Bosnia's Srebrenica massacre 25 years on - in pictures
"All who wish to go will be transported, large and small, young and old. Don't be afraid... No one will harm you."In less than two weeks, their forces systematically murdered more than 8,000 Bosniaks - the worst act of mass killing on European soil since the end of World War Two.
Lightly-armed UN peacekeepers, in what had been declared a UN"safe area", did nothing as the violence raged around them. The massacre was part of a genocide committed against the Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian War, one of several conflicts fought in the 1990s as Yugoslavia imploded.
Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence in 1992 following a referendum, and was recognised shortly afterwards by the US and European governments.But the Bosnian Serb population had boycotted the referendum. Soon afterwards Bosnian Serb forces - supported by the Serbian government - attacked the newly formed country.
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