Hundreds pay respect to Srebrenica victims

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of people lined Sarajevo’s main street Monday as trucks bearing 520 coffins passed through on their way to Srebrenica, where the newly identified victims of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II will be buried.

Whispered Muslim prayers turned louder and mixed with sobbing when the three trucks appeared, slowly approaching the Bosnian Presidency building where they stopped for a few minutes in a sign of respect. The weeping crowd tucked flowers into canvas covering the trucks as they drove down a street sprinkled with ceremonial rose water.