VLASENICA MASSACRE JANAZAH (FUNERAL)

[Update: According to some B&H media reports, while Bosniaks were burying their dead, local Serbs in Vlasenica were celebrating with loud music on the streets of this ethnically cleansed former Bosniak-majority town.]

Janazah conducted for 34 civilian Bosniak victims - elderly men, women, and boys - killed in the Vlasenica massacre three years before the Srebrenica genocide. May they rest in peace.

1. A Bosnian Muslim woman is comforted next to the coffins of victims exhumed from a mass grave during their funeral ceremony at Rakita cemetery in the Bosnian town of Vlasenica, Saturday April 24, 2010. The bodies of victims were exhumed from Pelemis and Ogradice mass graves, but many more are expected to be found. Serbs slaughtered more than 2,600 Bosniaks during the Vlasenica massacre in 1992. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, raped thousands of women, and expelled, tortured and killed thousands of Bosniaks.

2. Bosnian Muslims lower a coffin to a grave during a funeral in Vlasenica, in the Serb part of Bosnia, April 24, 2010. The remains of 34 Bosniaks, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Ogradice mass grave and Pelemis mass grave near Vlasenica and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

3. Bosnian Muslim men praying near the coffins of victims exhumed from a mass grave during a funeral ceremony in the Bosnian town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

4. Bosnia Muslim women cry during a janazah (Islamic funeral) in Vlasenica, in the Serb part of Bosnia, April 24, 2010. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje. The remains of 34 Bosniaks, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Ogradice mass grave and Pelemis mass grave near Vlasenica and buried.

5. Bosnia Muslim women cry during a funeral in Vlasenica, in the Serb part of Bosnia, April 24, 2010. The remains of 34 Bosniaks, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Ogradice and Pelemis mass graves near Vlasenica and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

6. Bosnian Muslim women cry next to a coffin of their relative who is among the 34 Bosniaks to be buried in the town of Vlasenica. Those buried were killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war and exhumed from mass graves in the area but many more are expected to be found. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

7. Bosnian Muslims bury a coffin in a grave during a funeral in Vlasenica, in the Serb part of Bosnia, April 24, 2010. The remains of 34 Bosniaks, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Ogradice and Pelemis mass graves near Vlasenica and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

8. Bosnian Muslim men praying during a funeral ceremony in the Bosnian town of Vlasenica. Funeral ceremony (Janazah) was conducted for 34 Bosniak civilians, killed by Bosnian Serbs at the beginning of Bosnian war in 1992. All of the bodies were found and exhumed from mass grave sites near eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

9. Bosnian Muslim women mourn over coffins containing the remains of their relatives during a mass burrial cermony in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica. Some 1,700 Bosnians attended burial of remains of 34 Muslim civil victims of 1992-95 war killed by Serb forces in eastern town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

10. Bosnian Muslim women mourn over coffins containing the remains of their relatives during a mass burrial cermony in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica, on 25 April, 2009. Some 1,700 Bosnians attended burial of remains of 34 Bosniak civilian victims of 1992-95 war killed by Serb forces in eastern town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

11. Bosnian Muslim women mourn over coffins containing the remains of their relatives during a mass burrial cermony in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica. Some 1,700 Bosnians attended burial of remains of 34 Bosniak civilians - victims of 1992-95 war and killed by Serb forces in eastern town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

12. A Bosnia Muslim woman stands next to graves during a funeral in Vlasenica, in the Serb part of Bosnia, April 24, 2010. The remains of 34 Bosnian Muslims, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Ogradice and Pelemis mass graves near Vlasenica and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

13. Bosnian Muslim carry the coffins containing the remains of their relatives during a mass burrial cermony in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

14. A Muslim man points at a picture of his killed relative who is among the 34 Bosnian Muslims to be buried during a mass funeral in the town of Vlasenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

15. Bosnian Muslim woman looks through a bus window after a funeral in Vlasenica, in the Serb part of Bosnia, April 24, 2010. The remains of 34 Bosnian Muslims, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Pelemis and Ogradice mass graves near Vlasenica and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serb forces around Srebrenica burned hundreds of Bosniak villages, tortured and killed thousands of Muslims, and raped thousands of women in Podrinje.

List of victims:

1. Nazif (Huso) Ademović (1938.- 1992.)
2. Secan (Ohran) Ahmetovic (1960.-1992.)
3. Fikret (Rifet) Arnaut (1961.-1992.)
4. Arifa (Rasim Gušić) Beširević (1950.-1992.)
5. Nail (Abid) Bičakčić (1926.-1992.)
6. Ibran (Ibro) Čamdžić (1965.- 1992.)
7. Muharem (Muhamed) Čamdžić (1961.-1992.)
8. Adem (Avdo) Dugalić (1953.-1992.)
9. Mevlida (Velija) Durić (1966.-1992.)
10. Šukrija (Ibro) Efendić (1951.-1992.)
11. Emin (Ahmet) Gobeljić (1956.-1992.)
12. Mehmed (Mujo) Hadžić (1962.-1993.)
13. Edin (Senahid) Hamidović (1977.-1992.)
14. Bego (Salko) Handžić (1942.-1992.)
15. Eldar (Mensur) Hasanbegović (1974.-1992.)
16. Mujo (Meho) Heljo (1956.-1992.)
17. Fatima (Husein Čamdžić) Hurić (1943.-1993.)
18. Himzo (Osman) Hurić (1926.-1993.)
19. Redžo (Aljo) Kuljančić (1915.-1992.)
20. Naza (Mumin Čelebić) Kuljančić (1942.-1992.)
21. Kadir (Ibro) Manjić(1975. -1992.)
22. Minka (Hamdija Ferizović) Mehanović (1951.-1992.)
23. Sead (Adil) Mehanović (1954.-1992.)
24. Rizo (Smajo) Mekić (1937.-1992.)
25. Muhamed (Abdulah) Muminović (1924.-1992.)
26. Hajrudin (Bajro) Osmanović (1967.-1992.)
27. Sulejman (Sulejmen) Pezić (1939.-1992.)
28. Safet (Sejfo) Saračević (1943.-1992.)
29. Hadžo (Suljo) Smajlović (1937.-1992.)
30. Muhamed (Salko) Šabić (1952.-1992.)
31. Sakib (Salko) Šabić (1949.-1992.)
32. Ruždija (Ramo) Šestović (1941.-1992.)
33. Huso (Ahmet) Talović (1930.-1992.)
34. Sejfo (Rešid) Telalović (1952.-1992.)