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Srebrenica

During the War in Bosnia (1992–1995), the Srebrenica region saw heavy fighting. Hundreds of victims (Serbs as well as Bosniaks) fell in the first years of the war, also among the civilian population. The town at the centre of the municipality became a Bosnian Muslim/Bosniak enclave surrounded by Serbs. In April 1993, the United Nations declared Srebrenica a UN safe area, guarded by a small unit operating under the mandate of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). Nevertheless, the town was captured by the Army of Republika Srpska in July 1995. Approximately eight thousand Bosniaks were massacred by Serbian forces in the aftermath.

The Srebrenica massacre is also referred to as the Srebrenica genocide, and it is considered as such by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. This was followed by an admission to and an apology for the massacre by the Republika Srpska government.