identified Srebrenica victims, at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica, 160 kilometers east of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. A burial ceremony for 409 victims will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 in Potocari, on the 18th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy when in summer 1995 Bosnian Serb forces stormed the enclave and systematically killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( CORRECTION Bosnia Srebrenica )
A Bosnian woman cries near the coffins of 409 newly identified Srebrenica victims at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica, 160 kilometers east of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. A burial ceremony for 409 victims will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 in Potocari, on the 18th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy when in summer 1995 Bosnian Serb forces stormed the enclave and systematically killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica )
Bosnian Muslims, survivors of Srebrenica 1995 massacre, pray and cry near body caskets of their relatives, laid out in a factory hangar, near memorial cemetery in village of Potocarion near Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 10, 2013. Potocari Memorial cemetery is undergoing preparations for another mass burial on July 11, when 409 newly identified bodies will be put to final rest. Bodies are identified as those belonging to Bosnian Muslim victims, of the offensive undertaken by Bosnian Serbs in July 1995 with aim to occupy, earlier declared UN safe heaven area of Srebrenica and the surrounding villages. During the offensive more than 8000 Bosnian non-Serbs went missing to be found buried in mass graves, years after the war ended. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521265400 )
Bosnians carry coffins of 409 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in the Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian Muslims prepare to burry body caskets of their relatives killed during Srebrenica 1995 massacre at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521282883 )
A Bosnian woman cries on the coffin of a relative, which is one of the 409 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian woman cry beside coffins of relatives, which are amongst the 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
A Bosnian worker walks to prepare graves for 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Memorial Center Potocari near Srebrenica July 10, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA/ )
Bosnian Muslims carry the body casket of the youngest victim of Srebrenica 1995 massacre, as they prepare for mass burial at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521282513 )
Bosnian women cry near graves of relatives, where 409 coffins of newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre will be lowered into, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 11, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be transported to the memorial centre in Potocari where they will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
A Bosnian woman searches for her relative after 409 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre were uncovered, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica July 10, 2013. The bodies of the recently identified victims will be buried on July 11 marking the 18th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian men carry the small coffin of Hava Muhic's baby during a mass funeral for Srebrenica victims in memorial center Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Hava Muhic believes she should be baking a cake, with her husband and calling friends and family for the party. Instead, Muhic stood above the smallest pit in the cemetery, near her husband's grave which was dug for her baby girl who died here 18 years ago on the day of the worst massacre Europe has seen since World War II. Muhic's baby is among 409 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre buried on Thursday in an annual mass funeral at the Potocari Memorial Center on the July 11 anniversary. This year's commemorations bring the total of identified victims to 6,066. Another 2,306 remain missing. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica Hava Muhic )
Bosnian Muslims burry the body of the youngest victim of Srebrenica 1995 massacre during a mass burial at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521283020 )
Dutch soldiers, ex-members of the UN mission to guard the enclave of Srebrenica, Adje Anakotta, center, Dion Vandenberg, right, and Dave Maat, left, at the graveside of baby Muhic during a mass funeral for Srebrenica victims at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Mother, Hava Muhic, believes she should be baking a cake, with her husband calling friends and family for a party, instead, Muhic stood Thursday above the smallest pit in the cemetery, near her husband's grave. It was dug for her baby girl ,who was born and died here 18 years ago on the day of the worst massacre Europe has seen since World War II. Muhic's baby is among 409 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre buried Thursday in an annual mass funeral at the Potocari Memorial Center on the July 11 anniversary. This year's commemorations bring the total of identified victims to 6,066. Another 2,306 remain missing. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica )
Bosnian woman Zumreta Ahmetasevic prays amidst gravestones during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2013. People from around Bosnia and abroad have begun arriving in Srebrenica Thursday to commemorate 18th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and rebury recently identified victims exhumed from mass graves. The victims' bodies are still being exhumed from mass graves in the area, where Serbs had dumped them in an attempt to cover up the crime. Identified victims are buried each year on the massacre's anniversary at a memorial cemetery near Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Srebrenica )
A Bosnian Muslim woman, survivor of the Srebrenica 1995 massacre, searches for a burial plot intended for her relative, at the memorial cemetery in the village of Potocarion near the Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 10, 2013. Potocari Memorial cemetery is undergoing preparations for another mass burial on July 11, when 409 newly identified bodies will be put to final rest. Bodies are identified as those belonging to Bosnian Muslim victims of the offensive undertaken by Bosnian Serbs in July 1995 with aim to occupy the earlier declared UN safe heaven area of Srebrenica and the surrounding villages. During the offensive more than 8000 Bosnian non-Serbs went missing to be found buried in mass graves, years after the war ended. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521265473 )
Non government reconciliation activists from Serbia pay their respects as Bosnian Muslims prepare to burry body caskets of their relatives killed during Srebrenica 1995 massacre at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica on July 11, 2013. Bosnia buried 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, including a newborn baby, on the 18th anniversary of the worst slaughter in post-war Europe. More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims whose remains were found in mass graves and only identified almost two decades after the 1995 killing. ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 521282632 )
People attend the National Srebrenica Commemoration at The Hague in the Netherlands on July 11, 2013, to commemorate the 8000 victims of the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995. Srebrenica was a UN-protected Muslim enclave until July 11, 1995, when it was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces. ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images ( 521283983 )
People attend the National Srebrenica Commemoration at The Hague in the Netherlands on July 11, 2013, to commemorate the 8000 victims of the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995. Srebrenica was a UN-protected Muslim enclave until July 11, 1995, when it was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces. ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images ( 521283984 )
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