Teletović, Džeko, Ibišević, Nurkić and Many Other Athletes Pay Tribute to Genocide Victims

The funeral and burial for 71 victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be held today at the Potočari Memorial Centre, reports the Patria agency.

Numerous athletes and national team representatives of our country have paid tribute to the victims of the genocide.

- We will never forget – said Vedad Ibišević, striker of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

Ibišević's national team colleague and captain Edin Džeko also remembered the killed Srebrenica residents.

- Never forget Srebrenica – Džeko said via his Facebook profile.

Mirza Teletović, captain of the BiH national basketball team, also paid his respects.

- Never forget Srebrenica #ElFatiha – Teletović emphasised.

- There is no way to describe the sadness and pain. May you have eternal mercy. Srebrenica/Potočari – said Džanan Musa, one of the best young basketball players in Europe.

Jusuf Nurkić, a national basketball team representative of our country, said that it is our obligation to remember them and never forget.

- 71 victims of the Srebrenica genocide will be buried at the cemetery in Potočari. A total of 6,574 victims have found their final rest in Potočari. More than 1,000 victims of the largest massacre are still being searched for... May they have eternal mercy, and may we have an eternal obligation not to forget them and not to allow the genocide to repeat! Srebrenica, 11 July 1995 - Srebrenica, 11 July 2017 – Nurkić said.