Forensic Monitoring Project Report: Želeća Exhumations Republika Srpska Commission on Missing and Tracing

Forensic report on individual and mass grave exhumations in Bosnia and Hercegovina created during the Forensic Assistance Project (FAP). The report was authored by: Harrington, Richard On 9 and 10 November 1998 the Republika Srpska Commission on Missing and Tracing conducted exhumations near Želeća...

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Main Author: Physicians for Human Rights
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z-1999-10-31T23:59:59Z
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8130d3d5-912f-4c5f-900a-6de8c1a34e35
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Summary:Forensic report on individual and mass grave exhumations in Bosnia and Hercegovina created during the Forensic Assistance Project (FAP). The report was authored by: Harrington, Richard On 9 and 10 November 1998 the Republika Srpska Commission on Missing and Tracing conducted exhumations near Želeća . Ten sets of remains were recovered from three sites during the operation. The team was looking for approximately 35 Bosnian Serb soldiers who were reportedly killed and buried in the area in September 1992. According to Bosniak Commission members, fighting erupted between Bosnian Serb military forces and Hrvatsko Vijece Odbrane (HVO, i.e., Bosnian Croat) military forces in September 1992, resulting in the deaths of approximately 35 ethnic Serb soldiers. Place of Exhumation: Želeća Exhumation Site: Masovna Groblje Želeća, S. Groblje Želeća , Niva Dobrin Želeća Date of Exhumation: 9-10 November 1998 Minimum Number of Exhumed Individuals: 010
Published:1999-10-01T00:00:00Z-1999-10-31T23:59:59Z