Sorrow in Srebrenica: Bosnians bury 520 victims

By Aida Cerkez

Published July 11, 2012 4:00am ET

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Sorrow in Srebrenica: Bosnians bury 520 victims — A Bosnian Muslim woman weeps near the grave of her relative among the graves of Srebrenica victims at the Memorial Cemetery in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms northeast of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Thousands gathered in the cemetery for the mass burial of 520 bodies, marking the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic) | Sulejman Omerbasic

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The pain that seared Srebrenica 17 years ago burned fresh Wednesday as tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims came to bury their dead in the town whose name is now synonymous with genocide.

In a ceremony broadcast live on television across the country, 520 coffins were placed in the ground as tears flowed like water from family and friends.

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