Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Human Safaris in Sarajevo

The Milan Attorney General's Office has opened an investigation into a chilling case that recalls the infamous Sniper Alley of Sarajevo " the city besieged from 1992 to 1996 by Serb-Bosnian militias during the Bosnian War. From the surrounding hills, they shot at passersby who had no choice but to cross that street and expose themselves to being killed. It is estimated that more than 11,000 civilians were murdered in this way. The investigation, revealed by Italian media, concerns an alleged crime of intentional homicide aggravated by cruelty and vile motives. Its central thesis is that some Italians paid to go to Sarajevo for the weekend and shoot at people, as if it were a hunting trip. Ordinary citizens, with ties to far-right circles and passionate about weapons, allegedly hired this service as a kind of human safari in the besieged city.

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Its central thesis is that some Italians paid to go to Sarajevo for the weekend and shoot at people, as if it were a hunting trip. Ordinary citizens, with ties to far-right circles and passionate about weapons, allegedly hired this service as a kind of human safari in the besieged city.

That sounds pretty deplorable.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-12 03:02 PM

Completely believable allegation. Having served in Bosnia as part of the Dayton Peace Accord (DPA), as well as other parts of the Balkans, I came across a deep network of organized crime that crosses ethnic lines which continues to persist today. When I discuss war crimes perpetrated by Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin, I am writing from the experiences I gained in the Balkans.

In Rwanda, I learned how to calculate genocide casualties with pen and paper. My predictions for the Palestinians killed in Gaza have been quite accurate. And in much less time, the IDF surpassed Bosnian Muslim massacre victims killed between 1992 and 1995.

And seeing the exact spot where the "Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo" were mercilessly gunned down by a Bosnian Serb sniper is absolutely heart-wrenching. The poor couple was given a safe conduct pass by the Bosnian Serbs to leave Sarajevo.



#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-12 04:12 PM

We often encounter references to the Ancient Greek concept of isolative hubris triggerimg the retributive effects of nemesis. Less often do we learn the nature of that retribution. It was, frequently, mania: madness.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-13 07:35 AM

Hi Doc Sarvis:

By sheer coincidence I read the Running Man the other day-- took me about four hours or so. You can tell Mr. King finished writing this novel in one week. Anyways, this year a film closer to his novel is coming out about his vision of a dystopian future human safari.

BTW: The new Frankenstein film was fairly close to the original novel, but still with significant departures. This is the first movie I watched in seven or eight years and I made two pages of notes on this Oscar contender. The director put a lot of hidden symbols or "cookies" in the film for the astute afficionado to catch.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-11-13 07:46 AM

Coriolanus, regarding how long it took King to write that book - read a bit by a British comedy writer recently in which he was asked about inspiration. Basically, he explained the creative process as follows: Take a piece of letter-sized paper and carefully insert it into into your typewriter's carriage. Then, next to it, place the gas bill.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-13 03:06 PM

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