More than 30 years later, prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who are accused of paying £70,000 to join this ‘human safari’, shooting and killing innocent Bosnians.
Prosecutors allege these ‘tourists’, many of whom had ties to far-right circles, paid the Bosnian Serb army for weekend trips to Sarajevo, where they shot from rooftops at the city below.
They paid an additional fee to kill children with the sniper rifles, according to the court filing.
More than 30 years later, prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italian tourists who are accused of paying £70,000 to join this ‘human safari’, shooting and killing innocent Bosnians.
Prosecutors allege these ‘tourists’, many of whom had ties to far-right circles, paid the Bosnian Serb army for weekend trips to Sarajevo, where they shot from rooftops at the city below.
They paid an additional fee to kill children with the sniper rifles, according to the court filing.
There could be more than 100 ‘tourists’ who jetted off to the warzone and may be called to give evidence in the trial.
There are also allegations that Bosnian intelligence had proof of Italians in the hills surrounding Sarajevo.
The Bosnian consul in Milan, Dag Dumrukcic, told la Repubblica: ‘We are eager to uncover the truth about such a cruel matter and settle accounts with the past. I am aware of some information that I will contribute to the investigation.’
During the siege, Sarajevo’s electric, gas and water supplies were cut off – leaving those within the city with no access to vital infrastructure.
