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Wife buries remains of husband murdered at Srebrenica, 30 years later

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On the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on July 11, Mevlida Omerovic will finally bury the few identified remains her husband in a cemetery for victims, where 6,750 people are already interred. The partial remains of six other victims will also be buried that day.

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  • Mevlida Omerovic will bury her husband's partial remains, identified 12 years ago. 8s
  • The Srebrenica massacre resulted in about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed. 1m 3s
  • Bodies were often dismembered and buried in multiple graves, complicating identification. 1m 40s
  • The massacre has been declared a genocide by international courts. 2m 7s
  • Ethnic tensions and disputes over the massacre persist in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1m 58s
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