Episode 96: Srebrenica – How Bosnians Reported Their Most Traumatic Story
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“Srebrenica is turning into a vast slaughterhouse. The killed and wounded are being brought to the hospital continuously. It is impossible to describe it. Each second, three deadly projectiles are falling on this town. Seventeen casualties have just been brought to the hospital, as well as 57 severely and lightly wounded people. Will anyone in the world come and witness the tragedy that is befalling Srebrenica and its residents?”
These were the final words to be broadcast by Nihad ‘Nino’ Catic, an amateur radio operator from Srebrenica.
As Bosnian Serb forces surrounded the enclave, his voice was heard on the airwaves for the last time on July 10, 1995, when he did a report for Radio Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In July 1995, state television and radio, as well as the Oslobodjenje newspaper, were operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina despite the ongoing war – but their editors say they received little information from Srebrenica in the days that preceded the attack.
