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Fazlić: The remains of eight victims to be buried in Potočari this year

FENA Aida Kovač

SARAJEVO, July 6 (FENA) - The mortal remains of eight victims of the genocide committed in Srebrenica in 1995 will be buried in the Srebrenica Memorial Center - Potočari on July 11.

“The remains are in the Commemorative Center in Tuzla, from where they will be transferred to the premises of town cemetery in Visoko on Wednesday. Then they will be transported to Potočari on July 9,” said the Spokesperson of the Institute for Missing Persons of BiH, Emza Fazlić for FENA.  

She added that if a family in the meantime decides to bury the remains of their loved ones, it will be made available to them.

The youngest victim to be buried in Potočari this year is Salko Ibišević, who was 23 years old at the time he was killed.

The oldest victim to be buried this year is Hasan Pezić. He was 70 years old when he was killed.

Fazlić noted that this year, due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, seven families who previously agreed to bury the remains of their loved ones withdrew that consent, largely due to the fact that many family members of victims will not be able to attend the funeral this year in Potočari due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There are 97 identified victims at the Commemorative Center in Tuzla, who were only identified based on DNA analysis, but have not been not officially identified by their families.

“There are 37 identified victims at the Commemorative Center in Tuzla at the moment but mostly due to incomplete remains, the families have not yet decided to bury them. The families of the six victims have already given their consent for the burial next year,” said Fazlić.  

(FENA) A. B.

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