page_title: 12 April 1993 Srebrenica shelling
section_title: Aftermath and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: 12 April 1993 Srebrenica shelling / Aftermath and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial to victims of the 1993 Srebrenica Children Massacre killed in front of the Elementary School in Srebrenica on 12 April 1993.
context_page_description: On 12 April 1993, the Army of Republika Srpska launched an artillery attack against the town of Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia, which left 56 dead and 73 seriously wounded, among whom were 14 children dead in a school playground. The attack came following the suspension of cease-fire talks, hours before NATO would implement a no-fly zone according to an UN resolution. VRS officials had previously told UNHCR representatives that the VRS would shell the town within two days unless it surrendered.
context_section_description: On 16 April, the UN declared Srebrenica a safe zone, and also put the enclaves of Žepa and Goražde under UN protection.
  A photograph of a blood-covered and blinded boy lying on a stretcher, Sead Bekrić, was widely broadcast and made the front cover of Newsweek. The word "Bosnia" was printed across Sead's injured chest. After seeing him on CNN, a wealthy Croatian-American couple paid for his location and evacuation.
  The incident is included in the 26th point ("Shelling of civilian gatherings") in the initial indictment issued by the ICTY on 24 July 1995 against Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić. 15 civilian casualties at the Srebrenica playground are listed.
  The incident is also mentioned in Emir Suljagić's personal account of the siege and fall of Srebrenica, Postcards from the Grave.
caption: Srebrenica Children Massacre Memorial
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