Annex VI - part 6/10
Chronology of the battle and siege of Sarajevo
- April 1992
- May 1992
- June 1992
- July 1992
- August 1992
- September 1992
- October 1992
- November 1992
- December 1992
- January 1993
- February 1993
- March 1993
- April 1993
- May 1993
- June 1993
- July 1993
- August 1993
- September 1993
- October 1993
- November 1993
- December 1993
- January 1994
- February 1994
M. April 1993
1. 1/4/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UN monitors reported that the Serb-
held areas of Sarajevo were hit by three times as many shells as
the BiH-controlled sectors of the city. *2294 UNPROFOR registered
140 shell impacts on the
city. *2295
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) International reported events
2. 2/4/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 84 shell
impacts on the city. *2299
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
The Parliament of the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb
Republic met to discuss an international peace plan to divide the
country into 10 semiautonomous regions. Legislators of the
Serbian Democratic Party voted to reject the plan which the
Muslim and the Croats had accepted. *2300
(c) International Reported Events
3. 3/4/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 25 shell
impacts on the city. *2302 It was reported that the cease-fire
broke down in a number of areas. There was a high level of
sniping near the Presidency and high level of machine-gun fire
near the airport.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- A high level of sniping was reported near the
Presidency building.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo radio announced that the cease-fire broke down
in a number of areas, with a heavy shell exploding at 8:40 p.m
and two more exploding at 9:40 p.m. *2303 Commander Barry Frewer,
the UNPROFOR spokesman, said that there had been a high level of
sniping around the Presidency, and a high level of machine-gun
fire near the airport settlements. *2304
(b) Local reported events
The Bosnian Serb Assembly formally voted to reject the
Vance-Owen plan (68 to zero), calling for three «ethnically pure»
provinces. Though Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic termed the plan «a
good basis for agreement», one unidentified assemblyman declared,
«We Serbs must militarily defeat our enemies and conquer the
territories we need». *2305
The BiH army delegation today boycotted a UN-sponsored
military committee meeting at the Sarajevo airport to discuss the
opening of seven corridors within the city to facilitate free
movement across battle lines. The city's military command issued
a statement stating that the Serbs' intention was to move Serb
residents out of Muslim areas to create «monolithic ethnic
sectors». It also rejected any «partial solution» short of the
complete demilitarization of the city, as called for in the UN
peace plan, as well as the lifting of the Serb siege of Sarajevo.
*2306
(c) International reported events
Speaking at the Vancouver Summit, President Clinton
promised to press for tougher UN sanctions. A New York Times
report stated that nine months of sanctions had effectively
crippled the Yugoslav economy, with inflation topping 250 per
cent a month; industrial production seeing a decrease of 50 per
cent; and 30 per cent of the population unemployed. *2307
4. 4/4/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo radio reported that over
20 shells fell on New Sarajevo, a high-rise residential district
to the west of the old
city. *2308 UNPROFOR registered 48 shell impacts on the city.
*2309
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- New Sarajevo; a patch of open ground off of Olympic
Avenue in the Mojmilo district.
Source(s): Reuters; New York
Times.
- Description of Damage :
- Three persons were killed by mortar
explosions, two of whom were children, who were at the time of
the incident playing with about 30 others in a patch of open
ground off of Olympic Avenue in the Mojmilo district.
Source(s):
Reuters; New York Times.
- Sniping Activity :
- At least five civilians were killed by sniper
fire, including one old man who was hit in the neck. *2310
Source(s): New York Times.
- Casualties :
- A BiH government group calling itself the Medical
Crisis Committee put out a weekly bulletin which the Swiss-based
International Committee of the Red Cross considered broadly
accurate. In its latest report, the BiH committee said that
through March nearly 140,000 civilians across BiH were dead or
missing in the war, including 8,565 people in Sarajevo. An
additional 2,500 BiH soldiers had died in the siege of the BiH
capital, BiH authorities said. The BiH committee estimated that
50,000 residents of the city had been wounded, nearly 16,000 of
them seriously. *2311 On this day, at least five civilians were
killed by sniper fire, including one old man who was hit in the
neck. Three people were killed by mortar explosions, two of whom
were children playing with about 30 others in a patch of open
ground off of Olympic Avenue in the Mojmilo district when the
Serbian shell exploded. *2312
Source(s): New York Times.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo radio said that over 20 shells fell on New
Sarajevo, a high-rise residential district to the west of the old
city. *2313
Three people were killed by mortar explosions, two of
whom were children playing with about 30 others in a patch of
open ground off Olympic Avenue in the Mojmilo district when the
Serbian shell exploded. *2314
(b) Local reported events
(c) International Reported Events
US Secretary of State Christopher criticized the
Bosnian Serbs «for failing to grasp an opportunity for peace»,
but indicated that Karadzic's comments left «the door open» for
further peace talks. He also said that he had discussed further
sanctions with Russian Foreign Minister Kozyrev. *2318
5. 5/4/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 14 shell
impacts on the city. *2319 In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR
reported Sarajevo as «remarkably quiet all week». The lull in
combat activity was broken by sporadic shelling, small arms and
machine-gun fire. UNPROFOR counted a total of 13 artillery and 41
mortar shells falling on the city and its environs during the
reporting period. This represented less than a «normal» day of
fire for Sarajevo. Shelling was concentrated on Rajlovac,
Dobrinja, Grbavica and Grdonj. Sporadic machine-gun fire was
reported throughout the week, mainly concentrated between
Dobrinja and the airport settlement. UNPROFOR reported snipers
particularly active throughout the week, mainly in Rajlovac,
Grbavica and Dobrinja. An average of 644 attempts were made to
cross the airport between Dobrinja and Butmir each evening.
Sniper fire killed four and wounded 14 persons, according to
UNPROFOR. UNPROFOR commented that this was an exceptionally low
level of activity in Sarajevo, particularly in light of recent
large scale fighting in the Stup area. UNPROFOR noted very cold
weather, deep snow and the cease-fire as possible factors. *2320
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Seven people died in an outbreak of shooting in
Sarajevo which violated the cease-fire. *2321
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Seven people died in an outbreak of shooting in
Sarajevo which violated the cease-fire. *2322
(c) International reported events
6. 6/4/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 32 shell
impacts on the city. *2326
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire was reported.
Source(s): New York
Times.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
There was no general outbreak of hostilities, but the
sporadic shelling and sniper fire that had accompanied the cease-
fire in Sarajevo, most of it from Serbian guns, continued to make
much of the city hazardous. *2327
(b) Local reported events
Sarajevo marked the first anniversary of the attack
that most people regarded as the first volley of the war here, a
burst of Serbian sniper fire from a third-floor window of the
Holiday Inn that killed several people in a crowd demonstrating
outside the BiH Parliament for peace and national
unity. *2328
The United Nations failed to consolidate the fragile
cease-fire in the war in BiH when face-to-face talks among
military commanders of the three warring armies ran into deadlock
over continuing Serbian attacks on the besieged Muslim enclave at
Srebrenica. The talks at Sarajevo Airport were the first attempt
at a high-level meeting of the opposing armies in weeks. The
meeting quickly degenerated into an exchange of recriminations,
over Srebrenica in particular, and it broke up after less than
two hours without even broaching the agenda that United Nations
commanders had drawn up. *2329
Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis landed in Belgrade
where he was scheduled to meet with Serbian President Milosevic
and Yugoslav President Cosic. He reportedly urged the two leaders
to endorse the Vance-Owen
Plan. *2330
UNICEF said that all Bosnian children showed symptoms
of trauma and appealed to the warring factions for peace. The
UNICEF survey estimated that 40 per cent of the children in
Sarajevo had been directly shot at by snipers, resulting in 3,000
deaths. The survey also said that 51 per cent of the children had
seen someone killed in the war, 39 per cent had seen a family
member or members killed, 19 per cent had witnessed a massacre,
48 per cent had their homes occupied by someone else, 72 per
cent had their homes shelled or attacked, and 89 per cent lived
in underground shelters, many for over six months. *2331
7. 7/4/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 62 shell
impacts on the city. *2332
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- A UN relief aircraft was hit by small-arms fire on
the runway of the airport.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- The morgue reported that one person was killed
by sniper fire. *2333
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- One person was reportedly killed by sniper fire; four
civilians were reportedly killed and seven wounded while trying
to cross the airport at night.
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France
Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
A UN relief aircraft was hit by small-arms fire on the
runway of the Sarajevo airport. There were no injuries and the
aeroplane returned as scheduled to Zagreb. However a UN officer
said that four civilians were killed and seven wounded as they
tried to leave Sarajevo by crossing the airport at
night. *2334
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
In Resolution 817, the UN admitted «The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia» as a member. Because of Greek objections,
the newly admitted state will have no flag. The UN General
Assembly endorsed Macedonia's membership on 8 April. *2336
8. 8/4/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 65 shell
impacts on the city. *2337
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Stup.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Snipers were active in Sarajevo early Thursday
morning. Four people were wounded by sniper fire near the
Sarajevo Holiday Inn, and residents were warned to beware of
further sniping.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Casualties :
- Four people were wounded by sniper fire near the
Holiday Inn.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
There was also some shelling in the western suburb of
Stup. *2338
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
9. 9/4/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered shell impacts
on the
city. *2345
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire was heard in Sarajevo throughout
the
day. *2346
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
Commander of the Army of the Serb Republic in BiH,
Ratko Mladic, met with UNPROFOR Commander Wahlgren and condemned
the Bosnian Muslims for the violation of the agreed cease-fire
and put forward a proposal to meet with the Commander of the BiH
forces, Sefer Halilovic on 12 April. *2347
(c) International reported events
10. 10/4/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR registered 41 shell
impacts on the city. *2350
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- One person was shot and wounded by sniper fire
in
Sarajevo. *2351
Source(s): Reuters.
- Casualties :
- One person was wounded by sniper fire.
Source(s):
Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
One person was shot and wounded by sniper fire in
Sarajevo. *2352
(b) Local reported events
It was reported that the Serbian artillery bombardment
of Sarajevo had been sharply reduced during the cease-fire.
Individuals familiar with Western intelligence reports said that
the lull has been used to build up stocks of ammunition at gun
batteries overlooking the BiH capital and that Serbian military
commanders had drawn up plans for a new attempt soon to seize
strategic territory around Sarajevo airport. These sources said
that an advance of only a few hundred yards around one critical
highway overpass would put the Serbian forces in a position to
mount a tank offensive into the heart of the city. *2353
In another setback for relief efforts, UN officials
suspended aid flights to and from Sarajevo for four days after
Serb forces moved anti-aircraft guns within range of the city's
airport, said John McMillan, a spokesman for the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees. He said the decision partly
reflected concern about a hostile Serb reaction to the UN's plan
to enforce a no-fly zone over BiH with fighter aeroplanes from
Monday. But UNPROFOR, which controlled Sarajevo's airport and was
not consulted before the decision said its monitors had detected
no unusual Serb build-up around the airport. *2354
Le Monde reported that UN BiH Commander Morillon was
being withdrawn from his station. *2355
Folk singer Joan Baez arrived in Sarajevo to perform a
pro-peace benefit concert and meet it's citizens. *2356
11. 11/4/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 46 shell impacts
on the
city. *2357
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
Bosnian Serb General Mladic told the Associated Press
that a more active Western stance (represented by NATO's
enforcement of the no-fly zone), had «no chance» of precipitating
a change in Serbian behaviour. *2358
Officials who supervised the airlift to Sarajevo
Airport reported that they had only 10 days' stock of food
remaining. When the airlift was suspended on Saturday, several
United Nations officials conceded that the suspension helped in
«stretching out» the limited supplies waiting at bases in
Croatia, Germany and Italy. The official reason given for the
airlift suspension was concerns about risks to the military
transports carrying the supplies. *2359
(c) International reported events
12. 12/4/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 74 shell impacts
on the
city. *2362 Press accounts described hundreds of shells hitting
the civilian districts within minutes of 2:00 p.m., the time set
by the United Nations for NATO fighter aircraft to begin
patrolling the skies over BiH, in support of the ban on flights
by Serbian aircraft. *2363 In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR
reported that the average number of incoming rounds for the week
was 34 per day. Mortar impacts were reported mainly on Butmir,
but also in the airport area. Sniper activity remained high
during the whole week, especially from Butmir towards the airport
area, and in the Stup area. On 8 April a UN truck was checked at
the Serbian checkpoint of Ilidza and ammunition was found under
the truck's removable pallet. UNPROFOR stated that a full
investigation was on the way. UNPROFOR movements, however, were
limited by Serb forces and convoys were blocked thereafter. *2364
Source(s): UNPROFOR; New York Times.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Hospitals reported dozens of casualties, including
several requiring amputations, and said that at least 10 people
had been killed. *2365 The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 25
killed in Sarajevo in the last week. *2366 It also reported
15,869 heavily wounded to date and that chemical weapons had been
used 131 times in Sarajevo. *2367
Source(s): New York Times; BiH
Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Serbian attacks began within minutes of 2:00 p.m., the
time set by the United Nations for NATO fighter aircraft to begin
patrolling the skies over BiH in support of the ban on flights by
Serbian aircraft imposed by the United Nations. The United
Nations' decision to enforce the ban on flights, which was
initiated after more than 500 violations by Serbian military
aircraft, had drawn warnings of retaliation by Serbian leaders,
but they denied a relation with today's artillery attack.
Hundreds of shells pounded civilian districts, creating
terror among people who had been in the streets in the largest
numbers in months. Hospitals reported dozens of casualties,
including several requiring amputations, and said that at least
10 people had been killed. *2368
(b) Local reported events
Attacks began just as General Ratko Mladic, the Serbian
nationalist military commander in BiH, concluded a meeting with
United Nations generals at Sarajevo Airport. The meeting had been
boycotted by the officer commanding the BiH Government forces
defending Sarajevo, Srebrenica and other predominantly Muslim
cities and towns. At the meeting, General Mladic again refused
the United Nations' demand that an infantry company of 150
Canadian soldiers serving with the United Nations force be
allowed to cross Serbian lines and join the detachment of 14
soldiers currently stationed in Srebrenica. *2369
Reginald Bartholomew, the US special envoy for the
former Yugoslavia arrived in Sarajevo. Bartholomew, appointed by
President Clinton, visited the post and telegraph building, the
UNPROFOR headquarters and UN relief agencies. He was due to visit
the Kosevo Hospital later in the day. *2370
UN officials said they had about two weeks of food
supplies for some hard-pressed regions of the Republic and less
than a week's supply for
others. *2371
(c) International reported events
13. 13/4/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Nine shells fell on the New
Sarajevo district shortly before dawn. *2374 In the central
districts, an hour-long artillery assault was reported after the
planned peace talks with government commanders collapsed.
UNPROFOR recorded 72 shell impacts on the city. *2375
Source(s):
Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- the New Sarajevo district (nine shells before dawn);
the central districts of the city.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- One person was killed and 35 people were injured in
an hour-long artillery assault on the central districts of the
city.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
In the central districts, one person was killed and 35
people were injured in an hour-long artillery assault which was
commenced after the planned peace talks with government
commanders collapsed. *2376
Nine shells fell on the New Sarajevo district shortly
before
dawn. *2377
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
14. 14/4/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 74 shell impacts
on the
city. *2384 The city was described as relatively quiet, apart
from some small-arms fire and the occasional shelling of Stup.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- Stup.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- There was some sniping in the New Sarajevo
district.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Casualties :
- At least one person was killed and three were
wounded as a result of the shelling and sniper fire. *2385
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was reported as relatively quiet, apart from
some small-arms fire and the occasional shelling of Stup. There
was also some sniping in the New Sarajevo district. *2386
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution
condemning Serbian activity in BiH calling for Srebrenica to be
made a safe area, and demanding that relief efforts be allowed to
proceed unhindered. *2389
US Envoy Bartholomew stated that the US would urge that
the arms embargo be lifted if the Bosnian Serbs did not soon sign
the Vance-Owen Plan, adding, «The military and humanitarian
horrors have to stop now». He believed that a Serb refusal would
make Serbia a «pariah state», burdened by much tougher diplomatic
and economic sanctions. Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic called for
direct talks between the parties. *2390
15. 15/4/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 38 shell impacts
on the
city. *2391 The city was reportedly bombarded by artillery, tank
and anti-aircraft fire overnight.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; New York
Times.
- Targets Hit :
- The area close to the Presidency; Skenderija; the
airport area.
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- There was intense sniper fire around Sarajevo
airport in the morning that killed two civilians and wounded
five. *2392
Source(s): Reuters.
- Casualties :
- Sniper fire around the airport reportedly killed two
civilians and wounded five others. *2393
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was bombarded by artillery, tank and anti-
aircraft fire overnight as Serbian gunners renewed their attack.
*2394
The most concentrated shelling was observed close to
the Presidency, Skenderija and the airport area. T-55 tank and
anti-aircraft fire was directed from the Serbian side at the
Presidency. *2395
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
BiH President Izetbegovic left Zagreb for Norway to
meet with Thorvald Stoltenberg in Oslo. *2398
In response to public demand, the Clinton
Administration released the report recommending the creation of
«safe havens» for Bosnian Muslims. The report also suggested
that force «could have a beneficial impact in humanitarian
terms». However, Secretary of State Christopher dismissed any
suggestion that the US would intervene militarily to protect the
besieged Muslims. He declared, «The use of American force is not
the solution to the problem at the present time. It's not being
contemplated». *2399
16. 16/4/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 107 shell
impacts on the city. *2400 The city reportedly came under
intermittent shelling.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- The city reportedly came under intermittent
sniper fire by Serbian forces.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo came under intermittent shelling and sniper
fire by Serb forces. *2401
(b) International reported events
United Nations Security Council Resolution 820 was
passed, calling on Serbs to sign the Vance-Owen Plan and
threatening the tightening of
sanctions. *2402
Lord Owen discussed the humanitarian relief situation
in Srebrenica with Milosevic, but received no guarantees that
Bosnian Serb blockades would be lifted. *2403
In New York, BiH Government representatives demanded
that the UN Security Council respect Chapter Seven of the UN
Charter, calling for the provision of force in defence of a UN
member. The Security Council adopted Resolution 819, which was
proposed by the Council's non-aligned nations to make Srebrenica
a «safe area». Further advances by the Serbs was prohibited under
the resolution and UN peacekeepers were to enter the area.
However, the Security Council noted that a UN-assisted evacuation
could be construed as «ethnic cleansing». *2404
US President Clinton stated that he was considering
steps that «previously had been unacceptable». Claiming that only
ground troops had been «ruled out». Clinton reiterated that all
action would be taken with the support of US allies. US officials
reportedly also informed their Russian counterparts that, if
Srebrenica fell, the US would push for an immediate vote on
toughening sanctions. *2405
17. 17/4/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 31 shell impacts
on the
city. *2406
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
The commander of the Serb forces attacking the eastern
BiH town of Srebrenica reportedly agreed to a cease-fire during
talks with the head of the BiH Army. After four hours of talks,
they reached an agreement in principle on three points: a cease-
fire from midnight; the evacuation by helicopter of some 400
wounded and sick; and the entry of a company of 130-150 Candadian
UN soldiers into Srebrenica by 11:00 Sunday. *2407
18. 18/4/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 53 shell impacts
on the
city. *2408
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- A line of people outside an unidentified relief
office; an unidentified crowded Sarajevo street (possibly the
same incident).
Source(s): New York Times; Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- A mortar shell hit a line of people
outside an unidentified relief office, killing four people and
wounding seven others; in another reported incident (possibly the
same incident), a mortar shell hit a crowded street, killing five
people and wounding seven others.
Source(s): New York Times;
Reuters.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- A mortar shell hit a line of people outside an
unidentified relief office, killing four people and wounding
seven others; in another reported incident (possibly the same
incident), a mortar shell hit a crowded street, killing five
people and wounding seven others.
Source(s): New York Times;
Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
As Serbian civilians lined up outside a relief office
for painted eggs for the Eastern Orthodox celebration of Easter,
they were struck by a mortar shell that United Nations observers
said apparently was fired from a Serbian gun position in the
hills. Four people were killed and seven injured, including
several children. *2409
A mortar bomb landed in a crowded Sarajevo street,
killing five people and wounding seven others. *2410
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
19. 19/4/93 (Monday)
(a) Military Activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 43 shell impacts
on the
city. *2414 UNPROFOR reported in its weekly summary that the
beginning of the week was characterized by sniper activity and
some shelling near the Stup area and Nedzarici. The situation
remained quiet until 12 April when artillery, mortar and small
arms activity increased. There was shelling in the city, near the
hospital and at the airport, totalling over 300 rounds. Sniping
continued the whole week, especially throughout the airport area.
On average, 150-200 people attempted to cross the airport each
night. On 15 April the most concentrated shelling was observed
close to the Presidency, Skenderija and the airport area; T-55
tank and anti-aircraft fire was directed from the Serbian side at
the Presidency. Concentrations of Serb troops were reported on 16
April in Lukavica and Azici, confirming Stup and possibly
Dobrinja as areas of interest to the Serbs. The movements of
UNPROFOR were limited from 13 April and continued for the week.
BiH troops continued to undergo a reorganization to enhance
command structure. Many brigades had been amalgamated into larger
units with the BiH army taking more control of all units.
UNPROFOR commented that the end of the Srebrenica conflict «will
possibly free more troops», making them available to reinforce
the siege of Sarajevo. *2415
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- UNPROFOR reported that heavy sniping continued
throughout the past week, especially in the airport area.
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 13 killed
and 158 wounded in the last week. It also reported 8,617 killed,
missing, or dead (of which 1,321 were children), 50,458 wounded
(of which 13,134 were children), and 15,965 heavily wounded (of
which 2,650 were children).
Source(s): BiH Ministry of Public
Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Despite there being some small arms fire in the Old
Town area of Sarajevo, the BiH radio reported that the city was
relatively quiet. *2416
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
Members of a delegation of the Russian Parliament
stated in Belgrade that the Security Council's imposition of
tighter sanctions against Yugoslavia would be misguided. Yevgeny
Ambartsumov, the Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet Committee
on International Affairs and Foreign Economic Ties, abruptly
ended his meeting with Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav
Seselj after Seselj called for Russia to «rise and show its
support for Serbia». *2418
In a report to Secretary of State Christopher, US
Senator Biden faulted the US for «confusion and inertia». He made
eight recommendations, which included: providing NATO military
escorts for UN relief flights; militarizing the UNPROFOR;
forcibly removing Serbian heavy weapons; closing all embassies in
Belgrade; and sending a UN preemptive force to Macedonia. *2419
20. 20/4/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 74 shell impacts
on the
city. *2420
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Marsal Tito Street (near the city centre).
Source(s): New York Times.
- Description of Damage :
- Five shells struck at noon in a tight ring
on Marsal Tito Street.
Source(s): New York Times.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Surgeons at Kosevo Hospital operated for 12 hours on
dozens of casualties from exploding mortar, tank and anti-
aircraft shells.
Source(s): New York Times.
- Narrative of Events :
-
In Sarajevo, where BiH and Serbian nationalist forces
were observing a nationwide cease-fire, Serbian artillery again
pounded civilian areas. Surgeons at Kosevo Hospital operated for
12 hours on dozens of casualties from exploding mortar, tank and
anti-aircraft shells, including five that struck at noon in a
tight ring on Marsal Tito Street, near the city centre. *2421
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
21. 21/4/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 36 shell impacts
on the
city. *2424 The city was reported as relatively quiet throughout
the day despite small-arms fire during the night.
Source(s):
UNPROFOR; Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was relatively quiet throughout the day
despite the small-arms fire during the night. *2425
(b) Local reported events
Lord Owen, accompanied by Ambassadors Ahrens, Hall and
Okun, met Croatian Defence Minister Susak in Zagreb. Meetings
were later held in Belgrade with Karadzic, General Mladic, and
Presidents Cosic and
Milosevic. *2426
UN officials claimed to have successfully disarmed
Srebrenica's defenders, though it was unclear how thorough such
disarmament had actually been. The UN's Canadian contingent was
to be responsible for protecting the «safe havens». While
UNPROFOR said that it could use force to protect itself and
civilians, officials in New York insisted that the Canadian force
had no mandate to defend civilians. *2427
(c) International reported events
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe threatened to pull
4,000 French troops out of the former Yugoslavia if the arms
embargo was lifted. He defended his country's stance by saying
that arming the Bosnian Muslims «would tempt the Serbs, who are
the best armed today, and the Croats, who have resumed their
offensive in recent days, to liquidate the Muslim resistance
before it gets better armed than it is at present». Juppe said
that France was considering air attacks against the Serbs. *2428
22. 22/4/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 39 shell impacts
on the
city. *2429
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
Twelve top US State Department Balkan officials
petitioned President Clinton to end what they called «Western
capitulation to Serbian aggression». In addition, American UN
Ambassador Albright sent the President a memo stressing the US
«international responsibility» to act. She called for air strikes
and the implementation of Security Council Resolution 770, which
stipulated that «all necessary measures» should be taken to
protect relief deliveries.
Croatian President Tudjman met separately with US
President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Christopher and was
expected to have talks with Vice President Gore before leaving
Washington, D.C.. *2431
23. 23/4/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 15 shell impacts
on the
city. *2432
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Heavy sniping was reported throughout the city.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
There was occasional shellfire and heavy sniping
throughout
Sarajevo. *2433
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
US President Clinton defended his BiH policy at a news
conference. He described «ethnic cleansing» as «the kind of
inhumanity that the Holocaust took to the nth degree». He
insisted on the need for multilateral action and said that he
sympathized with France and Britain, who opposed a more forceful
Western response because their troops were on the ground.
Encouraged by recent consultations, Clinton contended, «We can
reach agreement that goes beyond where we have been». He stressed
the need for a «clearly defined objective» and added that the US
should not become involved as a partisan in a
war«. *2436
24. 24/4/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 92 shell impacts
on the
city. *2437
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
BiH President Alija Izetbegovic stated that the United
Nations must be ready to use force against the Serbs and lift the
arms embargo against his country if an international peace plan
were to fail. He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with a
six member fact-finding delegation from the UN Security Council.
A group of demonstrators waited outside the BiH Presidency for
the delegation to emerge. The leader of the delegation,
Ambassador Diego Arria of Venezuela, shook hands with the
protesters. The delegation was expected to leave Sarajevo from
Kiseljak and Vitez in central BiH. Arria said that the group
would visit Srebrenica on Sunday and then return for a second
meeting with Izetbegovic in Sarajevo. The other members of the
delegation were: Ambassador Terence O'Brien of New Zealand,
Ambassador Andre Erdos of Hungary, French deputy UN
representative Herve Ladsous, Pakistani deputy representative
Sher Afghan Khan, and Russian deputy representative Vasily
Sidorov. Sarajevo had remained fairly quiet throughout the
meeting. *2438
Despite Lord Owen's new proposal to link Serbian
enclaves with a demilitarized strip of land, Bosnian Serb leader
Karadzic rejected the updated «anti-Serb» peace plan. Karadzic
criticized the West for ignoring historic animosities and for
trying to force peace upon the three parties. He asked, «Why are
you pushing us together like a dog and a cat in the same box?»
and insisted, «We can't live together».
Talks continued with the Bosnian Serb leaders Karadzic,
Krajisnik and General Mladic. In Zagreb, Lord Owen again met
Croatian Defence Minister Susak, and Bosnian Croat leader Boban.
Presidents Izetbegovic and Tudjman later joined the talks and
signed a cease-fire agreement in Central BiH. *2439
25. 25/4/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 194 shell
impacts in the city. *2440
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- A report from the Government of BiH
described the victimization suffered by the population of
Sarajevo from the beginning of hostilities to date. It stated
that Sarajevo had been without electricity for 288 days; without
water for 256 days; without telephone service for 196 days; and
without gas for 21 days. It also stated that 2,564 apartments
(3.68 per cent) of social housing were destroyed while 39,088 (56
per cent) were damaged. Among private apartments, 7,760 (9.72
per cent) were completely destroyed, and 62,000 (78 per cent)
were damaged. Of the other buildings in the city, 23 per cent
were seriously damaged, 64 per cent partially, and 10 per cent
only slightly. *2441 The Government of BiH submitted another
report detailing destruction due to shelling of medical buildings
in Sarajevo since hostilities began in April 1992 to date. It
said that a total of 1,503 shells were launched against the State
Hospital, Emergency, the Student Polyclinic, the Clinical Centre,
Health Centres across the city, and the Republic Institute for
the Preservation of Health. Shelling resulted in 699 direct hits
and 804 indirect hits. The majority of shells (1,100) were
launched against the State Hospital. It was report that this
shelling had inflicted serious damage to both buildings and
equipment: 48 per cent of the area of the buildings had been
destroyed, and approximately 40 per cent of equipment. In
addition, the report stated that 26 health workers have been
killed and 68 wounded since the beginning of hostilities. *2442
The report also included a description of damage inflicted on the
Institute for Emergency Medical Help. The Institute was shelled
from May 1992 to March 1993. It had 56 shells launched against
it, with 30 direct hits, inflicting damage on 49 per cent of the
building. Five health care workers were killed (two doctors, two
medical technicians, and one driver), while 17 were wounded, two
seriously. *2443
Source(s): Government of BiH.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No incidents reported.
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
26. 26/4/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 32 shell impacts
in the
city. *2448 In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported that the
situation in the city remained extremely dangerous around the
airport due to sniping activities and machine-gun fire. Sarajevo
received an average of 50 shell impacts per day. Sporadic
shelling and small arms fire were reported throughout the week in
all areas. *2449
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported that
the situation in Sarajevo remained extremely dangerous around the
airport because of the sniping activities and machine-gun fire.
*2450
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported four killed
and 21 wounded on this day, *2451 and 40 dead and 205 wounded in
the last week. It also reported to date 8,657 killed, missing,
or dead (of which 1,329 were children), 50,663 wounded (of which
13,204 were children) and 16,075 heavily wounded (of which 2,716
were children). *2452
Source(s): BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
No incidents reported.
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
27. 27/4/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 71 shell impacts
on the
city. *2458
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- An exploding tank shell killed three children. *2459
The BiH Public Health Ministry reported two killed and 24 wounded
on this day. *2460
Source(s): New York Times; BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
In Sarajevo, an exploding tank shell killed three
children. *2461
(b) Local reported events
A report on the situation in Sarajevo described the
plight of the firefighters in the city. The firemen reportedly
had no flak jackets and had refused BiH army protection on the
basis that if they were surrounded by soldiers shooting back, it
would only attract more fire on them. They also always used the
inside stairs of burning buildings, because if they used those on
the outside, they would easily be picked off by sniper fire. It
was reported that 90 per cent of the fires in Sarajevo were
started by shelling or incendiary rounds. At the beginning of the
war the Serbs reportedly took 50 per cent of Sarajevo's fire
fighting equipment, including trucks, hoses, radios, uniforms and
boots. The brigade had tallied 1,250 fires since the bombardments
started. *2462
(c) International reported events
Speaking in London, Lord Owen said that the US must
deploy forces on the ground if it wanted its recommendations to
carry any weight. Owen also spoke out against lifting the arms
embargo, citing the «intolerable pressure» it would put «on the
Russian Federation to supply arms to the Serbs». *2463
Russian President Yeltsin warned Serbs that they should
not expect Russian support if they continued to reject Vance-
Owen. Russian Foreign Minister Kozyrev appealed to Yugoslav
leaders to stop supplying the Bosnian Serbs and described the
plan as the only «realistic» solution. *2464
28. 28/4/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 176 shell
impacts on the city. *2465
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported seven killed
and 31 wounded on this day. *2466
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
29. 29/4/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 87 shell impacts
on the
city. *2470
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported one killed
and 10 wounded on this day. *2471
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Serb forces reportedly shelled Sarajevo with artillery.
*2472
(b) Local reported events
The Serbian Assembly appealed to deputies of the
Assembly of the Serb Republic of BiH to reexamine information and
outstanding issues and reconsider their decision on the Vance-
Owen Plan, bearing in mind interests of the entire Serbian
nation. The appeal was contained in a letter sent by Serbian
Assembly Speaker Zoran Lilic to the Serb Republic Assembly
Speaker Momcilo
Krajisnik. *2473
(c) International reported events
30. 30/4/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 114 shell
impacts on the city. *2476
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Stup.
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- BiH radio said seven children were killed in Serb
shelling of residential areas of Sarajevo. *2477 The BiH Public
Health Ministry reported two killed and 28 wounded on this day.
*2478
Source(s): Reuters; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Serb troops shelled Stup throughout the night. *2479
BiH radio said seven children were killed in Serb
shelling of residential areas of Sarajevo. *2480
(b) Local reported events
Radovan Karadzic, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, said
that he hoped for a breakthrough at a weekend summit in Athens to
help end the year of civil war. Karadzic said that he would not
sign the peace plan in Greece but expected guarantees which would
persuade the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb Parliament to accept it
at a special session on Wednesday. *2481
In its monthly operational report, UNPROFOR cited
diplomatic discussions as taking on more importance than
military activities, with no change noticed in the operational
situation. UNPROFOR also reported the failure of high level
meetings and the discovery of ammunition in a convoy as adding to
the current tension. UNPROFOR reported that its vehicles and
UNHCR vehicles were very often directly fired upon and confirmed
655 cease-fire violations (406 from the Serbian side and 249 from
the BiH side). With regard to utility repair missions, 55 had
been performed, 49 completed and six canceled (four for safety
reasons or no will from the parties and two for technical
reasons). For the first time in months there was a decrease in
the number of airport crossings to 10,000 attempts. *2482
(c) International reported events
N. May 1993
1. 1/5/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 90 shell impacts
on the
city. *2484 Tanjug reported a BiH mortar attack on Ilidza and
other reports described shelling of the city.
Source(s):
UNPROFOR; Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Ilidza; the area near the city's Roman Catholic
cathedral; the open air market in the Old Town; a building beside
the open air market.
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Four people were killed and 10 wounded
when a shell landed near the city's Roman Catholic cathedral.
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Four people were killed and 10 wounded when a shell
landed near the city's Roman Catholic cathedral. The BiH Crisis
Centre said that eight people were killed and 60 wounded in
Sarajevo in the past 24 hours. *2485 The BiH Public Health
Ministry reported six killed and 42 wounded on this
day. *2486
Source(s): Reuters; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said that Muslim forces
launched a mortar attack on the Serb-held Ilidza district of
Sarajevo. *2487
Sarajevo radio said that four people were killed and 10
wounded when a shell landed near the city's cathedral. *2488
According to reports, many people were on the streets enjoying a
warm spring day when a shell landed just in front of the Roman
Catholic cathedral, built during the time of the Austro-Hungarian
empire, wounding passersby and vendors. One of the wounded was
an 11 year-old boy who was hit by shrapnel. *2489
Another shell was reported to have hit the open air
market in the Old Town. Reports stated that one shell landed on
the roof of a building beside the market apparently without
causing casualties, while other shells landed nearby. *2490
(b) International reported events
Mr. Stoltenberg assumed his responsibilities as co-
chairman of the International Conference on the former
Yugoslavia. *2491
The warring factions concluded their first session of
peace talks in Athens, intended to head off Western military
intervention in the Balkans. A week ago, Slobodan Milosevic and
his ally, Momir Bulatovic of Montenegro, publicly broke ranks
with their ethnic kin in BiH and told them that they should sign
up for the entire Vance-Owen plan. Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian
Serb leader, said peace could come «within two weeks» if minor
modifications were made to the plan. Both the Croatian
leadership in BiH and the Muslim-led BiH Government had already
accepted the plan. Also attending the Athens meeting with
Milosevic, Bulatovic and the three BiH leaders was President
Franjo Tudjman of Croatia. *2492
President Clinton decided in principle yesterday to
commit airpower to try to end the fighting in BiH. Secretary of
State Warren Christopher was sent to try to persuade European
allies to go along with the strategy. *2493
2. 2/5/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 33 shell impacts
on the
city. *2494 The city was described as quieter after heavy
shelling on Saturday. In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported
that Sarajevo had been relatively quiet. An average of 91 rounds
per day were recorded. Areas of concentration were Svabino Brdo,
Rastovi, Zabrdje, Stup and Kobilja. Sniping activity was reported
to have continued. The French Battalion reported that the
fighting was intense on 27 April between Stup, Nedzarici and
Dobrinja. In addition, troop movement and ammunition resupply
were noted near the Stup checkpoint. It was observed that a
quantity of Serb heavy weapons were moved out of their previous
locations to unknown destinations. *2495
Source(s): UNPROFOR;
Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported that
sniping activity had continued.
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported nine killed
and 47 wounded on this day. *2496
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was reported as quieter after heavy shelling
on Saturday killed eight people. *2497 However, following the
news from Athens that Radovan Karadzic had supported the peace
plan, the first shells were fired into the city from surrounding
mountainsides at 7:45 p.m.. According to hospital sources, five
people were killed. *2498
(b) International reported events
In Athens, Radovan Karadzic conditionally endorsed the
Vance-Owen Plan. Bosnian Serb hard-liners warned the world not
to expect their parliament to automatically endorse the UN-
sponsored peace plan signed in Athens Sunday by their leader.
Momcilo Krajisnik, President of the parliament which had twice
rejected the plan dividing BiH into 10 ethnic cantons, told
Bosnian Serb radio, «[t]his signature did not in any way mean
actual acceptance of the agreement . . . I believe (it) must be
reworked and cannot be accepted in the present form». Serbian
President Slobodan Milosevic told Belgrade television later: «I
am convinced the parliament will accept the plan». *2499 The
agreement reached in Greece still needed to be voted on by the
Bosnian Serb parliament which was scheduled to met in special
session on Wednesday. *2500
US President Clinton reminded optimists that «other
agreements in this protracted war have raised hopes but not
changed behavior». *2501
French Foreign Minister Juppe implicitly criticized US
policy when he stated that, «there is a division of tasks which I
don't think is acceptable, that of having some flying in
aeroplanes and dropping bombs, and others, the Europeans,
especially the French, on the ground. *2502
3. 3/5/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 80 shell impacts
on the
city. *2503 Serb gunners reportedly fired several shells into the
city before dawn. It was also reported that they fired anti-
aircraft guns into BiH positions. Some machine-gun and small-arms
fire was also heard.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- An unidentified apartment block in the city; BiH
army positions in the city.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- An unidentified apartment block in the
city was hit by Serb shellfire after dawn and was set afire.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Hospitals reported one dead and 15 wounded in the
early
evening. *2504 The BiH Public Health Ministry reported eight
killed and 32 wounded on this day. *2505
Source(s): Agence France
Presse; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Serb gunners on surrounding mountainsides fired several
shells into Sarajevo shortly before dawn, setting an apartment
block on fire. They also fired anti-aircraft guns at BiH army
positions in the city. Some machine-gun and small-arms fire
could also be heard. *2506
Tracer bullets could be seen through the dark and
gunners of the BiH Army were returning fire. *2507
(b) International reported events
Radovan Karadzic, in an interview with BBC radio, said
he hoped his parliament would ratify the Vance-Owen plan. «I do
hope parliament will approve it, but if it does not I will offer
my resignation and they will select another representative who is
going to be more radical», he said. *2508
Serbian Renewal Movement leader Draskovic said that he
doubted that the Bosnian Serb assembly would accept Vance-Owen.
He said, «We should now ask ourselves why the plan was not signed
on 26 April at the previous session of the Bosnian Serb Assembly,
when such an action would have spared Serbia-Montenegro from
sanctions». *2509
Western officials stated that a NATO force of around
50,000 might be dispatched to BiH. For the first time, US
President Clinton publicly declared that the US planned to
contribute peacekeepers. Clinton added, however, that, «I would
not make any such decisions without a further consultation with
the Congress and discussing it directly with the American
people».
4. 4/5/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Occasional shelling was reported
in the city and anti-aircraft and sniper fire could be heard.
UNPROFOR recorded 37 shell impacts on the city. *2510
Source(s):
Agence France Presse; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire was reported on this day.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Hospitals reported one civilian dead and several
wounded. *2511 The BiH Public Health Ministry reported two killed
and 20 wounded on this
day. *2512
Source(s): Agence France Presse; BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Occasional shelling was reported in Sarajevo and anti-
aircraft and sniper fire could be heard. Hospitals reported one
civilian dead and several wounded. *2513
(b) Local reported events
UN commander, Lieutenant General Phillipe Morillon of
France, threatened to use force to stop the bloodshed, a
significant switch in UN strategy in the war. Morillon declared
that with the factional leaders having accepted the UN-sponsored
peace plan, he regarded local commanders who tried to block it as
«warlords and pirates» against whom UN troops might move
militarily. *2514
(c) International reported events
5. 5/5/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Heavy bombardment was reported in
the city from 11:00 a.m. until about 1:00 p.m.. UNPROFOR recorded
66 shell impacts on the city. *2518
Source(s): Agence France
Presse; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The area near the Presidency; the area near the
Marsal Tito Barracks where the Ukrainian UNPROFOR battalion was
quartered; the western edge of the city; the city centre.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The day's bombardment left a reported five people
dead and 25 wounded. *2519 The BiH Public Health Ministry
reported four killed and 13 wounded on this day. *2520
Source(s):
Agence France Presse; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo came under heavy bombardment from surrounding
Serb gunners shortly after 11:00 a.m. until about 1:00 p.m..
*2521 Several shells struck close to the Presidency and others
near the Marsal Tito Barracks where the Ukrainian UN battalion
was quartered. Small arms fire could be heard near the
Presidency, with pedestrians nearby running about. Incoming
shells could be heard exploding around the western end of the
city before midday. *2522 The attacks lasted several hours,
dying down almost completely in the afternoon. All fatalities
were caused by mortar shells, hospital authorities said, adding
that one of the dead was a doctor from the city hospital who was
shopping in the centre of town. *2523 The bombardment left a
reported five people dead and 25 wounded. *2524
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
The New York Times quoted Western intelligence reports
as estimating that the Bosnian Serbs had about 100 artillery
pieces and a dozen tanks around Sarajevo. United Nations
officials in Sarajevo said that the total was closer to 250.
According to the New York Times, the heaviest concentration of
artillery in the BiH war was in and around Sarajevo. «More than
100 Serbian heavy guns, and by some estimates, twice that, are
nestled in the rugged terrain around the city and some would be
prime targets for allied strikes», the Times stated. *2528
Russian President Yeltsin stated that Russian troops
would join international peace-keeping operations in BiH if a
settlement was reached. However, he did not endorse the US plan
to intervene militarily if the peace process failed. *2529
6. 6/5/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city came under the heaviest
concentrated bombardment in days. For two hours, scores of
artillery shells fell on the downtown and historic district, and
tank rounds struck around the Holiday Inn. UNPROFOR recorded 36
shell impacts on the city. *2530
Source(s): Washington Post;
UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The downtown area; the historic district; the area
near the Holiday Inn; the road to the airport.
Source(s):
Washington Post.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Officials at the Kosevo Hospital said two people
died and 17 were wounded in the day's shelling. *2531 The BiH
Public Health Ministry reported four killed and 25 wounded on
this day. *2532
Source(s): Washington Post; UNPROFOR.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Agence France Presse reported that around Sarajevo,
Serb gun emplacements had been pinpointed by UN troops on the
ground, but that UNPROFOR officers said that the guns were mobile
and could be moved quickly. *2533
Agence France Presse speculated that the «lull» in
shelling in Sarajevo was due to the fact that gunners used the
opportunity to replenish their ammunition supplies and position
themselves for a massive bombardment of Sarajevo in the event of
any western attack. *2534
As the Bosnian Serb assembly met, Sarajevo came under
the heaviest concentrated bombardment in days. For two hours,
scores of artillery shells fell on the downtown and historic
district, and tank rounds struck the area around the high-rise
Holiday Inn on the road to the airport. Officials at the Kosevo
Hospital said two people died and 17 were wounded in the
shelling. *2535
(b) Local reported events
An assembly of Bosnian Serb nationalist leaders
sidestepped a decision on whether to accept the UN backed peace
plan for the Republic, voting to put the plan to a referendum of
the Serb population of BiH. The 51 to two vote followed 16 hours
of debate on the issue and represented rejection of a plea by
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic for the assembly to ratify
the peace plan and thus accept deployment in BiH of tens of
thousands of peace-keeping troops from the United States, and
other NATO countries and Russia. The assembly never voted on the
actual peace plan but only on the referendum. Yugoslav President
Dobrica Cosic declared that the assembly had made «the worst
decision this nation has ever seen». *2536
The Governments of Serbia and federal Yugoslavia said
that they would cut all but humanitarian aid to Bosnian Serbs,
saying that they were angered by the Bosnian Serb parliament's
rejection of the peace plan. *2537
UNICEF announced that the city's birth rate had fallen
by two-thirds since the beginning of the siege. Before the war,
the birth rate was an annual 13.82 per thousand, and in April of
1993 was estimated to be 4.59 births per thousand. *2538
(c) International reported events
Under Resolution 824, the UN Security Council declared
Sarajevo and five other BiH communities and their surroundings as
«safe areas» to protect them from further armed attacks. The
Council called on Bosnian Serb military or paramilitary units to
withdraw from those areas to a distance from which they would not
constitute a threat to the security of the inhabitants of the
towns. The rejection of the peace plan by the Bosnian Serb
parliament threw UN officials and the Security Council off
balance. They had begun preparations for implementing the peace
plan after expressing strong optimism that economic sanctions and
threats of military actions would force its acceptance. *2539
7. 7/5/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 47 shell impacts
on the
city. *2540
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The main bridge connecting Sarajevo to eastern BiH.
Source(s): Washington Post.
- Description of Damage :
- Six hundred pounds of explosives were used
to blast a 69 foot-wide gash into the main bridge connecting
Sarajevo to eastern BiH.
Source(s): Washington Post.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported three killed
and 14 wounded on this day. *2541
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
A predawn explosion on the main bridge connecting
Sarajevo to eastern BiH capped a difficult 24 hours. The bridge
was used by UN humanitarian convoys and military observers to
travel into Serb-controlled territory and to the Muslim enclaves
in the east. A UN report said unidentified forces used about 600
pounds of explosives to blast a 69 foot-wide gash into the
bridge, which spanned a creek. The report said a road could be
cut through the riverbed but the area had to be cleared of mines.
The bridge was in the territory generally controlled by the
Serbs. UN officers said that the Serbs were suspected of
demolishing the overpass as a way of blocking more convoys of
food and visits by military observers in eastern BiH. *2542
8. 8/5/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 56 shell impacts
on the
city. *2543
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The airport area; the area near the airport building
(six shells in the evening while negotiations were being held).
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported two killed
and 20 wounded on this day. *2544
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
UN relief flights to the city were halted briefly after
the airport was fired upon. UN peace-keeping forces at the
airport went on alert after the morning shooting, but gave an all-
clear signal later and the airlift resumed at 2:00 p.m.. No
casualties were reported. *2545
Six shells fell in the evening around the airport
building where Bosnian Serb and BiH government army commanders
were meeting for UN-mediated talks on the proposed
demilitarization of the Muslim enclaves of Zepa and Gorazde. It
was reported that the negotiators fled to shelters during the
attack, returning after 30 minutes. *2546
(b) Local reported events
9. 9/5/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city was reported as generally
quiet overnight and small-arms fire was reported through the
streets most of the day. UN officials reported fighting around
the airport as the cease-fire came into force at midday. The
shelling abated thereafter. UNPROFOR recorded 42 shell impacts on
the city. *2548
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The UN Telecommunications Building (two shells).
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported two killed
and 12 wounded on this day. It also reported 8,713 killed,
missing, or dead (of which 1,348 were children), and 51,002
wounded (of which 13,284 were children) in Sarajevo to date.
*2549
Source(s): BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
BiH radio said that Sarajevo was generally quiet
overnight but UN sources said that two shells hit the UN
Telecommunications Building. No one was reported hurt. *2550
Small-arms fire was reported through the streets much
of the day. UN officials reported fighting around Sarajevo
airport as the cease-fire came into force at midday. The
shelling abated and did not appear to represent a definitive
breach of the truce. *2551
(b) Local reported events
10. 10/5/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The cease-fire appeared to be
generally holding around Sarajevo, with 12 artillery impacts
recorded by UNPROFOR. *2555 In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR
reported that Sarajevo remained relatively quiet. An average of
56 rounds per day were recorded. Sniper activity continued at a
high level. The destruction of the bridge south of the airport
and the new Serb check points on the road to Vogosca were seen as
potential restrictions of movement when entering the city. A by-
pass was opened on 9 May. Aggressive Serb behaviour towards
UNPROFOR was noted. *2556
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- A report from the Government of BiH
stated that 193 shells fell on Kosevo Hospital complex, 11 on the
Eye Clinic, and 26 on the Podhrastovi Clinic from 16 November
1992 to date. *2557
Source(s): Government of BiH.
- Sniping Activity :
- Sporadic sniping from the hills was reported on
this date. In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported sniper
activity continued at a high level.
