Sarajevo Safari is the name for an alleged war tourism phenomenon during the siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996) involving human hunting. According to the reports, wealthy foreign nationals were enabled, for large monetary fees, to shoot at civilians in the besieged city with sniper rifles for entertainment purposes.
Saw a small documentary about it (even if it wouldn’t surprize me that much). Apparently no actual evidences found, and that only served to divert attention from the crimes that were actually committed by the army against civilians.
The Wikipedia article is well sourced, and the multiple investigations managed to name both individuals and right-wing groups.
Maybe the better question to ask is who funded the documentary that says no evidence was ever found, because clearly some was, enough to fuel multiple international investigations.
“Investigations” aren’t the same as “conclusions.” Naming people just means accusing them.
“Journalism” isn’t the same thing as “law enforcement” and it is dishonest to conflate the two. “Evidence” as defined by a documentary and “evidence” as defined by law enforcement are worlds apart, and they do NOT work to the same standard. As you clearly know, but would like to elide.
The reason the standards are lower for journalism is that the conclusions journalists arrive at are less trustworthy.
Exactly, this is an urban legend and I hate seeing it being presented as facts in this post.
Interesting, any link to that video?
It’s just a short news report in French: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhdUkPF0d8Y
To be clear, I don’t know if the safaris by tourists actually took place. The video mentions potential mercenaries.
I haven’t read much on the subject, but in any case, the massacres did take place, and the perpetrators must be prosecuted, whether they are military, mercenaries, or foreign civilians.
Thanks 😊