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Explosives find at Srebrenica site
 Bosnian refugees from Srebrenica wait at a U.N. base at Tuzla airport in July 1995. RELATEDYOUR E-MAIL ALERTSBELGRADE, Serbia and Montenegro (CNN) -- Days before people gather to remember the 10-year anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, police have found explosives near the memorial for the 1995 killings, according to a Bosnian Serb police spokesman. Police said they found 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of explosives in two locations near Potocare, the memorial site honoring the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed during the Bosnian war in the town of Srebrenica in July 1995. A service remembering the victims is scheduled to take place Monday. Bosnian Serb police located the explosives after receiving information from EUFOR, the European Union military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, police spokesman Radovan Pejic said Tuesday. The site has been secured and bomb-sniffing dogs are helping to ensure the area is safe. Police said they had some initial information about who might be behind the planned attack, but have not released any information. The incident is still under investigation and no one is in police custody. The memorial center in Potocare, just outside Srebrenica, was unveiled in 2003 and was attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton who was in office when the massacre occurred in the so-called U.N.-protected enclave of Srebrenica after Bosnia Serbs forces overran the area. Shortly after the killings, Clinton summoned NATO to start military attacks and diplomatic moves to end the war, brokered the peace accord in Dayton, Ohio, and helped install peacekeepers. Journalist Katarina Spasic in Belgrade contributed to this report. 
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