US EditionItaly Probes 'Sniper Tourism' Claims in Sarajevo Siege
- Milan prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into claims wealthy foreigners paid to shoot Sarajevo civilians, prompted by a 17-page complaint from Ezio Gavazzeni and Benjamina Karic, with Alessandro Gobbi examining evidence.
- A 2022 documentary and a dossier allege `sniper tourists` paid up to 80,000–100,000 to join Sarajevo siege trips during 1992–1996, with higher prices for children.
- Archived SISMI reports and witness accounts indicate departures from Trieste and identify an Milan man; Edin Subasic's testimony includes a captured Serb soldier's interrogation and witnesses describe a foreigner handling a hunting rifle like a novice.
- Investigators, backed by the Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale, Carabinieri special unit, may call over 100 alleged `tourists` and consider charges of voluntary homicide aggravated by cruelty against unknown defendants.
- Serbia has denied involvement, yet investigators say Serbian intelligence services and militias loyal to Radovan Karadzic were linked to the Siege of Sarajevo, which left 13,952 dead.
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Italy probes if ‘war tourists’ paid to shoot civilians in Sarajevo siege
Prosecutors in Italy are investigating possible Italian snipers who may have paid the Bosnian Serb army during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo to be allowed to shoot civilians for sport, local media reported.
Trump ally makes scathing threat for any US ‘sniper tourists’ who allegedly paid $90,000 to shoot people on ‘human safari’ trips
An ally of Donald Trump has issued a threat for any US ‘sniper tourists’ in the alleged human safari in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.
The prosecutor's office in Milan investigates the accusation that during the Bosnian war Italians were supposed to have paid money to shoot people in the besieged Sarajevo during "hunting trips".
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office recently opened an investigation into Europeans who allegedly paid Serbian soldiers to kill civilians during the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.
Probable "war tourists" are said to have made hunting trips in the 90's: they probably paid a lot of money – to shoot people.
Nature shows in November seem to attract holidaymakers to Italy, who do not take it so closely with the rules. The indignation is great.
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