Account of an event · April 12, 1993
Bloody Playground in Srebrenica: Shells Among Children, 12 April 1993
On 12 April 1993, shells fired from positions of the Vojska Republike Srpske fell on a school playground in besieged Srebrenica, where a football tournament was being held and where mostly children and young people had gathered. According to official figures, 74 Bosniak civilians were killed at the scene, and the total number of victims is given as up to 105. No official investigation was ever conducted, and no one has been tried for the attack to this day.