From: Sarajevo daily "Oslobođenje", April 1, 1995
Translation: Telegrafi.com
Incredible revelation from the Italian press: “Sniper safari” in Sarajevo
Horrifying evidence of war tourism confirmed before the "People's Court" in Trent ● A Serbian officer offered an Italian journalist the opportunity to shoot an old woman with a sniper rifle near the "Holiday Inn" ● They prefer to shoot children
Italian newspapers have discovered and exposed an incredible type of war "tourism", organized by Chetnik criminals and some unnamed intermediaries, united in the organized murder of Sarajevo residents!
The Zagreb newspaper "Vjesnik" published in yesterday's issue - through its permanent correspondent in Rome, Inoslav Bešker - a report on how planes take off from European airports for special weekend excursions to Bosnia. In this report, based on articles in the Italian press, it is not specified from which countries these planes take off and where they land.
This is a war tourism of the newest and, at the moment, most perverted kind. One no longer goes just to "sniff the gunpowder", thus exposing oneself to the perverse pleasure of danger, but to take part in an authentic "sniper safari" - to positions above Sarajevo, where, for foreign currency, one acquires the right to shoot at children, the elderly and women, in other words, at civilians walking unprotected within range of the gun in the hilly "ambush".
This claim, unbelievable in all its horror, presented before the "People's Court" in Trento, was broadcast on Thursday on the front pages of almost all the most popular Italian newspapers - with more or less the same headlines: "Weekend of war in Sarajevo".
On the very day that Pope John Paul II proclaimed the call for the protection of life, which is the essence of his encyclical 𝘌𝑣𝘢𝑛𝑨𝑒𝑖𝐶𝑚 𝑣𝘪𝑡𝐢𝑒, from Trent - the historic seat of the council against the Reformation - to the front pages of Italian newspapers, as the Zagreb "Vjesnik" writes, came the horrific stories of two inhumane forms of tourism that have been spreading recently: sex tourism, especially pedophile tourism in the poorest countries of the world, and the "sniper safari" - so far unheard of - on living, innocent people.
The Turin newspaper, “La Stampa”, in addition to this terrible news brought an authentic testimony of its journalist. Giuseppe Zaccaria writes that, in Pale, a year or two ago, a “gentleman in a Serbian army uniform” took him to the end of his garden, near a hut, a little bigger than a dog kennel. On the ground was a rubber mattress. On the opposite wall, a small window, where a sniper rifle was placed. “Look!” said the “gentleman”. Through the binoculars, people were clearly visible passing through the “sniper alley” between the “Holiday Inn” and the skeleton of the building that was once the “Bristol” hotel. An elderly woman appeared on target.
"Will you shoot?" The Serbian "gentleman" generously withdrew from his "pleasure" to offer it to the journalist, "Vjesnik" writes.
After this revelation before the "People's Court" in Trento - and others published by Italian newspapers - it now appears that many are giving up, and this because of money. However, there are also those who are not greedy, as "Vjesnik" writes, who sacrifice money for their personal pleasure. And glory!
These days we have read that snipers in Sarajevo prefer to shoot at children. Why? Because this alone, these days, constitutes news in newspapers and on television screens throughout Europe! /Telegraph/
The front page of the daily "Oslobođenje", No. 16 881, April 1, 1995
