She survived Srebrenica: ‘The butcher of Bosnia is dead, but his spirit lives on in Serbia’
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Serbia plans to bury Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide crimes and known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” with a state ceremony.
- Srebrenica survivor Selma Jahic said the ceremony would signal that Serbia identifies with the perpetrators and embraces the genocide.
- Jahic thanked Turkey, saying the Turkish people viewed the victims’ suffering as their own.
A survivor of the Srebrenica genocide has condemned Serbia’s decision to hold a state ceremony for Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander known as the “Butcher of Bosnia.”
The Serbian government is saying, ‘We are also perpetrators,’ and embracing the genocide.
Selma Jahic survived the massacre in which 8,000 people were killed. She said the Serbian government was sending a stark message by honoring Mladic with a state funeral: “The Serbian government is saying, ‘We are also perpetrators,’ and embracing the genocide.”
Jahic also said Mladic’s death had not erased the ideology associated with him. “The butcher of Bosnia is dead, but his spirit lives on in Serbia,” she said.
The butcher of Bosnia is dead, but his spirit lives on in Serbia.
She thanked Turkey for its support, saying, “The Turkish people see our pain as their own.”
The Turkish people see our pain as their own.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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