The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide[315][316][317][318][319][320] (Bosnian: Genocid u Srebrenici), was the July 1995 killing of more than 8,000[321][322][323][324][325] Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. The killing was perpetrated by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) under the command of General Ratko Mladić.