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This Happened — July 11: Srebrenica Massacre

This Happened — July 11: Srebrenica Massacre

Updated July 11, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. The Srebrenica massacre happened on this day in 1995 during the Bosnian War. Bosnian Serb forces, led by General Ratko Mladić, captured the town of Srebrenica, which was designated as a United Nations Safe Area. Bosnian Serb troops then systematically killed more than 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men […]

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This Happened – April 7: Rwanda Genocide Began 30 Years Ago

This Happened - April 7: Rwanda Genocide Began 30 Years Ago

Updated April 7, 2024 at 12:25 p.m. The Rwandan genocide started on this day in 1994, and lasted for approximately 100 days, during which as many as 1 million people were killed. What was the Rwandan genocide? The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu civilians in Rwanda that occurred over […]

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