Mass grave

Kozluk

Kozluk bb, 75413 Zvornik

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1995

In Kozluk, 15 kilometres northeast of Zvornik, a primary mass grave was discovered containing the remains of Bosniaks from Srebrenica. These victims were captured on July 15, 1995 from the school in Roćević and transported by trucks to a gravel pit in Kozluk on the banks of the Drina where 800 people were executed.

Court facts

ICTY

On July 14, 1995, a large number of captured Srebrenica residents were taken by bus from Bratunac to a school in Roćević, a village off the main Zvornik-Bijeljina road, approximately seven kilometres north of Kozluk. Several detainees were killed in that school. (paras. 504-505., 507., 516. Popović et al., vol. I, pp. 201-203, 207.), (paras. 459., 465. Tolimir, pp. 213, 216.), (paras. 5384-5386., 5390., 5392., 5413. Karadžić, vol. IV, pp. 2249-2250, 2252-2255, 2265.), (para. 2820. Mladić, vol. III, pp. 1509-1510.)

The detainees were taken from the school in Roćević on July 15, 1995 and transported by truck to the gravel pit in Kozluk on the banks of the Drina River, where they were executed. There were no survivors. At least 800 Srebrenica residents were executed there. (para. 357. Blagojević and Jokić, p. 135.), (paras. 516., 518-520., 524. Popović et al., vol. I, pp. 207-210.), (paras. 472-475., 481. Tolimir, pp. 219-221, 224.), (paras. 5395-5399., 5413. Karadžić, vol. IV, pp. 2256-2258, 2265.), (para. 2825. Mladić, vol. III, p. 1511.)

The bodies of the victims were buried in primary graves in Kozluk. The bodies were later dug up from Kozluk and reburied in graves at the Čančari Road site. The victims were between eight and 85 years old. (Krstić, pp. 109-110.), (Blagojević and Jokić, pp. 136–137.), (paras. 523-524. Popović et al., vol. I, p. 210.), (paras. 478-480. Tolimir, pp. 222-223.), (paras. 5404-5412. Karadžić, vol. IV, pp. 2259-2265.), (para. 2824. Mladić, vol. III, pp. 1510-1511.)

Higher Court in Belgrade

The prisoners from Srebrenica were held in the school in Roćević on July 15, 1995, and were taken to Kozluk, on the left bank of the Drina River, where members of the Army of Republika Srpska killed more than a hundred of them. (Miomir Jasikovac, p. 2.)

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The prisoners were transported from the school in Roćević to the gravel pit in Kozluk, on the left bank of the Drina River, and more than 800 of them were executed at that location. (paras. 550-555., 581. Milorad Trbić, pp. 181-182, 188.), (paras. 626-627. Srećko Aćimović, pp. 5-8, 159.)

The victims were buried in unmarked mass graves in Kozluk. (paras. 557-558. Milorad Trbić, p. 162.), (para. 651. Srećko Aćimović, pp. 165-166.)

The bodies were exhumed from the mass grave in Kozluk and transferred to secondary graves, one of which was located along the road to Čančari. (paras. 410-411. Milorad Trbić, pp. 134-135.), (para. 667. Srećko Aćimović, p. 169.)

Mass Grave Kozluk