Snagovo ( sr-cyrl, Снагово) is a mountain village in the municipality of Zvornik,

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. It is divided into Gornje Snagovo (''Upper Snagovo'') and Donje Snagovo (''Lower Snagovo'').

Bosnian War

Snagovo was among the hardest hit villages at the start of the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

in 1992. Between April and June 1992, Serb forces

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the village of its

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(Muslim) residents.

1992 massacre

On 29 April 1992, a group of 36 Bosniak civilians were captured by Serbs hiding in the woods in Snagovo. They were killed, including children and pregnant women, and their corpses were burned in an effort to destroy evidence. Several days later, the victims' relatives found the burned remains and buried them nearby. Serbian Major Zoran Janković went on trial for the massacre but was acquitted 19 June 2007 due to lack of evidence.

Srebrenica Genocide mass graves

Seven mass grave, containing the skeletal remains of 156 individuals, victims of the July 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, were uncovered in Snagovo. The 156 victims were moved to the seven "secondary graves" in Snagovo from the original burial sites around Srebrenica to hide the traces of the atrocity.

1995 massacre

Among other massacres, six more people were killed in the village on 22 July 1995.

Settlements

Several smaller settlements exist within the village of Snagovo: *Perunika *Rašidov Han

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snagovo Zvornik Populated places in Zvornik