The unraveling of Yugoslavia in the early 1990's initiated the latest episode of ethnic and religious violence.
Serbs worked to get rid of Muslims and Croats using a policy of ethnic cleansing.
Soldiers began by destroying mosques and non-Serb churches and homes. Then they terrorized the towns with looting, random killings, and rape. After devastating a conquered region, they herded the survivors off to prison camps, where they were further tortured, abused, and murdered.
By the end of 1992, the Serbs controlled 70 percent of Bosnia. By November 1993, 10,000 Bosnians were dead in Sarajevo alone, 1,500 of them children.
Serbs worked to get rid of Muslims and Croats using a policy of ethnic cleansing.
Soldiers began by destroying mosques and non-Serb churches and homes. Then they terrorized the towns with looting, random killings, and rape. After devastating a conquered region, they herded the survivors off to prison camps, where they were further tortured, abused, and murdered.
By the end of 1992, the Serbs controlled 70 percent of Bosnia. By November 1993, 10,000 Bosnians were dead in Sarajevo alone, 1,500 of them children.