Monthly Archives: July 2010

DNA Results of the International Commission on Missing Persons Reveal the Identity of 6,481 Srebrenica Victims

ICMP staff works in Sarajevo lab.

9 July 2010: By analyzing DNA profiles extracted from bone samples of exhumed mortal remains and matching them to the DNA profiles obtained from blood samples donated by relatives of the missing, the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has revealed the identity of 6,481 persons missing from the July 1995 fall of Srebrenica. Of this, 775 DNA-identified victims will be buried on July 11th in the Potočari Memorial Center, Srebrenica.