Mass grave
Tomašica
Busnovi bb, 79101 Prijedor1992
This mass grave near a large mining complex in the vicinity of Prijedor was discovered in 2013. The remains of 435 people were exhumed from this grave, which is one of the largest mass graves in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Information about the mass grave is mentioned in verdicts from The Hague and the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Court facts
ICTY
At least seven Croat civilians from Tomašica were killed on December 5, 1992 in a nearby forest when they were taken to cut wood. (para. 415. Brđanin, p. 157.)
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
A Bosniak civilian was taken from Tukovi in the second half of July 1992 and killed, and his body was exhumed at the Tomašica site. (paras. 289-299. Darko Mrđa et al., pp. 5-6, 79-81.)
Vezira Bašić speaks about finding the remains of her son in the Tomašica mass grave. She calls for a memorial that would clearly name both the perpetrators and the victims, seeing this as the only way to preserve the memory of the hundreds killed at this site.
Vezira Bašić — Tomašica, Prijedor
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Tomašica
Busnovi bb, 79101 Prijedor