BOSNIAKS BLINDFOLDED, HANDS TIED, MASSACRED IN SREBRENICA

The following photos testify about the horrible treatment of at least 8,372 Bosniak men, boys and the elderly during the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. The massacre by definition is a brutal slaughter of a large number of people. In the case of Srebrenica, summary executions and massacres of the Bosniak civilians and some POWs culminated to genocide. Serb forces started widespread massacres of Bosnian Muslim civilians - women, children and the elderly - in 1992 (e.g. Glogova Massacre and Zaklopaca Massacre). By July 1995, the massacres culminated to Genocide. The following photos show evidence that Srebrenica victims were blindfolded with hands tied behind the back, then summarily executed and dumped into mass graves. ↓

#1: Body of Srebrenica genocide victim recovered from exhumation site clearly shows blindfold and arms tied behind the back ↓

#2: Body of Srebrenica genocide victim recovered from exhumation site clearly shows blindfold and cloth ligature tying arms behind the back. ↓

#3: Srebrenica massacre victims in Nova Kasaba mass grave taken during initial probe of this site. You may click to enlarge this photo for better clarity. ↓

#4: A mass grave at Nova Kasaba, taken during initial probe of site, shows body of the Srebrenica massacre victim with hands tied behind back. ↓

#5: Exhumation site shows mounds of bodies belonging to the Srebrenica genocide victims in the Cancari Valley. You may click to enlarge this photo for better clarity. ↓

#6: Pile of blindfolds found at Grbavci School. Srebrenica massacre victims were blindfolded before being executed. ↓

#7: Execution of Bosniak civilians at Kravica warehouse (still taken from video shot on the day of the killing). Watch Video: Lost Images (29 minutes) ↓

#8: Execution of Bosniak civilians at Kravica warehouse. Watch Video: Lost Images (29 minutes) ↓

#9: Inside Kravica warehouse, where at least 1000 Bosniak civilians died, shows evidence of the massacre. Bullet holes, blood spatter, and ligature used to tie hands are all clearly visible. Watch Video: Lost Images (29 minutes) ↓

#10: The dam at the aluminium factory in Karakaj, an execution site. ↓

#11: Aerial view of the Pilica School where Bosniak prisoners were held. ↓

#12: Aerial view of the Culture Centre (Dom Kulture) in Pilica where Bosniak prisoners were executed. ↓

#13: Inside Culture Centre (Dom Kulture) in Pilica where Bosniak prisoners were blindfolded with hands tied behind their back and then executed. ↓

#14: Remains of the Srebrenica genocide victims found near an execution site used by the Bosnian Serb Army Zvornik Brigade. ↓

#15: Srebrenica genocide mass grave at Pilica farm, twenty feet deep and a hundred feet long, was excavated by forensic pathologists in 1996. Bosniak victims were blindfolded with hands tied behind their back. Photo by Gilles Peress (from The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar (Scalo Books, 1998)). ↓

#16: Srebrenica genocide mass grave at Pilica farm, twenty feet deep and a hundred feet long, was excavated by forensic pathologists in 1996. Bosniak victims were blindfolded with hands tied behind their back. Photo by Gilles Peress (from The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar (Scalo Books, 1998)). ↓

CREDIT (unless otherwise noted):
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Bridging the Gap Between the ICTY and Communities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Conference Series "Srebrenica" held on 21 May 2005.