Burial of eight identified victims of the Prijedor genocide: Emir was five years old when she was killed

This year's collective funeral and collective farewell for the identified victims of the genocide in Prijedor will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at the Cemetery in Kamičani at 11:00 AM, writes the BH news agency Patria.

Among the identified victims is Emira Mulalić, who was only five years old when she was brutally killed. Identified victims to be buried on July 20, 2016:

1. Sušić (Eniz) Nihad born 09/18/1971, burial site: Prijedor - Skela
2. Mulalić (Emir) Emira born 04/19/1987, burial site: Hambarine
3. Karagić (Salih) Derviš born 05/04/1931, burial site: Rizvanovići
4. Šara (Sejdo) Senadin born 04/14/1962, burial site: Prijedor-Skela
5. Bešić (Muhamed) Velid born 08/14/1968, burial site: Kamičani
6. Hodžić (Ragib) Hamo born 05/27/1930, burial site: Čarakovo
7. Kardumović (Rasim) Miralem born 11/09/1964, burial site: Hambarine
8. Omanović (Sakib) Nedim born 02/10/1966, burial site: Prijedor-Skela

One of the greatest crimes, within the genocide committed in the Bosnian Krajina region, occurred precisely on July 20, 1992, in Prijedor. In a single day, 1,600 civilians were killed. Serbian authorities, aided by the criminal JNA, carried out attacks on Bosniak villages on the left bank of the Sana River: Bišćani, Rizvanovići, Rakovčani, Hambarine, Čarakovo, Zecovi, as well as Croatian villages: Briševo, Raljaš, Stara Rijeka, and others.

The bloody rampage resulted in the killing of hundreds of Bosniak and Croatian civilians, and an undetermined number were taken to camps, where they were later brutally liquidated. Throughout July, arrests, rapes, and deportations of Bosniaks to the Omarska, Keraterm, and Trnopolje camps were carried out continuously... Torture, killings, rapes, destruction, looting, and devastation of property were daily practices.

Genocide and other forms of crimes against humanity and international law in the municipality of Prijedor continued throughout the period 1992-1995. In Prijedor, a forced, mass deportation and expulsion of Bosniaks and Croats was carried out. Following a well-rehearsed scenario, the expulsions continued until almost the entire Bosniak and Croatian population was driven out.

More than 31,000 Bosniaks and Croats were tortured in the three most notorious death camps, and more than 1,000 of them were killed. As a consequence of the aggression and genocidal policy, more than 3,200 people of both sexes and all age groups were killed.