The Srebrenica Massacre

The Srebrenica Massacre was the July 1995 killing of at least 8,000 Bosniak males, ranging in age from teenagers to the elderly, in the region of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Army of Republika Srpska under the command of general Ratko Mladić. In addition to the Army of Republika Srpska, special state security forces of Serbia known as the “Scorpions“ participated in the massacre. The United Nations had previously declared Srebrenica a UN protected “safe area“ and 400 armed Dutch peacekeepers