Bodies exhumed from mass grave in Bosnia

At least 207 bodies have been exhumed from a mass grave found near the Bosnian town of Srebrenica - the site of Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.

At least 207 bodies have been exhumed from a mass grave found near the Bosnian town of Srebrenica - the site of Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.

One other grave with more than 100 bodies has been discovered nearby.

Murat Hurtic, a member of the Muslim-led state commission for missing persons said: "We have exhumed parts of skeletons of at least 207 Srebrenica victims".

He went on to say that some of the bones were of hands bound together by wire, and bullets were also found in the grave in the village of Kamenica, near Srebrenica.

Most of the skeletons were incomplete, "probably crushed by bulldozers" when the victims were buried.

More than 7,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed after Srebrenica fell to Bosnian Serb forces in 1995.

The expert said another mass grave containing at least 100 bodies was found in the Srebrenica vicinity, adding that exhumation would begin next week.

The victims from both graves are all believed to be Bosnian Muslims killed by Bosnian Serb forces when they captured Srebrenica in July 1995.

An estimated 6,000 bodies have been exhumed from over 20 mass graves, while hundreds of others were left lying on the ground around Srebrenica.

Only some 300 have been identified by DNA tests.

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