Breaking: Prosecutors Investigate "Weekend Snipers" in "Sarajevo Safari" Case
Milan Prosecutor After Up to 200 Italians Who Paid to Kill During Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990's
Prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis from Milan has open investigations against up to 200 Italian nationals who are said to have paid Serb forces to hunt and kill civilians in besieged Sarajevo between 1992 and 1996.
As several Italian media such as La Repubblica and Bosnian outlets like Radio Sarajevo report, prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis from Milan has opened investigations into the so called Sarajevo Safari case - arguably the most appalling crime in the long list of cruelties and war crimes in Bosnia from 1992 to 1996.
Hundreds of wealthy Western tourists are said to have paid the equivalent of up to 100.000 Euros today to be allowed to hunt and kill civilians in besieged Sarajevo. Among them are said to be around 200 Italian nationalists.
Gobbis has launched an official probe, following official charges by Italian journalist Ezio Gavazzeni, and after the Slovenian Sarajevo Safari documentary by Miran Zupanič first lent credence to decade long rumors about rich Westerners hunting people like big game after lengthy investigations.
30 years after the end of the war in Bosnia, these are the first official investigations in this case.
It has not been reported whether the identity of any suspect is known to Italian investigators.
Read more here on my Blog Balkan Stories.
Title photo: Still from the documentary Sarajevo Safari by Miran Zupanič
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