Osmaci (
Serbian: Осмаци) is a village and a municipality located in eastern
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ...
, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. As of 2013, it has a population of 6,016 inhabitants. There is also a small, uninhabited, part of Osmaci that is in Kalesija municipality.
History
The municipality was created from part of the territory of the pre-war municipality of
Kalesija that was assigned to
Republika Srpska
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by the
Dayton Agreement
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( Croatian: ''Daytonski sporazum'', Serbian and Bosnian: ''Dejtonski mirovni sporazum'' / Дејтонски миро ...
. The rest of the Kalesija municipality is in
the Federation.
Demographics
Population
Ethnic composition
Mass grave
In the village
Hajvazi, located in Osmaci, on 20 September 2012, the
International Commission on Missing Persons uncovered a mass grave containing the remains of eight
Bosnian Muslim
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...
individuals, seven men and one woman killed by
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
in November 1992 during the
Bosnian War. The victims were piled atop of each other. Their remains were exhumed from the mass grave, which was located in the yard of a private house. The exhumation concluded on 27 September 2012 and the remains were transported to the Commemorative Centre in
Tuzla
Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants.
Tuzla is the economic, cultural, e ...
for forensic testing and DNA analysis to determine the identity of the victims. Following the discovery of the eight victims, there are still an additional 30 Bosnian Muslim victims from the Osmaci area that remain missing.
On 1 June 2013, some of the victims found in the mass grave were buried in a Šehidsko mezarje (''
Martyr
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Cemetery'') in
Memići alongside victims found in the
Crni Vrh mass grave and the mass grave in Kazanbašča by
Zvornik
Zvornik ( sr-cyrl, Зворник, ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Republika Srpska, on the left bank of the Drina river. In 2013, it had a population of 58,856 inhabitants.
The town of Mali Zvornik ("Little Zvornik") lies ...
.
See also
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Municipalities of Republika Srpska
References
External links
Osmaci City homepage
{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Populated places in Osmaci
Populated places in Kalesija
Cities and towns in Republika Srpska
Municipalities of Republika Srpska