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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italian investigated over claims he paid to shoot people during siege of Sarajevo

A man cradles his child as people run past one of the worst spots for snipers in Sarajevo in April 1993.
A man cradles his child as people run past one of the worst spots for snipers in Sarajevo in April 1993. Photograph: Michael Stravato/AP

An elderly Italian man is under investigation as part of an investigation by prosecutors in Milan into individuals who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s.

The 80-year-old is being investigated on charges of aggravated murder, a source close to the case told the Guardian. The man, a former truck driver from the northern Italian region of Veneto, is the first suspect to be placed under investigation since the inquiry began in November.

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