BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE TO FLEE SARAJEVO/MOSLEMS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN MEMICI

Record ID: 646303

  • Title: BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE TO FLEE SARAJEVO/MOSLEMS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN MEMICI
  • Date: 14th March 1996
  • Summary: GRBAVICA, NEAR SARAJEVO, AND MEMICI, NEAR SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 14, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) GRBAVICA, BOSNIA 1. GV IFOR PATROL IN STREET 0.06 2. LV BURNING APARTMENT, PATROL WATCHING/ SMOKE ON BALCONY 0.18 3. SLV MAN SETTING FIRE TO APARTMENT/ MEN IN APARTMENT SPRINKLING PETROL AROUND FLAT AND STAIRWELL 0.36 4. LV APARTMENT BUILDING WITH BLACKENED WALLS AND WINDOWS WHERE FIRES WERE SET 0.41 5. SLV's PEOPLE PACKING BELONGINGS, GETTING ON BUS, BUS LEAVES 1.12 6. SLV BOSNIAN SERB SOLDIERS CARRYING CROSS AND BELL IN PROCESSION DOWN STREET 1.28 7. SLV PROCESSION LEAVING TOWN ACCOMPANIED BY IFOR (IMPLEMENTATION FORCE) 1.38 MEMICI, BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA 8. GV VARIOUS OF DAMAGED HOUSES AND HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIGHTING 1.48 9. PAN DESTROYED MOSQUE 10. SLV CHILD WITH WHEELBARROW/ FAMILY IN FIELD 2.06 11. MV CHILD SITTING ON WINDOW SILL 2.10 12. LV PEOPLE CLEARING RUBBISH FROM OUTSIDE HOUSE 2.16 13. GV BOMB DAMAGED HOUSES/ PEOPLE IN STREET/ HOUSES 2.29 14. SLV PAN MOSLEMS IN CEMETERY PAYING THEIR RESPECTS 2.34 15. SLV PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE HOUSE, HEATING WATER ON OUTSIDE FIRE/ CLEARING SNOW OFF ROOF OF HOUSE 2.49 16. CU AMERICAN SOLDIER, 2ND LIEUTENANT RANDY ELLSWORTH TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIP WITH TOWNSFOLK (ENGLISH) 3.04 17. GV IFOR TANK GUARDING VILLAGE, HELICOPTER OVERHEAD EMPTY STREETS/ BUILDINGS (3 SHOTS) 3.10 TRANSCRIPT SEQ. 15. ELLSWORTH "WITH AREA TRANSFER ACTUALLY WE HAD NO PROBLEMS. UP NORTH IN THE (UNCLEAR) WE HAVE A TOWN IN WHICH ABOUT 25, 30 FAMILIES HAVE MOVED IN, SO ACTUALLY WE HAVE MADE PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS AND WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 29th March 1996 12:00
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  • Location: GRBAVICA, SARAJEVO AND MEMICI, NEAR SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVA4FBMNTLKV8QSFBAH7QTGB5ASQ
  • Story Text: - INTRO: The last remaining Bosnian Serbs fled the Sarajevo suburb of Grbavica on Thursday, leaving ruined houses and looted buildings for the returning Moslems.

    --------------------------------------------------------------- The last remaining Bosnian Serbs fled the Sarajevo district of Grbavica on Thursday (March 14), the last of five suburbs to be handed over to the Moslem-Croat federation.

    In anticipation of the transfer, which is scheduled for Tuesday, thousands of Bosnian Serbs fled the front-line neighbourhood.

    They trucked out household goods and the contents of schools and hospitals. Many burnt or blew up their houses to prevent them being used by their former enemies.

    Some of the last to leave were 13 Serb soldiers who carted a large cross and bell away from a makeshift Orthodox church.

    Unarmed United Nations (U.N.) police patrolled the town on foot and in vehicles, supported by NATO combat troops. Their presence has helped to reassure Moslems returning to the nearby suburb of Memici.

    Most of the Moslems who left were forced to abandon their homes and surrender most of their possessions by the Bosnian Serbs at the beginning of the war.

    Those returning were greeted by scenes of destruction - buildings either smashed by the fighting or deliberately destroyed by departing Serbs.

    United States (U.S.) NATO Lieutenant Randy Ellsworth said the 30 families who had returned to Memici had so far had no problems, and were gradually piecing together their lives.


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