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Aristocrat Investigated for Disturbing ‘Human Safari’ Killings
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- European investigators are probing suspicions that an aristocrat and others paid to act as snipers during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, part of a human safari scandal involving targeted killings in the Bosnian War.
- The investigation spans Italy, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Belgium, focusing on individuals allegedly paying large sums to shoot civilians, including women and children, from the hills above Sarajevo between 1992 and 1995.
- Italian magistrates have questioned several suspects and witnesses, including an 80-year-old former truck driver and a recently arrested 65-year-old man found with a silencer and evidence suggesting involvement in the sniper activities.
- The allegations gained attention from Miran Zupanic’s documentary Sarajevo Safari and Italian journalist Ezio Gavazzeni’s book Weekend Snipers, which prompted a formal investigation by Italian authorities.
- Eurojust, the EU’s multinational justice agency, will coordinate the ongoing investigation, with magistrates scheduled to meet to consolidate findings later in June.
