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Also Known As Srebrenica massacre
Date July 11, 1995 - c. July 16, 1995
Location Srebrenica • Bosnia and Herzegovina
Context Bosnian War

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Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb physician, author, and politician
Ratko Mladić
Ratko Mladić
Bosnian Serb military leader