9 MORE AHMICI MASSACRE VICTIMS ARE BURIED IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

Mon 09 May 2022:

On Monday, a big crowd gathered in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the burial of nine victims whose bodies were discovered recently after they were killed in the 1993 Ahmici atrocity during the Bosnian War.

A funeral prayer was given for the victims of the Ahmici massacre, who were killed by the Croatian Defense Council in 1993, at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Vitez town.

Croat forces buried the victims’ bodies in various areas to conceal the murder during the three-year Bosnian War.

The bodies of the nine victims were discovered 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Ahmici in the city of Mostar.

The military forces of the Croatian Defense Council raided the village on the morning of April 16, 1993, killing 116 Bosniaks. A three-month-old baby was the youngest victim in Ahmici.

After the victims’ bodies were buried, verses from the Muslim holy book of Quran were recited and condolences were offered to their families.

Behara Kermo, who buried her two brothers, said at the funeral that her brothers were 14 and 16 years old when they were killed.

“Alongside my brothers, my mother, father, and sister were also killed, but their bones have not yet been found. A total of 14 people were killed, with nine of them were children of my family,” Kermo said.

The victims’ identities were first verified by DNA testing and then confirmed by family members last month.

On April 16, Bosnia-Herzegovina marked the 29th anniversary of the Ahmici massacre.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia declared the deaths at Ahmici to be crimes against humanity.

The Bosnian War lasted from March 1, 1992, until December 14, 1995.

Over 100,000 individuals were killed and nearly 2 million people were forced to evacuate their homes during the war, which lasted more than three years.

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