DODIK: JUSTICE HAS NOT BEEN SATISFIED FOR NDH VICTIMS; WE ARE SENDING MESSAGE THAT CRIME IS PUNISHABLE

BANJA LUKA, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ – SNSD leader Milorad Dodik says that at the commemoration of the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Ustasha genocide in Donja Gradina on Sunday, April 19, the focus will be on the fact that this crime was never adequately sanctioned.

Dodik says they expect the presence of a high-level delegation from the United States, representatives from European countries, as well as Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić.

"I believe that this year we will place special emphasis on the fact that this crime was never sanctioned in a way that satisfies justice, and we will send a message that crime is punishable," Dodik told the press in Banja Luka.

The Republika Srpska Government has declared April 19 a Day of Mourning in Republika Srpska on the occasion of marking the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Ustasha genocide in the Jasenovac concentration camp and its largest execution site – Donja Gradina in the NDH, between 1941 and 1945.

According to data from the Donja Gradina Memorial Zone, 700,000 victims of Ustasha crimes perished in the notorious Jasenovac camp during the World War II, including 500,000 Serbs, 40,000 Roma, 33,000 Jews, and 127,000 anti-fascists. Twenty thousand children were also killed in Jasenovac.