Bosnians honor 409 Srebrenica massacre victims
Hundreds of Muslims watch with grief the newly identified bodies of WW11 massacre victims.
SARAJEVO (AP) - Hundreds of people whispering Muslim prayers are lining Sarajevo s main street as trucks bearing 409 coffins pass through on their way to Srebrenica, where the newly identified victims of Europe s worst massacre since World War II will be buried.
Throngs of mourners reached out Tuesday to caress the canvas stretched over the coffins on three slow-moving trucks. When the vehicles stopped for a few minutes in front of the Bosnian Presidency building, people sobbed as they tucked in flowers.
The remains were identified through DNA tests and will be buried at a memorial center near Srebrenica on Thursday, the 18th anniversary of the Serb massacre of over 8,000 Srebrenica Muslim men and boys, which the International Court of Justice calls a genocide.
The 1992-95 Bosnian war claimed over 100,000 lives.
