Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video

After the fall of Srebrenica in summer of 1995, the Scorpions unit, dispatched to support the Bosnian Serb Army as it took over the enclave, shot six men in Trnovo. The men, three of whom were underage, were some of thousands of Bosnian Muslims that fell into the hands of Bosnian Serb troops, and th...

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Main Author: Iva Vukušić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association of Genocide Scholars 2018-10-01
Series:Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol12/iss2/5
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description After the fall of Srebrenica in summer of 1995, the Scorpions unit, dispatched to support the Bosnian Serb Army as it took over the enclave, shot six men in Trnovo. The men, three of whom were underage, were some of thousands of Bosnian Muslims that fell into the hands of Bosnian Serb troops, and that were executed in the days and weeks following July 11th. A member of the unit filmed the execution. Fragments of the video were first shown during the Slobodan Milosevic trial, and multiple times in the years after, in the courtrooms in The Hague and Belgrade. The video provides unique insights into the nature of the crime, as well as the behavior of the perpetrators, and this article will discuss them in detail, contributing to what we know about Srebrenica, and how individuals are held accountable for mass atrocity crimes.
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spelling doaj.art-3dca3710b76a4ed185770a60f08f946a2022-12-21T23:02:17ZengInternational Association of Genocide ScholarsGenocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal1911-03591911-99332018-10-01122355310.5038/1911-9933.12.2.1527Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution VideoIva Vukušić0Utrecht UniversityAfter the fall of Srebrenica in summer of 1995, the Scorpions unit, dispatched to support the Bosnian Serb Army as it took over the enclave, shot six men in Trnovo. The men, three of whom were underage, were some of thousands of Bosnian Muslims that fell into the hands of Bosnian Serb troops, and that were executed in the days and weeks following July 11th. A member of the unit filmed the execution. Fragments of the video were first shown during the Slobodan Milosevic trial, and multiple times in the years after, in the courtrooms in The Hague and Belgrade. The video provides unique insights into the nature of the crime, as well as the behavior of the perpetrators, and this article will discuss them in detail, contributing to what we know about Srebrenica, and how individuals are held accountable for mass atrocity crimes.https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol12/iss2/5war crimesgenocidemass atrocityparamilitarySrebrenicaICTYformer Yugoslaviawar crimes prosecution
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Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
war crimes
genocide
mass atrocity
paramilitary
Srebrenica
ICTY
former Yugoslavia
war crimes prosecution
title Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video
title_full Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video
title_fullStr Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video
title_full_unstemmed Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video
title_short Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video
title_sort nineteen minutes of horror insights from the scorpions execution video
topic war crimes
genocide
mass atrocity
paramilitary
Srebrenica
ICTY
former Yugoslavia
war crimes prosecution
url https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol12/iss2/5
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