Tomašica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Tomašica | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Tomašica | |
| Coordinates: 44°52′N 16°46′E / 44.86°N 16.77°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Prijedor |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 908 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Tomašica is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Prijedor municipality of the Republika Srpska entity.
Mass grave
In October 2013, one of the largest mass graves from the Bosnian War was discovered by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in the village and according to witnesses contain upwards of 1,000 Bosniak and Croat victims killed by Serb forces.[1] As of 7 November 2013, the number of remains of men, women and children exhumed is at 430.[2] Exhumations were postponed until spring due to winter weather.[3]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) gathered evidence from the area for possible use in prosecutions.[1] Thus far 16 Bosnian Serbs have been sentenced by the ICTY to a sum of 230 years for war crimes committed in Tomašica's municipality of Prijedor.[4] On 25 November 2013, Theodor Meron, president of the ICTY, visited the site and stated he was "face to face with horror".[5]
Notes
References
- "ICTY president and Nazi camp survivor visits Bosnian mass grave". AFP. 25 November 2013.
- Marshall, Penny (14 October 2013). "21 years after the war the ground in Bosnia is giving up its secrets". ITV.
- Radosavljevic, Zoran (22 October 2013). "Bosnia digging up mass grave hidden for 20 years by Serb silence". Reuters.
- "Remains of 430 victims exhumed from Bosnia mass grave". France 24. 7 November 2013.
- Sito-Sucic, Daria (25 November 2013). "Winter halts digging at Bosnia's largest mass grave". Reuters.