Final journey To Potocari: Ten Srebrenica genocide victims dispatched for collective burial

The transport route includes brief stops in Ilijas and Vogosca, as well as several locations within Sarajevo: outside the Presidency Building of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Monument to the Murdered Children of Sarajevo, near the Markale market, and in front of the City Hall. Afterwards, the convoy will travel toward Srebrenica, stopping briefly at the Town Mosque before arriving in Potocari later in the afternoon.

Large crowds are expected to honour the procession along its path. Outside the Presidency Building, family members, friends, citizens of Sarajevo, government officials, international ambassadors, and representatives of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina will pay their respects. Gathered crowds traditionally honour the innocent victims in silence, punctuated by occasional sobs, by reciting Fatiha or offering other appropriate tributes, and placing flowers onto the transport vehicles. The victims will be buried side by side, joining previously interred brothers, fathers, and relatives.

The ten individuals scheduled for burial were victims of the genocide perpetrated against the Bosniaks of the UN Safe Zone in July 1995. Emza Fazlic, spokesperson for the Institute for Missing Persons of BiH, stated to Fena that the victims to be buried this year range in age from 20 to 56. Among them are three young men who were in their twenties when they were killed in the areas of Vlasenica, Zvornik, Bratunac, and Srebrenica. Their remains were exhumed years later from various mass graves.

The remains of two victims were discovered and exhumed as early as 1997, while the others were recovered between 2001 and 2022 from sites including Kamenica, Jelovacka cesma, Budak, and Glogova.

The youngest victim is Senad Jusic (son of Zaim), born in 1975, who was 20 years old when he was killed after disappearing in July 1995 in the Bratunac area; his remains were exhumed in 2022 at Kameničko brdo.

The oldest victim is Ramo Dautovic (son of Mustafa), born in 1939 in Srebrenica, who disappeared in the Zvornik region and was exhumed in 2001 from the Kamenica - Cancari mass grave; he will be buried next to his late brother Juso.

The remaining individuals identified for the July 11 burial include:

Muriz Barakovic (son of Ramiz), born in 1973, who was 22 when he was killed after disappearing at Zeleni Jadar in the summer of 1995 and was exhumed in 2005 at Budak, joining his previously buried brother Enver.

Hamed Music (son of Edhem), born in 1973, who was 22 when he was killed in the summer of 1995 in the Baljkovica area and exhumed in 1997 at Rahunici.

Ramo Alic (son of Semso), born in 1965, who was 30 when he was killed in Bratunac in 1995 and exhumed from the Glogova mass grave in 2001.

Muhidin Osmanovic (son of Osman), born in 1963, who was 32 when he disappeared in Vlasenica in the summer of 1995 and was exhumed at the Most na rijeci site in 2008.

Huso Cerimovic (son of Rahman), born in 1963, who was 32 when he disappeared in the Zvornik area in the summer of 1995 and was exhumed in Kamenica in 2008.

Nuko Nukic (son of Suljo), born in 1957, who was 38 when he disappeared in Vlasenica in the summer of 1995 and was exhumed at Jelovacka cesma in 2002; he will be buried alongside his four paternal cousins.

Ahmet Guster (son of Alija), born in 1954, who was 41 when he disappeared in the Vlasenica area and was exhumed in 1997 at Turalici.

Asim Kunic (son of Omer), born in 1953, who was 42 when he was killed in the Zvornik area and exhumed in 2006 from the Kamenica - Cancari mass grave.

Spokesperson Fazlic added that the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues its active search for 900 remaining victims of the genocide whose remains have not yet been found.