The remains of eight victims of the past war are ready for a collective funeral and burial, which will take place today at the Stražište cemetery in Višegrad.
These are Bosniak victims who were killed in 1992, and whose remains were exhumed in the past years in the area of Višegrad, Srebrenica and Žepa.
The youngest victim who will be buried this year in Visegrad is Munevera (Salko) Šabanija, born in 1970 in Visegrad.
She was only 22 years old when, in 1992, she was killed in the area of Visegrad. In the decades after her death, her remains were found and exhumed in two different locations, namely Stražište, in 2005, and Đurevića Polje, in 2010.
This year, the brothers Jašarević, Hajdar and Senad will find their final resting place after thirty years in Višegrad, at the Stražište cemetery. They disappeared in 1992, and their remains were exhumed in different locations eight and ten years after their death.
Jašarević (Mujo) Hajdar was only 28 years old when he was killed in the area of the Rogatica municipality in 1992. His remains were exhumed from a mass grave that was discovered in 2000 at the Slap – Žepa site.
His older brother Senad was 36 years old when he was killed in Visegrad. His remains were exhumed in 2002 at the location of Gornja Crnča.
Two more women will be buried in Visegrad. One of them is Asima (Asim) Tvrtković, born in 1952 in Višegrad. She disappeared in 1992, and her remains were exhumed in 2010 in Stražište, Višegrad municipality.
Hana (Abdullah) Mujezinović, born in 1941 in Višegrad, will also be buried this year. Her remains were exhumed in 2008 at the Sjedače site in Srebrenica.
Hasib (Hašim) Nuhanović, born in 1954 in Visegrad, will also find his final peace. He also disappeared in 1992, and his remains were exhumed in July last year at the location of Gornja Crnča.
Osman (Šaban) Ribac, born in 1932 in Višegrad, will also be buried. His remains were also exhumed in Stražište in Višegrad in 2010.
The oldest victim who will be buried this year in Visegrad is Amir (Ćamila) Omerović. He was 62 years old at the time of his death, and his remains were exhumed 30 years later, at the Gornja Crnča site in Višegrad.
