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What tragedy during the war was later ruled as a genocide?

  • Massacre in Mostar

  • Srebrenica massacre

  • Bombing of Sarajevo

  • Destruction of Dubrovnik

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The Srebrenica massacre was a mass killing of Bosnian Muslim men and boys in the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995. The massacre was later ruled as genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The exact number of victims is still debated, but it is estimated that between 7,000 and 8,000 people were killed.
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