Srebrenica remembered

DISTRAUGHT and exhausted crowds offered prayers and laid flowers at a common grave in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica yesterday, marking the worst civilian massacre in Europe since the Second World War.

Amid temperatures hitting 36C (97F), widows and children mobbed tanker trucks, throwing water on their faces to wash away the sweat and tears.

Dozens sought help from medical teams after the ceremony to remember the 8,000 people killed when Bosnian Serb forces overran the so-called UN safe zone during the 1992-1995 war.