Wife buries remains of Srebrenica victim 30 years after Bosnia genocide

Mevlida Omerovic shows a photo of her husband Hasib (R), whose two bones she will bury on July 11, the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, and her relative Mensur, also killed in the genocide, in Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Amel Emric

SREBRENIK, Bosnia (Reuters) -When the jaw bones of Mevlida Omerovic's husband were found in a mass grave in eastern Bosnia 12 years ago, she did not bury them in the hope that more of his remains would emerge. None did.

So, on the 30th anniversary of his death in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre on Friday, Omerovic will finally bury them in a cemetery for victims, where 6,750 people are already interred. The partial remains of six other victims will also be buried that day.