Bosnian Genocide
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Cumulative civilian death toll: 200,000
over 2 millions displaced
Took place from March 1, 1992 to December 14, 1995
Attack on Sarajevo (1992): over 3500 children killed
Srebrenica (1995): systematic slaughter of boys and men ages 12-60
Ethnicities:
Muslims (Turks): the dominant group of the region spanning 500 years of Ottoman rule.
Serbs (Chetniks)
Croats (Ustasha): Croatian Revolutionary Movement members. Fascist, extreme nationalism, and devout Roman Catholics.
Bosnia declared its independence in 1991.
Srebrenica was the worst mass murder in Europe since World War II.
In Bosnia, Muslims represented the largest single population group by 1971
20,000-50,000 Bosnian Muslim women had been raped by Bosnian Serb soldiers.
From the hills around the city, Republika Srbka snipers casually murdered pedestrians.
Bosnia declared its independence in 1991