(AKI) - The Bosnian authorities have excavated 277 bodies, presumed to be Muslims and Croats, from a mass grave near northeastern town of Brcko, local media reported on Wednesday. Members of the excavating team said it was the biggest mass grave in the area and victims were believed to be local Muslims and Croats, killed by Bosnian Serb forces in 1992.
Eleven years after the war, mass graves are still being discovered frequently and excavations are in process on several locations.
About 100,000 people were killed during BosniaÂ’s 1992-1995 civil war and thousands are still listed as missing. The biggest massacre took place in eastern town of the United Nations proteced enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995 when up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces after they overran the town. |