In east Bosnian city Srebrenica during the Bosnian War on July 6, 1995, the army of Republic of Srpska under command of generals Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic entered the village of Potocari in Srebrenica. As part of a policy of ethnic cleansing, they captured over 10,000 civilians between 5-77 years old from local villages and took them as prisoners. The second day the German UN soldiers which were in Bosnia to protect civilians came to Srebrenica asking permission to protect the prisoners. Some of the prisoners were killed and massacred on the worst way in front of the eyes of German soldiers. German UN soldiers were asking the permission to protect them in next three days and they didn't get it, they could only get a promise from General Mladic that he would not kill them if they left Srebrenica.

On the fifth day (July 11, 1995) after the UN soldiers had left Potocari, general Ratko Mladic gave the command to kill all the prisoners and bury them. Among the prisoners were kids younger than 15 years old and their mothers. After the UN soldiers realized that they were lied to by general Mladic, they went back to Potocari to witness the scene of the horrible massacre.

Generals Mladic and Karadzic are still on the list of the most wanted war criminals in Eastern Europe for not respecting war rules and giving the command to kill 10,000 civilians in Potocari.

This was the biggest execution of civilians after the second war.