274 bodies taken from mass grave

Glumina - Around 274 bodies of Muslim victims of Bosnia's 1992-1995 war have been exhumed from the biggest mass grave yet discovered…

Glumina - Around 274 bodies of Muslim victims of Bosnia's 1992-1995 war have been exhumed from the biggest mass grave yet discovered in the Balkan country, officials said on Sunday. The remains were being transported in trucks to Tuzla for identification.

The victims are believed to be from nearby villages and from the town of Zvornik - an area where Bosnian Serb forces early in the 43-month war pursued a brutal campaign of "ethnic cleansing".

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