Thousands of people gathered in Srebrenica for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 genocide, a tragic event that continues to fuel ethnic tensions and divisions within Bosnia-Herzegovina. This year, the bodies of 13 men and one teenage boy were laid to rest at the memorial cemetery, joining over 6,600 massacre victims already reburied there.
During the shooting spree in July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslims were estimated to have been killed by the Bosnian Serb army and police. The remains of the victims are often found scattered over different mass graves, making it challenging for their families to bury them properly.
