Commemorations are taking place on Friday to mark the beginning of
the Siege of Sarajevo and the start of the Bosnian War exactly twenty
years ago.
The victims from nearly four years of war will be remembered at a
concert on Friday called Sarajevo Red Line, being held in the Bosnian
capital. Along one main street, more than 11,500 chairs will sit empty,
representing those city residents killed during the conflict.
The war officially started on April 6 1992, the same day the
European Union (then the European Community) recognised an independent
Bosnian state.
A day earlier, Serb forces fired on peace demonstrators in front of
the Bosnian parliament. Two female protesters were shot dead. Those
shootings began a bloodbath that led to the deaths of at least 200,000
people and forced around 1.8 million to leave their homes.
“I think the victims were killed for nothing. Nothing has been
achieved. Maybe someone else thinks differently but this is what I
think. On all sides, everything happened for nothing,” said local
resident Mira Regoje.
The Siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege of a capital city in
modern history.
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