Family members, as well as numerous citizens, will escort the remains of 10 victims of the genocide committed in the summer of 1995 in the area of Srebrenica from Visoko tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., who will be buried at the collective funeral on July 11 in the Srebrenica Memorial Center – Potočari.
It is planned that the motorcade will stop briefly in Ilijaš and Vogošća, and in Sarajevo, in front of the BiH Presidency building, in front of the Monument to the Murdered Children of Sarajevo, next to the Markala market and in front of the Town Hall.
After that, they will head towards Srebrenica, where a stop is planned in front of the City Mosque, and then towards Potočari, where the coffins with the remains of the murdered victims will be received in the afternoon.
As in previous years, it is expected that many citizens will come out to see off this sad column on its way to Potočari, and family members, friends, citizens of Sarajevo, officials of all levels of government in BiH, individual ambassadors and representatives of international organizations, and representatives of the Islamic Community in BiH will do so in front of the BiH Presidency building.
In silence, which is broken by occasional sobs, by reciting the Fatiha or in another appropriate way, and by placing flowers on the vehicles that transport the coffins, they pay their respects to the innocent victims and send them on their way to Potočari, where they will be buried brother next to brother, son next to father, cousin next to cousin.
At the collective funeral on July 11 this year in the Memorial Center of Srebrenica – Potočari, the remains of ten victims of the genocide against the Bosniaks of the “UN Safe Zone” committed in July 1995 will be buried.
The spokeswoman of the Institute for Missing Persons of BiH, Emza Fazlić, said earlier that the victims who will be buried this year were between 20 and 56 years old.
“Among them are three young men who were in their twenties at the time of their death and who will only now find their final peace. These are innocent people who were killed in the area of Vlasenica, Zvornik, Bratunac and Srebrenica, and whose remains were exhumed years later from different mass graves,” said Fazlić.
The remains of two victims were found and exhumed as early as 1997, while the remains of the other victims were exhumed between 2001 and 2022 at the locations of Kamenica, Jelovačka česma, Budak, and Glogova.
The youngest victim who will be buried this year is Senad (Zaim) Jusić, born in 1975, who was 20 years old at the time of his death. He disappeared in July 1995 in the area of Bratunac, and his remains were exhumed in 2022 at the site of Kameničko brdo.
The oldest victim is Ramo (Mustafa) Dautović, born in 1939. Ramo was born in Srebrenica, disappeared in the area of Zvornik, and his remains were exhumed in 2001 after the discovery of the Kamenica – Čančari mass grave. He will be buried next to his brother Jusa, who was buried earlier.
The ten victims whose remains will be buried on July 11 this year in Potočari are:
- Jusić (Zaim) Senad, born in 1975, was 20 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in July 1995 in the area of Bratunac, his remains were exhumed in 2022 at the site of Kameničko brdo.
- Baraković (Ramiz) Muriz, born in 1973, was 22 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in the Zeleni Jadar locality in the summer of 1995, and his remains were exhumed in 2005 in the Budak locality. His brother Enver was buried earlier.
- Musić (Edhem) Hamed, born in 1973, was 22 years old when he was killed. Killed in the summer of 1995 in the area of Baljkovica, his remains were exhumed in 1997 in the locality of Rahunići (Bratunac).
- Alić (Šemso) Ramo, born in 1965, was 30 years old when he was killed. He was killed in Bratunac in 1995, and his remains were exhumed in the Glogovo mass grave in 2001.
- Osmanović (Osman) Muhidin, born in 1963, was 32 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in Vlasenica in the summer of 1995, and his remains were exhumed at the Most na Rijeka locality in 2008.
- Ćerimović (Rahman) Huso, born in 1963, was 32 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in the area of Zvornik in the summer of 1995, and his remains were exhumed in Kamenica in 2008.
- Nukić (Suljo) Nuko, born in 1957, was 38 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in Vlasenica in the summer of 1995, and his remains were exhumed at the Jelovačka česma site in 2002. He will be buried next to his four little ones.
- Gušter (Alija) Ahmet, born in 1954, was 41 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in the area of Vlasenica, and his remains were exhumed in 1997 in the locality of Turalići (Vlasenica).
- Kunić (Omer) Asim, born in 1953, was 42 years old when he was killed. He was killed in the area of Zvornik, and his remains were exhumed in 2006 from the Kamenica – Čančari mass grave.
- Dautović (Mustafa) Ramo, born in 1939, was 56 years old when he was killed. He disappeared in the area of Zvornik, and his remains were exhumed in 2001 from the Kamenica – Čančari mass grave.
Fazlić said that the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues the search for 900 victims of genocide, as well as for the remaining victims whose remains have not been found to date, Fena writes.
