Srebrenica massacre
July 11, 1995
In a UN-declared safe area in eastern Bosnia, Dutch peacekeepers stood by as Bosnian Serb forces under General Ratko Mladic separated men and boys from their families. Over a few days around eight thousand Muslim males were killed and bulldozed into mass graves. It was the worst massacre in Europe since the Second World War.
In context
Also in 1995 (5 other events on record)
- Oklahoma City bombing · North America · War
- Rabin assassinated · Middle East · Politics
- Dayton Accords end Bosnian war · Europe · Politics
- Kobe earthquake strikes Japan · East Asia · Disaster
- Tokyo subway sarin attack · East Asia · War
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