It was not immediately known whether the other civilian victims were passersby or prisoners.

The toll of civilian victims in this area has also been high.

"There were no civilian victims in the course of the fighting," the statement read.

The American military sometimes pays compensation to relatives of civilian victims.

The civilian victims are not just the necessary cost of carrying out military operations.

"In the latest actions it was declared by the security forces there were no civilian victims at all."

A Bundeswehr investigation then identified 102 families of civilian victims.

At least 30 per cent of the Bosniak civilian victims were women and children.

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There were also the marks of civilian victims - some read "child."