| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Ahmed Hadzi (Ahmmed) (181) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-07-04 |
| Categories: Daily Life |
| Exposure: f/14.0, 1/500 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-07-09 16:29 |
| Viewed: 311 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Srebrenica Genocide was the 11.July 1995 killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, as well as the ethnic cleansing of 25,000-30,000 refugees in the area of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) under the command of General Ratko Mladić during the Bosnian War.
In addition to the VRS, a paramilitary unit from Serbia known as the Scorpions, that operated as part of the Serbian Interior Ministry until 1991 , also participated in the genocide. The United Nations had declared Srebrenica a UN-protected "safe area" but that did not prevent the genocide, even though 400 armed Dutch peacekeepers were present at the time.
The Srebrenica massacre is the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. |
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