Bodies exhumed in Bosnian mass grave

Forensic experts in Bosnia began exhuming bodies from what is thought to be the largest mass grave yet found in the country.

• INDEPTH:: Srebrenica

The grave in eastern Bosnia is believed to contain the remains of about 700 Muslim men and boys killed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacres.

About 8,000 Muslims, mainly men and boys, were killed by Bosnian Serb soldiers who overran the town in 1995 even though it was declared a UN-protected area. It's been called the worst atrocity since the Second World War.

The head of the Muslim Commission for Missing Persons for the region of Tuzla told the Associated Press it became aware of the site after people said they saw trucks loaded with bodies in the area.

However, the commission kept the findings secret for about a year to guard against possible disturbances.

The exhumation is expected to take weeks. Identifying the bodies will take longer.