DID YOU KNOW?  -- Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs torched Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the besieged situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).

12 May, 2010

FUNERAL FOR BRATUNAC MASSACRE VICTIMS

Correction: Names of two young children are Samra Alic and Samira Alic, not Selimovic as reported yesterday. Full list of victims - and their DOB - is included at the bottom of this article.

Today, Bosniaks laid to rest 31 Bosnian Muslim victims of the 1992 Bratunac massacre, two of them young children (girls). The youngest victims - Samra Alic and Samira Alic - were only 4 and 6 years old when Serbs around Srebrenica saw them as a 'threat' and decided to slaughter them. Serbs also killed their mother, and 9-month old brother whose remains are still missing. Approximately 5,000 people attended janazah (Islamic funeral) to pay a respect to the innocent civilian victims of the Serbian savageness in the Srebrenica region. Coffin of a child ↓



1. Bosniak man Mevludin Selimovic carries the coffin of his relative, a 7-year-old girl Samira Selimovic during a funeral for 31 Bosnian Muslim civilians killed by Serbs at the beginning of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, in the Bosnian town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. All victims, including two young girls, were exhumed from mass graves and identified by DNA. Other Bosniak victims still await DNA identification. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.




2. Chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency Haris Silajdzic prays near a coffin wrapped in the country's national flag during a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac May 12, 2010. All victims, including two young girls, were exhumed from mass graves and identified by DNA then buried on 12 May 2010. Other Bosniak victims still await DNA identification. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



3. A Bosnian Muslim woman Seviba Salihovic cries near the coffin of her relative during a funeral (janazah) for 31 DNA-identified Bosniaks - including two young children - killed in May 1992 in Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica. The victims' remains were exhumed from the following mass graves around Srebrenica - Suha, Redzici, Hrncici, Podcaus and Kamenica. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.




4.Bosnian Muslim pray near coffins wrapped in the country's national flag during a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. The remains of 31 Bosniak civilians, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Redzici, Hrncici, Podcaus and Kamenica mass graves and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



5.Bosnian Muslim woman cries near coffins wrapped in the country's national flag during a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. The victims' remains were exhumed from the following mass graves around Srebrenica - Suha, Hrncici, Podcaus, Redzici, Kamenica and Bljeceva. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



6.Bosnian Muslim women cry during a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. The remains of 31 Bosniak civilians, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Suha, Redzici, Hrncici, Podcaus and Kamenica mass graves around Srebrenica and buried. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



7.Bosnian Muslims sit next to grave before a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac May 12, 2010. The remains of 31 Bosniak civilians, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Suha, Hrncici, Podcaus, Redzici, Kamenica and Bljeceva mass graves. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



8. A Bosnian Muslim woman cries during a funeral for 31 Bosniak civilians killed at the beginning of Bosnian 1992-95 war, in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica. The victims were killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Suha, Hrncici, Podcaus, Redzici, Kamenica and Bljeceva mass graves. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.




9. Bosnian Muslim woman sit next to a coffin wrapped in the country's national flags before a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. The remains of 31 Bosniak civilians, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Suha, Hrncici, Podcaus, Redzici, Kamenica and Bljeceva mass graves. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.




10. Bosnian Muslim women cry near coffins wrapped in the country's national flag during a mass funeral in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. The remains of 31 Bosniak civilians, killed by Serb forces during the country's 1992-95 war, were exhumed from the Suha, Hrncici, Podcaus, Redzici, Kamenica and Bljeceva mass graves. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



11. A Bosnian Muslim woman, Nisveta Salihovic cries near the coffin of her father during a funeral for 31 Bosniak civilians killed by Serbs at the beginning of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica. All victims, including two young girls, were exhumed from mass graves and identified by DNA then buried on 12 May 2010. Other Bosniak victims still await DNA identification. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



12. A Bosnian Muslim woman cries near coffin of her relative during a funeral of 31 Bosniak civilians killed by Serbs in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



13. A Bosnian Muslim woman cries near coffin of her relative during a funeral of 31 Bosniak civilians killed by Serbs in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica, May 12, 2010. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.



14. Bosnian Muslim Clerics perform their prayers near the coffins during a funeral ceremony for 31 Bosniak civlians killed by the Serbs at the beginning of Bosnian 1992-95 war, in the town of Bratunac, just outside of Srebrenica. The funeral ceremony was help on May 12, 2010. All victims including two girls 7 and 4-years old were exhumed from mass graves and identified by DNA method. Three years before the Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs around Srebrenica slaughtered more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians, torched more than 200 Bosnian Muslim villages, and ethnically cleansed 100,000 Bosniaks from the Drina valley of Podrinje.

List of victims killed in May 1992, and buried on 12 May 2010 in Bratunac:

Mirsad Ahmetović (1961), Ahmo Alić, Samira Alić (1986), Samra Alić (1989), Redžo Arifović (1951), Sadik Avdić (1967), Abid Avdić (1960), Dževad Bajramović (1940), Senahid Bajramović (1938), Mehmedalija Hasanović (1954), Alija Huremović (1940), Vahid Kapidžić (1940), Hasan Kapidžić (1919), Ramo Karić (1955), Salko Mašić (1948), Dževad Mehanović (1975), Husein Mehmedović (1938), Šemsudin Mujić (1967), Suljo Omerović (1947), Mefail Ridžić (1964), Rahima Šabić (1966), Mujo Šačirović (1957), Ramiz Salihović (1949), Jusuf Sejdinović (1927), Šefik Tabaković (1972), Ramiz Vranjkovina (1936), Ibro Džafić (1965), Hamed Džafić (1970), Hatidža Skelendžić (1936), Zlatija Šećić and Huso Salihović (1952).