Slobodan Milosevic1993
In Eastern Bosnia, Bosnian Serbs besiege the town of Srebrenica
Serbia · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
In Eastern Bosnia, Bosnian Serbs besiege the town of Srebrenica
Srebrenica is declared a UN "Safe Area"
The Drina Battalion of Bosnian Serbs overruns the UN-protected "safe area" of Srebrenica
More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre
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