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Today is the anniversary of the Siege of Sarajevo in which over 50,000 were injured, over 11,000 murdered including 1,601 children between April 5th, 1992 and February 29, 1996.
Sarajevo was the victim of a daily shelling campaign in an average of approximately 329 shell impacts per day occurred during the course of the siege, with a maximum of 3,777 on 22 July 1993. This particularly damaged virtually all buildings, residential or otherwise, in Sarajevo. Some 35,000 building were completely destroyed during the Siege of Sarajevo with Serb forces specifically targeting cultural heritage sites, hospitals and medical centres, communication centers, and markets.
The National Library of Sarajevo was destroyed by Serb forces too, with it destroying millions of books and countless artifacts. A direct attack on the cultural history of Bosnia.
“Sniper Alley” was an infamous boulevard in which Serbian forces directly targeted civilians. The constant shelling and sniper attacks weighed heavily on the residents of Sarajevo who despite it all tried their best to go on with life as normal.
It was estimated of the 65,000- 80,000 children in the city, at least 40% had been directly shot at by snipers; 51% had seen someone killed; 39% had seen one or more family members killed; 19% had witnessed a massacre; 73% had their home attacked or shelled; throughout the Siege.
In the Sarajevo neighborhood of Grbavica, which would end up occupied by Serb forces, innocent civilians were imprisoned, forced to perform hard labour, and tortured in detention and rape camps. Some of these criminals still remain at large and their victims afraid to speak. twitter.com/SrebrenicaUK/
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Suada Dilberovic, Olga Sucic
On Sunday, Sarajevo observes the 28th anniversary of the beginning of its siege, marked by the deaths of Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic, two women who were gunned down by sniper fire on April 5, 1992, at the then Vrbanja bridge in Bosnia's capital.
Suada Dilberovic (25) was a medical student from Dubrovnik, Croatia, who studied at the Sarajevo University, and Olga Sucic (34) who was from Sarajevo, was a clerk at the State Assembly. They were killed during a protest staged by Sarajevans, requesting that enemy forces remove the barricades and that they stand down.
Their deaths marked the beginning of a 44-month long siege of Sarajevo, the longest siege in modern history, during which 11,541 Sarajevans were killed, of which 1,601 children. Over 50,000 people wounded.
In honour of the first two civilian victims, the bridge was renamed into the Suada and Olga Bridge.
During the siege, a Sarajevo airlift was established which was the longest airlift after the Berlin airlift. During that time, over 10,000 cargo planes landed at the Sarajevo airport.
According to the UNHCR, the airlift was not enough in terms of meeting the needs of Sarajevans, but it was definitely the safest. While food and supply convoys were stopped regularly, due to misunderstandings and armed conflicts, the Sarajevo airport received between 20 and 25 planes daily, or 10 tons of food per aircraft.
During the siege, 329 shells fell on Sarajevo, daily. The city also holds one of the saddest records in history – on July 22, 1993, a total of 3,777 shells were fired on Sarajevo. The constant shelling created significant damage, but most damage was done to civilian, cultural and religious buildings.
Over 120 Yugoslav National Army’s artillery pieces and 250 tanks were placed in the hills around Sarajevo. These guns would later get into the hands of the Army of the then self-proclaimed Republika Srpska.
An example of the devastation which the siege produced in the city was the Markale marketplace massacre, when shells fired from enemy lines hit the marketplace in February 1994, claiming the lives of 68 Sarajevans.
The siege began in the night between fourth and fifth of April, 1992 and it ended on February 29th, 1996.
s- http://ba.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a...rsary-of-longest-siege-in-modern-history.html
Sarajevo was the victim of a daily shelling campaign in an average of approximately 329 shell impacts per day occurred during the course of the siege, with a maximum of 3,777 on 22 July 1993. This particularly damaged virtually all buildings, residential or otherwise, in Sarajevo. Some 35,000 building were completely destroyed during the Siege of Sarajevo with Serb forces specifically targeting cultural heritage sites, hospitals and medical centres, communication centers, and markets.
The National Library of Sarajevo was destroyed by Serb forces too, with it destroying millions of books and countless artifacts. A direct attack on the cultural history of Bosnia.
“Sniper Alley” was an infamous boulevard in which Serbian forces directly targeted civilians. The constant shelling and sniper attacks weighed heavily on the residents of Sarajevo who despite it all tried their best to go on with life as normal.
It was estimated of the 65,000- 80,000 children in the city, at least 40% had been directly shot at by snipers; 51% had seen someone killed; 39% had seen one or more family members killed; 19% had witnessed a massacre; 73% had their home attacked or shelled; throughout the Siege.
In the Sarajevo neighborhood of Grbavica, which would end up occupied by Serb forces, innocent civilians were imprisoned, forced to perform hard labour, and tortured in detention and rape camps. Some of these criminals still remain at large and their victims afraid to speak. twitter.com/SrebrenicaUK/
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Suada Dilberovic, Olga Sucic
On Sunday, Sarajevo observes the 28th anniversary of the beginning of its siege, marked by the deaths of Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic, two women who were gunned down by sniper fire on April 5, 1992, at the then Vrbanja bridge in Bosnia's capital.
Suada Dilberovic (25) was a medical student from Dubrovnik, Croatia, who studied at the Sarajevo University, and Olga Sucic (34) who was from Sarajevo, was a clerk at the State Assembly. They were killed during a protest staged by Sarajevans, requesting that enemy forces remove the barricades and that they stand down.
Their deaths marked the beginning of a 44-month long siege of Sarajevo, the longest siege in modern history, during which 11,541 Sarajevans were killed, of which 1,601 children. Over 50,000 people wounded.
In honour of the first two civilian victims, the bridge was renamed into the Suada and Olga Bridge.
During the siege, a Sarajevo airlift was established which was the longest airlift after the Berlin airlift. During that time, over 10,000 cargo planes landed at the Sarajevo airport.
According to the UNHCR, the airlift was not enough in terms of meeting the needs of Sarajevans, but it was definitely the safest. While food and supply convoys were stopped regularly, due to misunderstandings and armed conflicts, the Sarajevo airport received between 20 and 25 planes daily, or 10 tons of food per aircraft.
During the siege, 329 shells fell on Sarajevo, daily. The city also holds one of the saddest records in history – on July 22, 1993, a total of 3,777 shells were fired on Sarajevo. The constant shelling created significant damage, but most damage was done to civilian, cultural and religious buildings.
Over 120 Yugoslav National Army’s artillery pieces and 250 tanks were placed in the hills around Sarajevo. These guns would later get into the hands of the Army of the then self-proclaimed Republika Srpska.
An example of the devastation which the siege produced in the city was the Markale marketplace massacre, when shells fired from enemy lines hit the marketplace in February 1994, claiming the lives of 68 Sarajevans.
The siege began in the night between fourth and fifth of April, 1992 and it ended on February 29th, 1996.
s- http://ba.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a...rsary-of-longest-siege-in-modern-history.html
