Shooting children cost rich foreigners more

The killing of little Irina Cisik during the siege of Sarajevo remains a symbol of horror in the city. But now horrifying claims have emerged that during the war, wealthy foreigners traveled to Sarajevo to take part in “human safaris” – paid to shoot unarmed civilians, including children, turning the longest siege in the history of modern warfare into a scene of horrific violence for fun, the Daily Mail reports.

Four days after her first birthday in 1993, irina Cisik’s mother and father took her for a walk around the militarized city of Sarajevo. According to witnesses, the day was beautiful, except for the constant threat of shells and bullets falling from the surrounding hills and making the air almost deadly.

While Irina was nestled in her mother’s arms, a sniper’s bullet hit her. Her small body was unable to recover from the trauma and she died in hospital a few hours later. Irina was one of 11,541 victims, including 1,601 children, killed between 1992 and 1996 during the siege of Sarajevo by Serbian troops.War crimes were committed during the conflict, including targeted shelling of civilians.

Though, the indiscriminate bloody violence in Sarajevo may not have been perpetrated solely by Bosnian Serb militias, but also by ordinary thrill-seeking civilians.According to claims investigated by Italian authorities, wealthy foreigners paid significant sums to “live out their fantasies” by traveling to Sarajevo on weekends and taking part in so-called “human safaris”.

In gruesome detail, the lawsuit alleges that military tourists from Italy, Canada, Russia and the US spent between £70,000 and £88,000 to take part in ‘manhunts’, even paying extra to kill minors. While the Italian inquiry is new, rumors of foreigners involved in bloody murders in Sarajevo have been circulating for more then a decade – and now the truth may finally come out.

The story of little Irina Chisik remains a painful reminder of the cost of war and the dark sides of human curiosity and cruelty.

In 2007, John Jordan, a former US sailor, appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague to testify before the United Nations.

There, the veteran made shocking claims about his time as a UN volunteer firefighter in Sarajevo, the capital of militarized Bosnia and Herzegovina, between 1992 and 1995.

The crisis began when Bosnian Serb forces – outraged by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s decision to secede from federal Yugoslavia – besieged the city for 44 months,cutting off food and electricity supplies and setting fire to entire neighborhoods with artillery fire.

Jordan was in Sarajevo during the longest siege in the history of modern warfare to help civilians,and years later testified about the horrors he witnessed.

The trial led to the sentencing of Bosnian Serb general Dragomir Milosevic to 33 years in prison for murder, inhumane treatment and orchestrating a campaign of terror that claimed the lives of thousands, mostly Muslims.

“There was no safe place in Sarajevo,” concluded judge Patrick Robinson. “you could have been killed or injured anywhere at any time.”

Jordan recounted numerous atrocities, including the indiscriminate targeting of unarmed residents by Serbian soldiers. He himself was shot in the chest while responding to a fire on the front line, north of the territory of the Bosnian Serb region of grbavica.

The veteran also testified about the horrific strategy of the Serbian shooters: thay targeted the youngest in the family in order to “inflict the greatest pain on the survivors.”

“If an adult and a child walk together, the child will be shot. If a family walks together, the youngest.in a crowd of girls, the most attractive one will be shot,” he shared in his testimony.

Jordan also made another grim claim, yet to be confirmed.

Alleged ‘Sniper Safaris’ During Bosnian War Shock Witnesses

A new documentary is stirring up controversy with claims that wealthy tourists paid to participate in sniper attacks during the Bosnian War in the 1990s. The allegations center around organized trips where foreigners allegedly traveled to Bosnia to shoot at civilians in sarajevo.

The documentary, titled “Sniper Safari,” features interviews with anonymous witnesses who describe a disturbing practice. One former intelligence agent recounts how he witnessed foreigners being offered the chance to take part in the killings. “Want some adrenaline?” a clerk reportedly asked him, though he refused.

The witness detailed observing the alleged snipers in action. “I had my own binoculars to watch. after the guy fired, the victim would go down. Most of the hits were in the chest because the head is harder to hit.But I also saw a hit in the head.From that I knew they were very good hunters,” he explained, describing the precision of the shooters.

He claims Serbian forces ordered him to remain silent about what he saw, calling the events the “dark side” of the war. The witness was especially struck by the indifference of the tourists themselves. “You shot your trophy shot and went home,” he said, shocked by their detachment from the violence.

According to the witness, the alleged trips began with flights from Trieste, Italy, to Belgrade. From there, helicopters transported the tourists to Palej, a town controlled by Bosnian Serb forces, before being driven to sniper positions near Sarajevo.

Edin Subasic, a Bosnian Army intelligence officer, also appears in the documentary. He says he gathered details about the alleged “safaris” from a captured Serb soldier. “I analyzed the information as much as possible and wrote a summary, a conclusion that this is a new phenomenon on the battlefield in Sarajevo,” Subasic stated.

He described the tourists as a unique and dangerous threat. “It was about a specific type of enemy, about foreigners who are not real enemies in war […] but they are a real danger.”

Subasic claims he discovered the alleged practice in late 1993 and shared the information with Italian military intelligence (Sismi) in early 1994. Sismi reportedly confirmed the reports of tourists flying from Trieste to participate in sniper attacks.

Following Sismi’s confirmation, the trips were allegedly halted. According to the Ansa news agency, an officer told Subasic, “We have stopped it and there will be no more safaris.”

Director miran Zupanic acknowledges the potential for backlash. “I accept reactions as part of the process. If you reveal such a story, you can also expect negative reactions,” he told DW.

The allegations have sparked outrage and calls for investigation.Sarajevo’s then-mayor, Benjamina Karic, filed a complaint demanding action.