Today is 30 years since the crime in Ahmići

This sad anniversary awakens never-healed wounds and memories of the innocent victims of the massacre in Ahmići on April 16, 1993, when 116 people were killed in one day, including 32 women and 11 children, and almost all the houses were burned. In order to preserve the memory of the victims of the crimes during the Bosnian war and to pay them respect and mercy, we are talking to the witnesses of this war crime, to the journalist of the Media Center IZ and RTV BIR, to Mr. Nedžad Abdić from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to Mrs. Senada Hadžić and Zulejh Shadinlija from Australia.

VITEZ, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - APRIL 16: Citizens attend the commemoration ceremony for the 116 Bosnian civilians who lost their lives during the Ahmici Massacre that took place on this day 30 years ago, in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Samir Jordamovic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Credit: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Each of them, in their own way, fights to preserve the memory of the difficult history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thereby warns that the war will never happen again.

RTV Bir journalist Nedžad Abdić was a 12-year-old boy at the time, but he vividly remembers the horrors of the war in his native Vitez and Central Bosnia. He published the book "Memoari iza Bedem" and filmed the documentary film "Bedem", which focuses on the crimes against Bosniaks in 1993 in central Bosnia.

The book and the film are experiencing their own promotion these days in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Senada Hadžić and Zulejha Šadinlija have a deep friendship since Ahmić. They have been fighting for truth and justice all these years, telling the truth about Ahmići.

VITEZ, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - APRIL 16: A man prays at cemetery during the 24th anniversary of Ahmici massacre in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 16, 2017. 116 Bosnian civilians were killed by Croatian Defence Council (HVO) during the Croat-Bosniak War in April 1993 in Ahmici village. (Photo by Haris Badzic/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Zulejha's then 29-year-old husband, Sabahudin Osmancevic, was killed that April 16, 1993.

VITEZ, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - APRIL 16: Bosnians observe pictures of the victims during the commemoration of the Ahmici Massacre in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 16, 2014. In Ahmici, Croatian forces killed 116 Bosnian civilians in April 1993, during the short period in the war when Bosnians and Croatians fought each other in Vitez, central Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Samir Yordamovic/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A warning to future generations not to be humiliated, according to Senada Hadžić.