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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Ambrose

Wealthy foreigners paid £80k to shoot civilians in besieged Sarajevo, Italian prosecutors claim

Civilians take cover during the siege of Sarajevo - (Mike Persson/AFP/Getty Images)

Rich foreigners paid large sums of money to shoot at terrified civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, according to extraordinary allegations being investigated by Italian prosecutors.

The prosecutors are examining allegations that during the 1990s, far-right extremists and gun enthusiasts from Italy, the United States, Russia and other countries travelled to Bosnia and paid Serbian forces to let them fire at city residents as a form of “war tourism”.

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