Overview
- The Milan prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation against unknown persons for aggravated voluntary homicide, citing cruelty and abject motives.
- Prosecutor Alessandro Gobbis seeks to identify Italians suspected of paying to shoot civilians between 1993 and 1995, with the first witness hearings expected to begin soon.
- The allegations describe paid outings run from Bosnian Serb positions above Sarajevo that allowed wealthy foreigners to fire precision rifles at civilians, according to complaints and witness accounts.
- Italian media report claims of fees reaching up to €100,000 per day and say some participants gathered in Trieste before being taken to the hills around Sarajevo.
- The case follows a complaint by journalist Ezio Gavanezzi after contact from former Sarajevo mayor Benjamina Karic, who filed in Bosnia in 2022 following the film Sarajevo Safari, as estimates of Italian participants range from at least 100 to 200 and remain under investigation.