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SARAJEVO, July 11 (FENA) – At the Memorial Center in Potočari today, a funeral prayer will be held and the remains of seven victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be buried.
This year again, the victims will be laid to rest alongside their closest relatives – a father will find peace next to his son, a brother will be buried next to his brother, and a son will be laid to rest with the remains of his father.
Two young men, who were only 19 years old at the time of their deaths, are the youngest victims to be buried today in the Potočari cemetery. They are Senajid (Husejin) Avdić and Hariz (Ramiz) Mujić. Both were killed in July 1995 and will find their final resting place 30 years later.
Avdić’s remains were exhumed in the Suljići area in October 2010, where they were found on the surface of the site. The remains of Hariz Mujić were also found on the surface during an exhumation conducted in March 2022 at the Baljkovica site near Zvornik, 27 years after his death.
The oldest victim to be buried is Fata (Huso) Bektić, who was 67 years old at the time of her death. She is the only woman to be laid to rest this year in Potočari. Her remains were found 26 years after her death during an exhumation in June 2021 in Potočari.
The remains of the victims to be buried this year were found in graves discovered over the years at the sites of Liplje, Baljkovica, Suljići, and Kameničko Brdo. In most cases, these are incomplete bodies, so some families will bury one or two bones of their loved ones.
The remains of Hasib Omerović, who was 34 years old when killed, were exhumed as early as 1998. Due to the small number of skeletal parts found, his family has until now not been able to find the strength to give consent for the burial of this victim.
(FENA) S. R.
