Sarajevo marks 30 years since Ferhadija massacre

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Sarajevo residents, families and the state and city officials marked the Ferhadija street massacre which left 26 Sarajevans dead and 108 wounded as they were waiting in line for bread, after a shell fired by the Bosnian Serb army landed between the street numbers 5 and 12, on May 27, 1992.

It was the first mass killing off Sarajevo citizens in the besieged city during the 1992-95 period.

Elvedin Okeric, the speaker of Sarajevo Canton Assembly, said on the behalf of authorities that Sarajevans were killed “with intention” and such massacres happened at other locations across the city.

“Let's call things their real names. They did not die, they were killed,” he stressed, emphasising the necessity of keeping the memory of the siege of Sarajevo when citizens were exposed to great suffering.

Okeric also said that the future must be built on the equality of all peoples and citizens, on the grounds of coexistence, mutual respect and tolerance. He stressed that the search for justice must never stop for the sake of punishing of those responsible for the crimes.

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Abdulah Mustajbasic was severely injured on May 27 as he was passing by his fellow citizens waiting in line for bread said it is still difficult to remember all those scenes.

He said that this event had indicated how would the war unfold, noting that those who were killed were innocent people.

The ones who were killed in the massacre on this day are: Nedzad Abdija, Ismet Asceric, Ruzdija Bektesevic, Snjezana Bilos, Predrag Bogdanovic, Vladimir Bogunovic, Vasva Cengic, Gordana Ceklic, Mirsad Fazlagic, Emina Karamustafic, Mediha Omerovic, Bahrija Pilav, Mila Ruzdic, Mile Ruzic, Abdulah Sarajlic, Sulejman Sarajlic, Hatidza Salic, Galib Sinotic, Sreten Stamenovic, Srecko Siklic, Bozica Trajeri – Pataki, Vlatko Tanackovic, Srecko Tanaskovic, Tamara Vejzagic – Kostic, Jusuf Vladovic i Izudin Zukic.

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