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Milan-based author Ezio Gavazzini gathered evidence supporting these allegations from the Italian media during the 1990s, as well as from the 2022 documentary “Sarajevo Safari” directed by Slovenian filmmaker Miran Zupanić. Conversely, Benjamin Karić, the former mayor of Sarajevo, submitted a report to the prosecutors. Consequently, Milan’s prosecutors, under the leadership of Alessandro Gobbi, initiated an investigation to identify the individuals involved.<ref name=guardian/> |
Milan-based author Ezio Gavazzini gathered evidence supporting these allegations from the Italian media during the 1990s, as well as from the 2022 documentary “Sarajevo Safari” directed by Slovenian filmmaker Miran Zupanić. Conversely, Benjamin Karić, the former mayor of Sarajevo, submitted a report to the prosecutors. Consequently, Milan’s prosecutors, under the leadership of Alessandro Gobbi, initiated an investigation to identify the individuals involved.<ref name=guardian/> |
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Gavazzini stated that the individuals were not solely Italians, but included “Germans, French, English… individuals from all Western nations who paid substantial amounts of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.” They lacked any political or religious ties, being merely affluent individuals whose pastime was shooting and participating in safaris. Some of the Italians he identified are expected to be questioned by the prosecutors.<ref name=guardian/> |
Gavazzini stated that the individuals were not solely Italians, but included “Germans, French, English… individuals from all Western nations who paid substantial amounts of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.” They lacked any political or religious ties, being merely affluent individuals whose pastime was shooting and participating in safaris. Some of the Italians he identified are expected to be questioned by the prosecutors.<ref name=guardian/> |
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Among the victims of the snipers were BoÅ¡ko Brkić and Admira Ismić. This couple, featured in the film Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo, was shot by a sniper while attempting to cross a bridge in 1993. Their bodies lay for several days in the no-man’s land separating Bosniak and Bosnian Serb forces. The images were widely disseminated and became emblematic of the indiscriminate nature and brutality of war.<ref name=guardian> |
Among the victims of the snipers were BoÅ¡ko Brkić and Admira Ismić. This couple, featured in the film Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo, was shot by a sniper while attempting to cross a bridge in 1993. Their bodies lay for several days in the no-man’s land separating Bosniak and Bosnian Serb forces. The images were widely disseminated and became emblematic of the indiscriminate nature and brutality of war.<ref name=guardian> |
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 18 November 2025
Alleged sniper tourism during Bosnian war
An investigation conducted by Milan prosecutors has revealed that Italians allegedly compensated members of the Bosnian Serb army to travel to Sarajevo with the intent to kill civilians during the city’s four-year siege in the 1990s. These individuals were, in fact, snipers who targeted people, including children and women, in the streets. They were referred to as “sniper tourists” who financially supported the Serb army and relished the act of hunting by shooting Bosniaks in exchange. They have been characterized as “the most terrifying element of life under siege in Sarajevo.”[1]
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Milan-based author Ezio Gavazzini gathered evidence supporting these allegations from the Italian media during the 1990s, as well as from the 2022 documentary “Sarajevo Safari” directed by Slovenian filmmaker Miran Zupanić. Conversely, Benjamin Karić, the former mayor of Sarajevo, submitted a report to the prosecutors. Consequently, Milan’s prosecutors, under the leadership of Alessandro Gobbi, initiated an investigation to identify the individuals involved.[1][2]
Gavazzini stated that the individuals were not solely Italians, but included “Germans, French, English… individuals from all Western nations who paid substantial amounts of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.” They lacked any political or religious ties, being merely affluent individuals whose pastime was shooting and participating in safaris. Some of the Italians he identified are expected to be questioned by the prosecutors.[1]
Among the victims of the snipers were BoÅ¡ko Brkić and Admira Ismić. This couple, featured in the film Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo, was shot by a sniper while attempting to cross a bridge in 1993. Their bodies lay for several days in the no-man’s land separating Bosniak and Bosnian Serb forces. The images were widely disseminated and became emblematic of the indiscriminate nature and brutality of war.<ref name=guardian>
