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
Context
Creation Note:
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
Source:
Records of the Physicians for Human Rights' Bosnia Projects: Forensic Assistance Project: Findings (386-2-2)
"Forensic Monitoring Project Report: Želeća Exhumations
Republika Srpska Commission on Missing and Tracing", October 1999. HU OSA 386-2-2-59; Records of the Physicians for Human Rights' Bosnia Projects: Forensic Assistance Project: Findings; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.
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