An exhumation is being carried out in Srebrenica municipality under the supervision the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.
The remains of one person, presumably an older female, were exhumed at the location of Potočari – Memorial center.
It is expected that the remains of several other victims from 1995 shall be unearthed at this location.
The recovered remains shall be transferred to the Commemorative Center Tuzla where DNA samples shall be collected for the purpose of identifying the victim. The DNA analysis of the remains shall be handled by the laboratory of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
The exhumation process is supervised by an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, who acts in accordance with the instructions of the Prosecutor while coordinating the work of police, forensic experts and other authorized persons engaged in the process of exhumations.
The exhumation was attended by representatives of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), BiH Institute for Missing Persons, RS MoI, a doctor working in the field of forensic medicine, workers of the Commemorative Center Tuzla and an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.
The Prosecutor's Office of BiH, along with other institutions involved in the process of tracing the missing persons in BiH, continues its activities in the process of exhuming and tracing the missing in all parts of BiH.