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Bosnian Genocide

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The Bosnian genocide refers to the mass killing and ethnic cleansing that took place during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It involved systematic violence, including murder, rape, torture, and forced displacement of Bosniak Muslims by Serbian forces.

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