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Date	1992 - 1995
Location	Banja Luka • Srebrenica • Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb physician, author, and politician

Sir Michael Rose

British military officer

Ratko Mladić

Bosnian Serb military leader

Biljana Plavšić

Bosnian Serb politician

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