Usuku lwe-17 lokukhumbula isibhicongo esibi kunazo zonke eYurophu kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe Yesibili, lokungcwaba abafileyo babo edolobheni eligama lalo manje selifana nokuqothulwa kohlanga.
AmaSulumane angaba ngu-30,000 avakashele isikhungo sesikhumbuzo eSrebrenica, eBosnia, ngoLwesithathu ukuyongcwaba izisulu ezisanda kuhlonzwa ezingama-520 - izinsalela zezinkulungwane zamadoda nabafana abangamaSulumane abangu-8,000 ababulawa ngoJulayi 1995 ngamasosha aseSerbia.
Umkhuba waminyaka yonke wawunzima njengakuqala.
U-Izabela Hasanovic, 27, udlule imizuzu yokugcina ekhala ngebhokisi elilodwa ngaphambi kokuthi lehliselwe phansi.
“Baba, ubaba ukhona,” ekhala. “Angikholwa ukuthi ubaba ukhona kuleli bhokisi. Ngeke ngikwazi ukuphila nayo!”
Omunye wesifazane wawa ngamadolo eduze kwebhokisi, ecindezela izindebe zakhe endwangu eluhlaza evale izinkuni.
“Ngudadewenu okuqabulayo. Yimina,” esho ekhuluma ebhokisini, eliphulula ngezandla zombili abanye abantu baze behlise.
Khona-ke isigodi saduma ngomsindo wothuli oshaya amabhokisi omngcwabo angaphezu kuka-500 avela ezinkulungwaneni zamafosholo njengoba izwi lifunda amagama ezisulu neminyaka yazo emibhobho.
Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona intsha engu-48 kanye noSaha Izmirlic oneminyaka engu-94 ubudala, owangcwatshwa eduze kwendodana yakhe nayo eyashona kulokhu kuhlatshwa. Ngale kwethuna lakhe kukhona indawo engenalutho elinde umzukulu wakhe ongakatholakali.
I-Srebrenica yayiyidolobha lamaSulumane elivikelwe yi-UN e-Bosnia elizungezwe amabutho amaSerb kuyo yonke impi yaseBosnia ka-1992-95. Amasosha aseSerbia eholwa uJenene Ratko Mladic anqoba inqaba ngoJulayi 1995, ahlukanisa amadoda nabesifazane futhi abulala amadoda nabafana abangu-8,372 ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje. Amasosha amaDashi amiswe eSrebrenica njengamasosha e-UN ayengaphathwa kabi futhi ekhishwa izibhamu futhi ehluleka ukumisa ukubulawa.
Izidumbu zabashonile zisatholwa emathuneni agcwele yonke indawo empumalanga yeBosnia. Lo msebenzi wenziwe waba nzima nakakhulu ukuthi abenzi bobubi bagubhe amathuna agcwele futhi bangcwaba kabusha izinsalela kwamanye amathuna amaningi ukuze bazame ukuvala imikhondo yabo. Izisulu zihlonzwe ngocwaningo lolibofuzo kanti abasanda kuhlonzwa bangcwatshwa esikhungweni sesikhumbuzo saseSrebrenica minyaka yonke.
Kuze kube manje izisulu zesibhicongo saseSrebrenica ezitholwe ngale ndlela zingu-5,325 asebengcwatshiwe.
