Bosnia commemorates the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy

On Monday, Bosnia and Herzegovina commemorated the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide by saying goodbye to 50 newly discovered victims at a memorial service.

On July 11 each year, newly discovered genocide victims are buried at a memorial cemetery in Potocari, eastern Bosnia.

Numerous foreign nations send thousands of tourists to the service.

The memorial center serves as the main location for friends and family members to remember the victims—most of them were men and boys—who were killed by Bosnian Serb groups.

After this year‍‍`s funeral, there were 6,721 graves in the cemetery.

Salim Mustafic, who was 16 when he was killed, was the youngest victim buried this year, and Husejin Krdzic, 59, was the oldest identified victim of genocide this year.

The region‍‍`s principal cities and other communities organized a variety of commemorative events.

People gathered at the historic bridge in Mostar, a well-known city of many religions, to jump from the roughly 20-meter (65.6-foot) high bridge without any applause.

In addition, the participants tossed white flowers into the Neretva River to represent the victims‍‍` innocence during the Holocaust.

A discussion titled "Recognition of Genocide and Official Commemoration of July 11 as a Pledge of Peace" was hosted in the capital city of Belgrade.

The famous Srebrenica flower was projected in lights in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

At honor of the victims, the Bosniak National Council also distributed Srebrenica flowers in Novi Pazar.

White represents innocence, green represents optimism, and the 11 petals on the flower stand for July 11, 1995.

In spite of Dutch peacekeeping troops being present, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred when Bosnian Serb forces invaded the eastern town of Srebrenica in July 1995.

In order to establish a state, the Serb forces attempted to seize territory from Bosnian Muslims and Croats.

In the spring of 1993, the UN Security Council designated Srebrenica as a "safe region." The UN zone was overrun by soldiers under the command of Gen. Ratko Mladic, who was ultimately judged guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

As Serb soldiers captured the area and killed almost 2,000 men and boys on July 11 alone, Dutch troops did nothing.

Although some 15,000 Srebrenica inhabitants fled to the nearby mountains, Serb troops pursued them and slaughtered an additional 6,000 victims.

In 570 different locations around the nation, victims‍‍` bodies have been discovered.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague declared that Srebrenica had been the site of genocide in 2007.

On June 8, 2021, justices for the UN tribunal upheld the conviction of Mladic for the genocide, persecution, crimes against humanity, extermination, and other war crimes committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina and sentenced him to life in prison.