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The Srebrenica massacre

In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys.

They had taken refuge in the UN 'safe area' of Srebrenica - but peacekeepers there were unable to protect them.

Wim Dijkema (right) was one of the Dutch soldiers in the town at the time.

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