In Vlasenica, a collective funeral today for six victims of ethnic cleansing

(Patria) - The remains of six victims of the recent war are ready for burial at the collective funeral to be held today at the Rakita Martyrs' Cemetery in Vlasenica.

This year, in addition to four identified individuals, two unidentified (NN) victims will also find their final resting place.

Two victims, whose identification was not possible through DNA analysis until now, were exhumed from the Drum (Vlasenica) and Tabine Njive (Kladanj) sites.

Given that, according to available information, these are victims from Vlasenica, with the consent of the Islamic Community and the BiH Prosecutor's Office, a decision was made to bury them as NN at this collective funeral.

Regarding the identified victims, it has been determined that they are victims who disappeared in 1992 and 1995 in the areas of Srebrenica, Donja Kamenica, and Vlasenica, as announced by the Institute for Missing Persons of BiH.

One of the victims to be buried is Ahmet (Mujo) Musić, born in 1939 in Vlasenica. He disappeared in 1995 after the fall of Srebrenica, and his remains were found in the Kamenica mass grave near Zvornik in 1998.

Ahmet Musić's family did not have the strength to give consent for identification until now because the remains were incomplete. However, after burying his brother earlier, Musić's son expressed his wish to finally lay his father to rest next to him.

Haso (Bajro) Imširović, born in 1946 in Vlasenica, will also find his final peace. He disappeared in 1995 in the Donja Kamenica area, and his remains were found in 2006 during the exhumation of victims from the Kamenica-Čančari mass grave.

This year, Ibro (Šefko) Durmić, born in 1961 in Vlasenica, will also be buried. He disappeared in this area in 1992, and his remains were exhumed in August 2025 at the Jelovački potok site.

The remains of Lutvo (Suljo) Kučić, born in 1954 in Vlasenica, were also found at the same site. He disappeared in 1992, and his remains were found 33 years later, along with the remains of Durmić.

In Vlasenica, 1,350 victims have been identified and buried to date, of which 830 victims were killed in the genocide in 1995, while 537 victims were killed during 1992.

Exhumations were carried out at 200 locations, and mass graves were discovered at 23 sites.

During 2017, the last mass graves of Vlasenica victims were discovered at the Jelovačka česma site, from which 20 victims were exhumed, and the Tugovo site, from which 11 victims were exhumed.

In August 2025, a common grave was discovered precisely at the Jelovački potok site, from which two victims were exhumed who will find their final peace today.

The Institute for Missing Persons of BiH is still searching for 363 people from this area.