SREBRENICA VICTIMS THROWN INTO CAVE "SPILJA POLA"

NEW SREBRENICA GENOCIDE MASS GRAVE DISCOVERED NEAR SEKOVICI

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The team of experts working for the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office Tuzla began searching a cave "Spilja Pola" on the mountain Bisini near Sekovici. The cave is one of the most horrific mass graves ever discovered in the area. The victims of the Srebrenica genocide were lined up and then killed in front of the cave, and then thrown into a pit about fifty meters deep. Near the entrance the experts found bullets used to kill victims, automatic rifle, the skeletal remains and numerous unexploded devices.

This mass grave was first located by the investigators working for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY or Hague Tribunal). Exhumations are carried out in extremely difficult circumstances. Amor Masovic, members of the Instittue for Missing Persons in Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the victims were from Srebrenica.

The members of the exhumation team also include police officers, deminers, doctors, mountaineers... There is a risk of possibly yet undiscovered explosive devices and the possibility of landslide around the entrance to the cave.

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Original report from Federal Television (FTV) in Bosnian language:

Počele ekshumacije iz špilje Pola, žrtve genocida u Srebrenici bacane u jamu duboku 50 metara

Šekovići, 05.10.2009 - FTV

Špilja Pola na planini Bišini kod Šekovića, gdje je ekspertni tim za traženje nestalih Kantonalnog tužilaštva iz Tuzle počeo ekshumacije, jedno je od najstravičnijih dosad otkrivenih mjesta zločina nad žrtvama genocida u Srebrenici. Srebreničani su ubijeni pred špiljom, a zatim bačeni u jamu duboku pedesetak metara. Već danas uočeni su prvi skeletni ostaci. U blizini ulaza nađene su čahure, automatska puška, a uz skeletne ostatke i brojna neeksplodirana ubojna sredstva.

Ovo stratište prvi su locirali istražitelji Haškog tribunala, a kasnije nastavili istražitelji Instituta za nestale osobe Bosne i Hercegovine. Nesporno je, kaže Amor Mašović, član Kolegija direktora Instituta za nestale osobe BiH, da su žrtve Srebreničani. Ekshumacije se obavljaju u izuzetno teškim uvjetima.

U brojnom pratećem timu su i policajci alpinisti, demineri, medicinari... Jer, kao rijetko kada ekshumacije prati rizik od eventualno još neotkrivenih eksplozivnih sredstava i mogućnost odrona terena oko ulaza u špilju.