Fahrudin Muminović was six, perhaps seven years old when, in July 1995, after the fall of Srebrenica, he was taken together with his father to the execution site near Orahovac, close to Zvornik. According to the testimony of a member of the Zvornik Brigade of the VRS before the Hague Tribunal, the wounded boy rose from the pile of bodies after the shooting and was taken to the hospital in Zvornik. Fahrudin survived, and as an adult he testified before the Hague Tribunal about the genocide in Srebrenica.
Account of an event · Briševo · May 1992 – November 1992
In July 1992, forces of the Vojska Republike Srpske attacked Briševo, a village with a predominantly Croat population in the Prijedor municipality, and killed more than sixty civilians; sources give between 61 and 68 killed. Houses and the Catholic church were destroyed, many men were taken to camps, and the survivors were expelled. Only in 2023 did the Prosecutor's Office of BiH indict five former commanders and representatives of the Serb forces.
Account of an event · Bijeli Potok · May 26, 1992 – June 8, 1992
On 1 June 1992 in Bijeli Potok near Zvornik, Serb forces separated Bosniak men and boys from the surrounding villages from women, children and the elderly and took them to the Technical School in Karakaj. The detainees died there from heat and thirst and were beaten and then shot, while some were taken to Pilica and to Gera's slaughterhouse. According to Anadolu Agency, around 675 men and boys were killed, and the remains of around 245 victims have still not been found.
Account of an event · Zvornik · May 1992 – July 1992
Abdulah Buljubašić, known as "Bubica", was the driver of the director of the Birač alumina factory in Zvornik. After Serb forces took Zvornik in April 1992, he was detained, beaten and robbed, and he never returned from detention. Proceedings for the crimes committed against him and other civilians in Zvornik were conducted before courts in Belgrade.
Personal testimony · ulica Filipa Kljajića · April 9, 1992
On the morning of 9 April 1992, the day after Serb forces entered Zvornik, armed men burst into the basement of a residential building where some thirty civilians were hiding and led out the men. One family's story is known from the testimony of a woman in a documentary film, while the broader framework of events is described by witnesses before the ICTY. In 2023, the IRMCT issued a final conviction of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović for crimes committed during the takeover of Zvornik.