In pictures: Bosnian Muslims remember

Survivors of the massacre of Muslim civilians in the town of Srebrenica have returned to commemorate loved ones killed by Serb forces during five terrible days in July 1995.

An estimated 8,000 people - mostly unarmed men and boys - were killed when the Serb army overran the town, which had been declared a United Nations safe area.

Muslim clerics led the prayers as a memorial stone was laid in the village of Potocari, just outside Srebrenica

A majority of the congregation was made up of women whose menfolk were slaughtered by the Serb forces

The inscription on the simple monument says simply "Srebrenica, July 1995"

It was a harrowing experience for those who returned to the town. They left almost six years ago in fear of their lives

They had arrived in a convoy of buses with 1,300 Bosnian Serb police guarding the route

The town now lies in Bosnian Serb territory and a few Serbs gathered to protest against the ceremony

Meanwhile, forensic teams keep up their search in the woods outside Srebrenica for the victims' remains