Thousands commemorate genocide anniversary in Bosnia

A Bosnian Muslim woman mourns next to the grave of her relative, a victim of the Srebrenica genocide, at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, in Potocari, Bosnia, July 11, 2024. [AP photo]

Thousands of people gathered in Srebrenica on Thursday to commemorate the first International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica in which over 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed.

The United Nations General Assembly voted in May to make July 11 the annual commemoration of the genocide that occurred 29 years ago.