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Bida Osmanović

🧵 Bosniaks in Bratunac are being deported, and the men are being killed. A thread.

I was put on a bus of women and children to be deported out of my hometown. Two men called Butko and Sabahudin managed to get onto the bus. Butko turned to me and asked if I had a headscarf he could disguise himself with. I did so I gave it to him.

Butko and Sabahudin’s names were called by Serb soldiers who began searching the bus for any men. Butko (wearing my headscarf) and Sabahudin of course did not answer.

The bus set off, then minutes later it was stopped by Serb soldiers. One guy, who was a Serb neighbour from Srebrenica, entered the bus and put his hand on Sabahudin’s shoulder. “What are you playing at?” He said to S.

They took Sabahudin off the bus and killed him there and then. Meanwhile, Butko sat silently wearing my headscarf. We are living in a nightmare. Where is the world to help us?