Heartbreaking photograph shows Senad Medanovic, the sole survivor of a massacre, finding his home in ruins after the Bosnian army recaptured his village from Serb forces

 In 1995,  Bosniak soldier Senad Medanović cries as he stands next to his old family home in his village.


Serb forces killed 69 people, including 42 members of his family. The villagers bodies were found in 2 mass graves. One right next to his house where he griefs.

The Bosnian War was a brutal conflict that lasted from 1992 to 1995, but what's lesser-known is that it was also a genocide.

The Serbian forces, led by Slobodan Milošević, systematically targeted and killed Bosniak Muslims and Croats, aiming to "ethnically cleanse" the region.

This genocide was the first in Europe since World War II, and it was marked by atrocities like the Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed in a single day.

The international community's delayed response and inaction allowed the genocide to continue, making it one of the darkest stains on human history.

Heartbreaking photograph shows Senad Medanovic, the sole survivor of a massacre, finding his home in ruins after the Bosnian army recaptured his village from Serb forces. He is standing on what is believed to be a mass grave of sixty-nine people, including his family. 

Estimates suggest that over 100,000 people were killed during the Bosnian war, and more than 2.2 million people were displaced.

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