Srebrenica genocide

Also known as Srebrenica massacre, genocide in Srebrenica, massacre in Srebrenica

killings of Bosniaks in July 1995

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In July 1995, Bosniak Muslims were systematically killed in Srebrenica, a town in eastern Bosnia, in what is widely recognized as genocide during the Bosnian War. This mass killing matters as a major atrocity of the 1990s Balkans conflict and a significant event in modern European history that prompted international legal proceedings and discussions about preventing future genocides.

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The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, was the July 1995 genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. It was mainly perpetrated by units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić, though the Serb paramilitary unit Scorpions also participated. In addition, 25,000 to 30,000 Bosniaks, mainly women and children, were abused and forcibly moved out of Srebrenica. The massacre constitutes the first legally recognised genocide in Europe since the end of World War II.

Before the massacre, the United Nations (UN) had declared the besieged enclave of Srebrenica a "safe area" under its protection. A UN Protection Force contingent of 370 lightly armed Dutch soldiers failed to deter the town's capture and subsequent massacre. On 13 July, peacekeepers handed over some 5,000 Muslims sheltering at the Dutch base in exchange for the release of 14 Dutch peacekeepers held by the Bosnian Serbs.