News in English     | 11.07.2019. 16:17 |

A funeral and collective burial of 33 victims of genocide held in Potočari today

FENA Kanita Aliagić

SARAJEVO, July 11 (FENA) - Thousands today attended the funeral and collective burial of 33 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide on its 24th anniversary and paid respects to the 6.610 victims already buried at the memorial center as families lay to final rest their loved ones.

On this day, family members find closure by burying at least a bone of the remains of their beloved fathers, husbands, sons or brothers who were exhumed from mass graves, identified through DNA analysis and laid to rest at the Potočari Memorial Center, where most of them were last seen alive.

Every year, July 11 is an emotional day in Bosnia and Herzegovina when Bosniaks mark the worst crime committed on European soil since WWII.

Excerpts from the novel "Death and the Dervish" were read, followed by the performance of the Srebrenica Inferno, by writer Džemaludin Latić.

After the Azan, former Raisu-l-ulama of the Islamic Community in BiH Mustafa effendi Cerić led the noon prayer.

The youngest to be buried this year is Osman Cvrk, who was 16 when he was killed.

The boy’s remains were found in several mass graves in the area of Srebrenica because after perpetrators initially buried the victims, they dug up the bodies and reburied them at other locations in an effort to cover up the crime.

The oldest victim was Šaha Cvrk, who was 82 years old and is the only woman to be buried this year.

The remains of another 140 victims are stored in the DNA identification center in Tuzla. Some of them have been identified, but their families do not want to bury them until more of their remains are found.

More than 1.000 victims of Srebrenica genocide are still considered as missing.

Among the 6,610 victims buried at the Potočari Memorial Center, 26 are women. The oldest of all victims was 94-year-old Šaha Izmirlić. The youngest was Fata Muhić, who was not even a day old.

(FENA) S. R.

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