Monday, November 14, 2016

Greece soccer body apologizes to Bosnia for fan's banner (The Associated Press)

Greece's soccer federation has apologized to the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina after a fan's banner referred to the Srebrenica massacre at a World Cup qualifying match. A banner with the slogan ''Noz, zica, Srebrenica'' ("Knife, wire, Srebrenica'' in Serbian) was displayed among Greece fans Sunday during the teams' 1-1 draw in Athens. In 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed in Srebrenica by ethnic Serb forces.


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