If a narrow definition of genocide is used , as favoured by the international courts , then during the Srebrenica massacre , 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered and the remainder of the population ( between 25,000 and 30,000 Bosniak women , children and elderly people ) was forced to leave the area . If a wider definition is used , then the number is much larger . According to the ICTY Demographic Unit , an estimated 69.8 % or 25,609 of the civilians killed in the war were Bosniak ( with 42,501 military deaths ) , with the Bosnian Serbs suffering 7,480 civilian casualties ( 15,299 military deaths ) , the Bosnian Croats suffering 1,675 civilian casualties ( 7,183 military deaths ) , amounting to a total of 104,732 casualties , spread between the Bosnian Croats ( 8.5 % ) , Bosnian Serbs ( 21.7 % ) , Bosniaks ( 65 % ) , and others ( 4.8 % )
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Bosnian genocide