Srebrenica survivors still haunted as UN votes on genocide remembrance

Memorial cemetery with grave stones of victims killed during Srebrenica genocide is seen at the Memorial Center in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amel Emric/File Photo

SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Kada Hotic last saw her son, husband and brother on July 11, 1995, as Bosnian Serb forces swamped the United Nations "safe zone" of the town of Srebrenica, forcing thousands of panicked Muslims to flee.

Shells exploded around Hotic and her family as they ran towards a U.N. base for safety, passing dismembered bodies on the way. She was separated from her 29-year-old son, Samir, when U.N. peacekeepers directed thousands of younger men and boys to nearby woods.