DODIK: WE MUST PASS ON TRUTH ABOUT MILJA ZEČEVIĆ'S FAMILY SUFFERING TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

BANJA LUKA, NOVEMBER 9 /SRNA/ – President Milorad Dodik said the story of Milja Zečević, a heroine whose husband and three sons were killed before her eyes in March 1992, must not live on only in the memories of those who witnessed that time.

"It is our duty to remember, to speak about the suffering of her family and of all the innocent victims, and to pass on the truth to the generations to come. Because as long as we remember their names and their fates, we keep them from being forgotten. Eternal glory and gratitude to her," Dodik wrote on X.

Dodik noted that Milja Zečević had seen her husband and three sons killed before her eyes in March 1992, and had carried her heavy cross with dignity for the rest of her life.

"Today we lay to rest Milja Zečević, a heroine whose life became one of the most painful testimonies to the suffering of the Serb people," Dodik said.

Milja Zečević will be buried today at 1 p.m. in Gornji Smrtići near Prnjavor, where the remains of her sons and husband are buried.

Her fourth son, who survived the massacre in Sijekovac, is also buried there.

Milja Zečević died on Saturday, November 7, aged 94.