Commemoration of the 224 Civilians Massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its 33rd Anniversary

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Commemoration of the 224 Civilians Massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its 33rd Anniversary

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a memorial ceremony was held for 224 Bosniak and Croat civilians who were executed by gunfire at the Koricanske cliffs during the 1992-1995 war.

After being confined in detention camps, the civilians were taken to the cliffs by Serbian soldiers, shot, and then thrown from a height of 300 meters. Seid Omerovic, President of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Detention Camps Association, emphasized the brutality of the massacre in his speech at the ceremony, stating, “224 civilians were first shot, then thrown off the cliffs, and bombs were dropped on them.”

During the commemoration, relatives of the victims and officials offered prayers, and 224 roses were placed on the cliffs. Omerovic noted, “This tragedy that occurred 33 years ago is being repeated in similar ways in different parts of the world today.”

On August 21, 1992, Bosniak and Croat civilians were taken from the Trnopolje camp in Prijedor to the town of Travnik, where they were killed by Serbian soldiers. Following the incident, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced 11 individuals connected to the massacre to a total of 200 years in prison.

SOURCE: VEDAT KURT