Rizvanovici is a small village in the municipality of Prijedor

Prijedor

Prijedor is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina region....

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It's located about 5 kilometers southwest from the center of Prijedor, on the left bank of river Sana

Sana

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The village had been completely devastated by the Bosnian Serb forces in 1995. Before that, in 1992, the civilian population has been expelled while the men had been either killed or taken away to concentration camps.

Rizvanovici had been largely rebuilt since the end of the war, but the return of refugees has been limited. A large number of men are still missing and identification of their remains is still ongoing.

External links

• Google Earth View of the general area.