3.000 ROSES THROWN INTO THE DRINA RIVER FROM MEHMED PASHA SOKOLOVIC BRIDGE IN MEMORY OF GENOCIDE VICTIMS FROM VISEGRAD

VIŠEGRAD, Bosnia (May 27,2008) – In the organization of the Bosnian Association of families of missing persons and civilians victims of aggression “Visegrad 92” on Sunday, a commemoration was held for genocide victims from the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad.

On this occasion, 3.000 roses were laid on Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge and after the ceremony they were lowered into the Drina River as a sign of memory 3000 genocide victims from Visegrad murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor in the early 1990's.

16th anniversary ceremony of the mass murder of innocent Bosnian civilians from Visegrad was attended by a member of the Bosnian State Presidency Zeljko Komsic who threw a bouquet of red roses into Drina River in memory of the genocide victims.

About 2.000 people were present at the commemorative ceremony.

Those present were Bosnian government representatives, representatives of Bratunac municipality, emissaries of the FBiH entity, Sarajevo Mayor Semiha Borovac, Gorazde Imam Hamed Ef. Efendic, and number of Imams from Podrinje.

During the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia, Visegrad was a site where war crimes were committed by the Serbian aggressor against the town's Bosnian population.Some 3,000 Bosnian civilians, including 121 children,from Visegrad were mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor.
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