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Serbs Aim Guns at Shoppers, Mourners in Sarajevo

The Southeast Missourian, p.5A 7 December 1993. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serb forces shelled the Bosnian capital for five hours Monday, taking aim at shoppers bartering for food and mourners burying their dead. Five people were killed and at least … Continue reading

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Izetbegovic: ‘Serbs Want Blood, Not Peace’

Gorazde Fighting Delays Aid Convoy Porsmouth Daily Times, p.A2 31 August 1992. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — U.N. officials say heavy fighting int he area has forced them to delay sending an aid convoy to the eastern Bosniak city of Gorazde, … Continue reading

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Photos of Bosnian Genocide Victims in the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-95)

Credit: All photos downloaded from the Court Database of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, copyright-free. Photos were documented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina (MUP). Viewer discretion advised.

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Serbs Kill 9 Civilians, Including Children, in Besieged Sarajevo

Herald-Journal, p.A9 26 June 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serb shelling and sniper fire killed nine people and wounded 30 Sunday in Sarajevo, while government soldiers reportedly captured a key hill in their offensive to break the Serb siege … Continue reading

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Serbian Missiles Kill At Least 4, Wound 37 in Sarajevo

2 Missiles Kill Civilians in Attack on Sarajevo Moscow-Pullman Daily News, p.7A 28 June 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serbs bombarded the TV building in western Sarajevo today and another explosion rocked a nearby apartment house. At least four … Continue reading

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Serb Attack on UN Safe Areas, “Act of Barbarous Violence”

Serb Mortar Fire Hits Cities Under U.N. Protection Toledo Blade, p.2 9 May 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serbs gunners pounded two U.N.-protected cities yesterday, and the United Nations, apparently concerned for peacekeepers’ safety, rejected a request for NATO air-strikes.

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Siege of Sarajevo: 31 Killed, 86 Wounded in Serb Attacks

Fighting Sporadic in Bosnia By Samir Krilic The Daily Gazette, p.A7 21 May 1995 SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s battlefields remained unusually quiet for a second day Saturday while diplomats maneuvered to nudge the warring sides closer to peace negotiations. … Continue reading

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Serbs Target Bosnian Hospitals, Slaughter Civilians

“During the fighting, three babies — two in incubators — died. Now, piece by piece, the general hospital is also being picked apart… Candlelight gives the room an eerie appearance. In one corner, two 16-year-old girls with no legs lie … Continue reading

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Serbian Mortar Attack Kills 20, Injures Over 100 Sarajevans

The Southeast Missourian, p.5A 28 May 1992. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) — The European Community imposed trade sanctions against Serbia on Wednesday to stop its interference in Bosnia, which called for foreign intervention after a gruesome artillery attack on an outdoor … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Serbs Killed Bosniak Babies in Sarajevo

In Memoriam / Don’t Ever Forget: Little Bosnian Muslim baby girl Nalena Skorupan and her aunt Mirsada Demirovic – both killed by Serbs on 7 January 1994 in the besieged Sarajevo. Nalena was only 2 months and 10 days old … Continue reading

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Serbian Shelling of Sarajevo Kills 15 Civilians

Shelling Kills 15, 6 in One Family, as Siege Persists Eugene Register-Guard, p.7A 4 January 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Fierce shelling killed 15 people in Sarajevo on Monday, including six members of one family who died in their apartment … Continue reading

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White House Condemns Serb Terror, More Than 1000 Bosniaks and Croats Slaughtered

Toledo Blade, p. Front, 4. 4 August 1992. WASHINGTON — The Bush administration says it has confirmed reports that Croats and Bosniaks are being tortured and killed in Serb “detention camps” in the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia. But administration … Continue reading

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12 Bosniaks killed, 48 Injured in Serbian Attack on Civilians

The Deseret News 23 September 1992. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Nine people were killed in a Serb artillery attack on a hospital in Bihac in northeast Bosnia and three died when a tank shell hit a Red Cross soup kitchen in … Continue reading

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Besieged Bosnian Muslim Sarajevo Anticipates Genocide in the Event of Fall

By John F. Burns N.Y. Times 10 July 1992 SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — As the United States and other Western nations continue to debate ways of protecting and expanding the United Nations relief effort to this besieged city, Sarajevans … Continue reading

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Melting Snow Exposes Mass Graves in Bosnia

By Barbara Demick Knight-Ridder Newspapers 30 March 1996. HADZICI, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The first thaw of spring is revealing macabre secrets in the ground below the Sarajevo suburbs. Armin Hrnjic peered into the underbrush by a railroad track. He could see … Continue reading

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Eight Dead, Forty Injured as Serbs Shell Sarajevo

Caption: Child Injured – Jasmin Causevic, 11, lies on an operating table after he arrived at Kosevo hospital in Sarajevo on Tuesday. Causevic was treated for a shrapnel injury. By Aida Cerkez AP Writer, Sun-Journal, 2B. 8 May 1995. SARAJEVO, … Continue reading

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Sarajevo massacre: U.N. Says Serbs Fired Shell into Sarajevo Marketplace

Altus Times, p.2 29 August 1995. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The United Nations blamed Bosnian Serbs today for firing the shell that killed

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10 Killed in Sarajevo: "What did I do wrong to them?"

“What did I do wrong to them?” asked 10-year-old Bosniak boy Sabahudin Ljusan. Observer-Reporter, p.B8 5 February 1994. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Three shells sprayed shrapnel through a crowd waiting for food handouts on a playground Friday, killing eight people … Continue reading

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Serbs Massacre at least 47-50 Bosniaks near Sarajevo (Ahatovici massacre)

Ahatovići massacre refers to a massacre committed by the Serbs of at least 47 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) from the village of Ahatovići, in the municipality of Novi Grad, Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. Note: In 1996, about 50 bodies were exhumed. … Continue reading

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US & Allies Devise Plan for Air Strikes Against Serbs in Bosnia

The Milwaukee Journal 8 February 1994. “All those who are depriving us of this natural right to self-defense will be considered accomplices in this crime.” – Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic The United States and its NATO allies essentially have completed … Continue reading

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Serbs kill at least 37 in the second Sarajevo massacre

Shells land near marketplace in Sarajevo; 37 killed, 80 hurt The Spokesman Review 29 August 1995. U.S. blames Bosnian Serbs and urges NATO, U.N. military action By Roger Cohen Two shells slammed into the central Sarajevo market area today, killing … Continue reading

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Serbs Kill at least 66 civilians in Sarajevo massacre

The Gainesville, p.1c 6 February 1994. 66 Killed in Markale Massacre, Hundreds Injured By Tony Smith The Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Bodies and severed limbs lay amid bloodstained market stalls after a mortar shell landed in a crowd of … Continue reading

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