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Edexcel History IGCSE > Section B > Topic 3 - The League and The UN 1919-2011 > The United Nations > Missions > UN in the Balkans > Bosnia
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Bosnia was another
province
of
Yugoslavia
until
1992
Mixed population of
Bosniaks
(Bosnian Muslims),
Serbs
,
Croats.
Held a
referendum
on
independence
from
Yugoslavia
in
1992.
(large
majority
of Bosniaks +
Croats
voted in favour)
Bosnia immediately attacked by
Bosnian-Serb units
of
Yugoslav army.
6 weeks
:
Large areas
under control of Serbian commander
Ratko Mladic
End of
1992
, Serbs controlled about
70
% of Bosnia.
Ethnic cleansing
of Bosnia began under the influence of the
70
% of
Serbs
which occupied it.
Non-
Serbs
were sent to
prison camps
where
atrocities
took place on a large scale
murder
torture
rape
castration
mass execution
(bodies of those killed were usually dumped in common
graves
)
These were all crimes against
Humanity
elsewhere, but the treatment of Bosnian Muslims by Serbs was by far the worst.
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