Wealthy individuals from abroad reportedly spent £70,000 on disturbing ‘human safari’ tours to shoot and murder innocent civilians.
Authorities in Italy have initiated an investigation into allegations that some of their affluent citizens and others journeyed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, amidst the deadly conflict, for vile “sniper tourism” excursions.
Sarajevo transformed into a perilous zone during a harrowing four-year siege – where over 11,000 individuals fell victim to snipers and bombardment between 1992 and 1996. A distressing claim was brought forth in a Milan court alleging that certain affluent foreigners “paid to have the opportunity to eliminate defenseless civilians” – with varying fees based on the gender and age of the targets.
The shocking lawsuit – initiated in a Milan court – alleged that these visitors, purportedly linked to extremist factions, would travel from Trieste to Belgrade via the Serbian airline Aviogenex. Subsequently, they would proceed to the hills surrounding Sarajevo and target innocent civilians from Serbian positions on the ground.
These alleged “human hunters” reportedly paid between £70,000 and £88,000 to become “weekend snipers” and aim at Bosnians already devastated by the infamously brutal war. Different rates were supposedly applied based on the target’s age and gender, as per certain reports.
These disturbing accusations emerged after Italian journalist Ezio Gavazzeni, with the assistance of former Sarajevo mayor Benjamina Karic, lodged a 17-page complaint with the courts.
These travelers are accused of paying substantial sums to Radovan Karadžić, the former Bosnian Serb leader implicated in heinous war crimes that led to his trial in The Hague, and his ruthless army – responsible for perpetrating a <a aria-label="" class="TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l" href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/duchess-sophie-makes-touching-scarf-