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Lorenzo Tondo in Trieste and Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Serbian president faces legal complaint in Sarajevo ‘sniper-tourism’ case

A Bosnian man cradles his child as they and others run past one of the worst spots for snipers in Sarajevo, 11 April 1993.
A Bosnian man cradles his child as they and others run past one of the worst spots for snipers in Sarajevo, 11 April 1993. Photograph: Michael Stravato/AP

A Croatian investigative reporter has filed a complaint with Milan prosecutors against the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, for his alleged involvement in the “Sarajevo safari” affair, in which snipers from Italy and other countries allegedly travelled to the Bosnian capital to kill civilians during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s.

Last week, Milan prosecutors launched an investigation aimed at identifying the Italians allegedly involved on charges of voluntary murder aggravated by cruelty and abject motives.

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