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More than 6,500 people gathered at dawn in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to set off on a march in memory of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide.
They came from around the country as well as from abroad to pay tribute not only to the victims but also to those who walked for days to save their lives in July 1995.
Ibis Husejnovic is here “to feel the pain, to feel the silence,” he explained.
Raifa Duzic said she joined the march to “feel a small part of what those who have been running for their lives have felt.”
“And I want us to say that this should never be forgotten”, she added.
Over three days, the walkers taking part in this 22nd edition of the peace march will cover 100 kilometres.
They will see significant sites: places where mass executions took place, or locations where mass graves were found. They will to reach Potocari near Srebrenica on 10 July, the eve of the commemorations of the genocide.
In July 1995, the Bosnian Serb army overran Srebrenica and brutally murdered more than 8,000 men and teenagers there. The remainder of the Bosniak Muslim population present in Srebrenica – approximately 25,000 women, children and elderly – were forcibly relocated.
Additional sources • AP