Overview
- The Milan Prosecutor’s Office accepted a complaint and assigned prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis to investigate alleged trips by Italians to shoot civilians in Sarajevo between 1992 and 1995.
- Journalist Ezio Gavazzeni filed the complaint with lawyers Nicola Brigida and Guido Salvini, submitting materials that he says could help identify suspects.
- The filing cites at least three Italians and includes a reference to a Milan plastic surgeon reportedly identified as a sniper in 1993 on the hills around Sarajevo, who declined to respond to inquiries.
- Prosecutors are examining potential multiple homicide charges with aggravating factors of base motives and cruelty, which would make the alleged crimes not subject to a statute of limitations under Italian law.
- The allegations echo claims featured in the 2022 documentary Sarajevo Safari, which Bosnia’s prosecutors previously said they would examine, though no names or charges have been made public in Italy to date.