Srebrenica: Bosnians on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, in which Bosnian Serb forces executed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys during the war that raged between 1992 and 1995.

According to Qatar News Agency, dignitaries from both the local and foreign communities laid wreaths at the memorial in a cemetery near the town of Srebrenica. Survivors and family members held a communal prayer for seven victims, including a woman, whose remains were recently found before being buried alongside 6,750 others already interred.

Meanwhile, the search for the remains of about 1,000 victims of Europe's worst atrocity since World War II continues. On this occasion, President of the European Council (EC) Ant³nio Costa, expressed solidarity with the victims' families during the commemoration ceremony, emphasizing the importance of keeping their memory alive.

Britain's King Charles remarked that many of those responsible for the massacre are now facing justice. He stressed that this accountability should spur the international community to acknowledge its failure to prevent these atrocities and to work towards ensuring they are not repeated.

The Srebrenica massacre occurred after Bosnian Serb nationalist forces overran the town, which the UN had designated a "safe area" for civilians during the war following the breakup of Yugoslavia. While the women chose to go to the UN compound, the men attempted to flee through nearby forests. Most were pursued, some shot immediately, while others were taken to schools or warehouses and killed in the following days.

The bodies were initially dumped in pits and later moved to smaller graves in an effort to conceal the crime. The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague convicted General Ratko Mladic, who commanded those forces, of genocide, along with Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic.