BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: FIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL AS SERBS WHO LEAVE SARAJEVO ARE MAKING SURE MOSLEMS WILL GAIN AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE

Record ID: 646391

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: FIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL AS SERBS WHO LEAVE SARAJEVO ARE MAKING SURE MOSLEMS WILL GAIN AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
  • Date: 17th March 1996
  • Summary: GRBAVICA, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (MARCH 17, 1996) (RTV (W) - ACCESS ALL) (NIGHT VIEWS) 1. PAN FROM CIRCUS PICTURE TO BLAZING HOUSE 0.05 2. SV VARIOUS OF BLAZING HOUSES (4 SHOTS) 0.25 3. SLV POLICE / BLAZING HOUSES 0.31 4. SV NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION (NATO) IMPLEMENTATION FORCES (IFOR) SOLDIERS 0.34 5. SV VARIOUS BLAZING HOUSES (6 SHOTS) 0.59 6. SLV IFOR SOLDIER STROKING DOG 1.03 (DAY VIEWS) 7. SLV SMOKE BILLOWING FROM BUILDING 1.06 8. SV VARIOUS OF FIRES BURNING IN BUILDINGS (3 SHOTS) 1.19 9. SV TAXIS LINED UP (3 SHOTS) 1.38 10. SV/SLV VARIOUS OF TAXIS MOVING OFF 1.54 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 1st April 1996 13:00
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  • Location: GRBAVICA, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVA51DVC1EZJVRLBXKFTLY43CQJP
  • Story Text: INTRO: Serbs who must leave the Sarajevo suburb of Grbavica by Tuesday are making sure the Moslems who move in will gain as little as possible.

    --------------------------------------------------------------- Fires raged out of control in the Serb Sarajevo suburb of Grbavica overnight (Saturday-Sunday, March 16/17) with fire crews from the government side of the city refusing to fight the outbreaks.

    The Serb population continues to flood out of the suburb before Tuesday's deadline for the reunification of the city.

    As they leave they are torching their homes so that the Moslems across the river gain little from taking the area.

    Firefighters from Sarajevo have refused to go into Grbavica for fear of attack from the departing Serbs.

    IFOR (Implementation Force) troops and international policemen do what they can but on most occasions can only stand and watch the homes burn.

    On Saturday night Italian soldiers helped lead a woman and her dog to safety. She was living next door to an apartment that was set ablaze by neighbours.


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