On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeRich foreigners paid large sums of money to shoot at terrified civilians during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, according to extraordinary allegations being investigated by Italian prosecutors. open image in gallery A child during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992 ( Copyright 1992. Edin Subasic, a former Bosnian intelligence officer, said a captured Serb soldier told him Italians had paid to fire sniper rifles at civilians. Italian intelligence agency SISMI reportedly confirmed at the time that foreign “weekend snipers” had visited Sarajevo.

Source: The Times November 12, 2025 14:09 UTC