Anniversary of the suffering of over 1,000 Bosniaks in Kravica marked, justice still awaited

(Patria) - Members of the families of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, members of the associations Mothers of Srebrenica and Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves visited the Agricultural Cooperative in the village of Kravica, the place where, according to the testimony of survivors at the Hague Tribunal, military and police forces of the Republika Srpska killed more than 1,000 Bosniak men and boys in July 1995.

On that 13th of July 1995, in the afternoon hours, between 1,000 and 1,500 men were taken from the column that attempted to break through to free territory through the forests around Srebrenica to Tuzla. They were taken to a warehouse in Kravica, where hand grenades were thrown and shots were fired at the people trapped inside, survivors testified before the Tribunal in The Hague.

By reciting the Fatiha and laying flowers, the surviving victims of the Srebrenica genocide today marked the anniversary of the mass executions of their loved ones. They first visited the execution site at the football stadium in Nova Kasaba, and then the execution site in Kravica, specifically the grounds of the Agricultural Cooperative, and by laying flowers and reciting the Fatiha, they remembered and paid tribute to the Bosniaks killed at this location.

Before the War Crimes Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade, a trial is ongoing for eight former members of the Special Brigade of the Ministry of Interior of the Republika Srpska, whom the indictment charges with killing 1,313 Bosniaks from the Srebrenica region in the hangars of the Agricultural Cooperative in Kravica and its surroundings.

The accused are charged with, in violation of the rules of international law, on July 14, 1995, inside, in front of, and in the immediate vicinity of the hangar of the Agricultural Cooperative in the village of Kravica (hereinafter Hangar Kravica), Bratunac municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina, against the civilian population and persons not directly taking part in hostilities, Bosnian Muslim men, the accused Milidragović ordered members of the 2nd Platoon, including the accused Batinica Milivoje, Dačević Aleksandar, Miletić Boro, Petrović Jovan and Parović Dragomir, as well as certain members of the 1st Platoon of the 1st Company of the Jahorina Center, including the accused Golijanin Aleksa and Vasić Vidoslav, to commit and committed murders of civilians, and the accused Golijanin, Batinica, Dačević, Miletić, Parović, Petrović and Vasić committed murders of civilians, namely as mass liquidations of several hundred civilians - Bosnian Muslim men.