Rome, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Majority of 'weekend snipers' in Sarajevo were Italians: book

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A majority of the "weekend snipers" who paid the Bosnian Serb army to shoot civilians during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo were Italian, according to a new book published in Italy this week. The investigation by journalist Ezio Gavazzeni has already led to investigations being opened in Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina over the allegations dating back to the wars in ex-Yugoslavia. "Italians were the overwhelming majority of these 'weekend snipers',......

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