In which of the following current countries, the Srebrenica Massacre took place?
Q. In which of the following current countries, the Srebrenica Massacre took place?
Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Notes: The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, was a mass killing that took place in July 1995 in the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. The massacre was committed by Bosnian Serb forces under the command of General Ratko Mladić, who targeted the town's Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) population. In the days leading up to the massacre, Bosnian Serb forces captured Srebrenica, which had been declared a United Nations safe area, and began to systematically kill Bosniak men and boys. The killings took place in various locations around the town, including schools, warehouses, and sports facilities, and the bodies of many victims were later exhumed from mass graves in the area. The exact number of people killed in the massacre is difficult to determine, but it is estimated that between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered. The Srebrenica massacre was the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II and has been recognized as an act of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Court of Justice. It had a profound impact on the Bosnian War and the peace negotiations that followed, and it remains a controversial and deeply tragic event in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

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