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dipsydoodle

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 06:49 PM Nov 2013

Huge Bosnia mass grave excavated at Tomasica.

Source: BBC News

Forensic scientists in Bosnia have dug up the remains of 360 people at what is believed to be the largest mass grave from the war in the 1990s.

The grave lies in the village of Tomasica in north-western Bosnia. Non-Serbs were persecuted in the area by Bosnian Serb troops during the war.

Officials believe the remains of some 1,000 Bosniak Muslim and ethnic Croat men, women and children may be found.

Until recently Bosnian Serb witnesses kept silent about the grave's location.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24778713

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Huge Bosnia mass grave excavated at Tomasica. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Nov 2013 OP
. Skittles Nov 2013 #1
Defeats words doesn't it. dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #2
it is very difficult to fathom such inhumanity Skittles Nov 2013 #3
And yet here in America mikeysnot Nov 2013 #4
:( tofuandbeer Nov 2013 #5
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