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Bosnian genocide

genocide perpetrated by Serbs against Bosnians

The Bosnian genocide refers to the genocide of Bosniaks[b] by the Serbs in 1995.[8][9] The largest killing was the Srebrenica massacre,[8][9] which killed 8,372 people.[10] Some scholars estimated that about 33,071 civilians were killed in the Bosnian genocide.[4]

Bosnian Genocide
Part of the Bosnian War
Graveyard for Bosnian genocide's victims
LocationBosnia and Herzegovina
DateJuly 11–13, 1995
TargetBosniaks
Attack type
Mass murder, persecution, ethnic cleansing and deportation
DeathsGenocide:[a]
PerpetratorsArmy of Republika Srpska (VRS),[1]
Scorpions paramilitary group[5]
MotiveGreater Serbia[6]

Bosnian War

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Main article: Bosnian War

During the Bosnian War (1992‒95), the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina fought Serbia and Croatia, which were then part of Yugoslavia. The United Nations sought to protect Bosnia and created safe zones.[8][9]

Srebrenica massacre

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Main article: Srebrenica massacre
Further information: The Bosnian Book of the Dead

The Srebrenica massacre happened in July 1995 when the Serbs invaded the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. They raped women, and forced men and boys into the forests. The men were hunted down by the Serbs.[8][9]

 
Exhumations in Srebrenica, 1996.
 
An exhumed mass grave in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where key events in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre unfolded. July 2007.
 
Skull of a victim of the Srebrenica massacre (July 1995), with a bullet entry point in the cranium. Exhumed mass grave outside the village of Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina. July 2007.
 
Commemorative stone at the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center in Bosnia.

Denial

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Serbia

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In Serbia, many people have said that the Bosnian genocide was not real. However, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed that the Bosnian genocide was real.[11]

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Notes

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  1. ↑ To date, only the massacre in Srebrenica[1] has been described as a crime of genocide by the ICTY. Overall, at least 33,000 Bosniak civilians were killed during the war and 1,200,000 forcibly removed[2] from a minimum of 64,036 Bosniak fatalities overall.[3]
  2. ↑ The Bosniaks are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mojzes, Paul (2011). Balkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4422-0663-2.
  2. ↑ Peterson, Roger D. (2011). Western Intervention in the Balkans: The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict. Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-139-50330-3.
  3. ↑ Toal, Gerard (2011). Bosnia Remade: Ethnic Cleansing and Its Reversal. Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-19-973036-0.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1
  5. ↑ "Serbia: Mladic "Recruited" Infamous Scorpions". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. [1]
  6. ↑ "An Expert's Overview: "Greater Serbia"". PBS. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3
  10. ↑
  11. ↑
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