Source(s): Agence France
Presse; UNPROFOR.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
The cease-fire appeared to be generally holding around
Sarajevo with 12 artillery impacts recorded by UNPROFOR. *2558 A
single artillery shell fell on the city after midnight and the
city centre was reported to be calm in the morning, apart from
sporadic sniping from the hills. *2559
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
Western European governments rejected President
Clinton's proposal to arm the BiH government and his threat to
mount air strikes on BiH targets. The rejection, made at a
meeting of European Community foreign ministers, underscored the
sharp difference that existed between the US and Europe on policy
in the Balkans. President Clinton said that no American troops
would go into BiH unless they were part of an international peace-
keeping
force. *2561
11. 11/5/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city was reported as calm with
scattered small arms and machine-gun fire overnight. UNPROFOR
recorded 12 shell impacts on the city. *2562
Source(s): Reuters;
UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The area near Ilidza.
Source(s): Tanjug.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- BiH radio said Serb forces had killed two Muslim
soldiers and wounded three around the city. *2563
Source(s):
Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo radio reported the city as calm. *2564 There
was, however, scattered small arms and machine-gun fire
overnight. *2565
Belgrade-based Tanjug reported small arms fire and
sporadic mortar shelling near the Serb-held Sarajevo district of
Ilidza. *2566
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
12. 12/5/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- BiH radio reported scattered
shelling and small arms fire in Sarajevo, with seven shells
landing in the south-west part of the city. *2569 UNPROFOR
recorded three shell impacts on the city. *2570
Source(s):
Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The south-west part of the city.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No incidents reported.
(b) Local reported events
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic stated that Serbian
President Milosevic «has never interfered in our affairs, nor has
he ever asked to decide on our behalf». He refuted Western claims
that Milosevic had unlimited influence on their decisions. *2571
Serbian Radical Pary leader Seselj threatened to mount
a missile attack against Italy, Croatia, Austria, and any other
nation that aided the West in air-strikes against Bosnian Serbs.
He warned, «We have FF-22 missiles which can reach your country,
but we will not target military compounds because their defence
is prepared. In case we are attacked, we will fire at your
civilian targets». He also claimed that not even one-third of
Bosnian Serb manpower had yet been utilized in the war, and vowed
to retaliate against air-strikes by attacking UN troops on the
ground.
13. 13/5/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city was reported as quiet.
UNPROFOR recorded seven shell impacts on the city. *2572
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Despite a general cease-fire theoretically in force in
BiH, Sarajevo radio reported shelling in several locations in the
Republic. In general, however, Sarajevo was said to be quiet.
*2573
(b) Local reported events
14. 14/5/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- There were reports that the cease-
fire had generally held around Sarajevo and that thousands of
people were out in the streets of the old city. Only 10 shells
were reported to have fallen in and around the city in the 48
hour period ending on Friday. According to UN military observers,
this amount was the lowest toll in months. *2575
Source(s):
Washington Post.
- Targets Hit :
- Dobrinja.
Source(s): Reuters; Government of BiH.
- Description of Damage :
- A report from the Association for
Intercultural Activities and Heritage Rescue (AIASN) described
damage done to the city's cultural/historic heritage. Among the
buildings and monuments that had been destroyed by shelling were:
the Post Office Building, the Church of Saint Vinka, the Museum
of the Winter Olympics 1984, the Red Cross building, the Oriental
Institute (along with its collection of valuable Oriental
manuscripts and documents), the collection of the Library of
Sarajevo, and other smaller specialized libraries. Those that
had been damaged were: the Old Serbian Orthodox Church, and
others, the City Museum and the World Museum (tombstones and
rarities located around the museum, as well as certain
collections had been either damaged or destroyed). It also
stated that many of the buildings and monuments of the historic
old quarter, Bascarsija, as well as all mosques in the city,
including the most historic and beautiful Alipasin Mosque, and
Magribija Mosque, had been either damaged or destroyed. *2576
Source(s): Reuters; Government of BiH.
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire was reported.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Hospitals reported that mortar and sniper fire killed
three and injured four. *2577
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
There were reports that the cease-fire had generally
held around Sarajevo and that thousands of people were out in the
streets of the old city. Only 10 shells were reported to have
fallen in and around the city in the past 48 hours, according to
UN military observers. This was the lowest toll in months. «We
are cautiously optimistic». said Commander Barry Frewer, chief
spokesman of the UNPROFOR forces in the city. *2578 Small-arms
fire and one shell landing were reported in the Dobrinja district
near the airport. *2579
(b) Local reported events
At a meeting in Belgrade called by Serbian leaders and
marked by insults and angry walkouts, three Serbian legislatures
endorsed the Vance-Owen plan for BiH and urged the Bosnian Serbs
to sign it. But a boycott of the meeting by Serbs from both BiH
and Croatia raised questions whether the endorsement would have
any effect. Bosnian Serb leaders, who had already rejected the
plans three times, said that they would ignore the resolution and
proceed with a referendum during the weekend which was expected
to produce a resounding vote against the plan. *2580
After a warm day, the city plunged into darkness at
night as a power outage cut all electricity. An official of the
city electrical company blamed Croat fighters north of the city.
*2581
(c) International reported events
15. 15/5/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo was reported as quiet
overnight except for sporadic small arms fire around the Old Town
and a single shell in the New Sarajevo district. UNPROFOR
recorded 13 shell impacts on the city. *2583
Source(s): Reuters;
UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The New Sarajevo district.
Source(s): Reuters;
Government of BiH.
- Description of Damage :
- In a report from the Library of the City
of Sarajevo, the findings of a colloquium called «The Destruction
of the Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage of the Republic
of Bosnia-Hercegovina 1992/1993» held on 6 and 7 April 1993 were
reported. The report states that the University Library,
Vijecnica (Town Hall) was assaulted by grenades a few times
during the month of July 1992, and was completely destroyed,
including all books, periodicals and equipment on 25 and 26
August 1992. The Library of the City of Sarajevo lost 150,000 of
its collection of 250,000 works. The Cultural Centre Vratnik
(Mustafe Dovadzije 17), and the Cultural Centre Hrasno (Krndelja
30-b) were directly hit during the month of July 1992, and lost
30,000 publications. Libraries at the following addresses were
damaged or destroyed between April and December 1992: Radiceva
7; V. Perica 1; Zrinjskog 2; Djure Salaja 17; Dz. Bijedica 66;
Zrtava Fasizma 1. Also destroyed were the complete archives of
the City of Sarajevo, and on 17 May 1992, the library of the
Oriental Institute, containing over 222,000 documents from the
11th century. Fifty-six junior high schools, and 43 high
schools, containing an average of 10,000 books each, were for the
most part turned into military barracks. The books, according to
the report, were most likely destroyed. During the evacuation of
the JNA, the Garrison Library was mined. Many volumes, however,
were removed to other cities before this occurred. The library
of the Marsal Tito barracks was shelled. In all, the city had
lost more than four million books. *2584
Source(s): Reuters;
Government of BiH.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was reported as quiet overnight except for
sporadic small arms fire around the Old Town and a single shell
reported in the New Sarajevo district. *2585
(b) Local reported events
Tens of thousands of Bosnian Serbs voted in a two-day
referendum on the international peace plan for BiH, and
interviews with voters indicated strong opposition to the
proposed division of the country among its three warring
factions. In addition to being asked to pass judgment on the
peace plan, the voters were asked to rule on whether the Bosnian
Serb Republic, if preserved, should seek to join other states,
raising the possibility of creating a «Greater Serbia» sought by
Serb nationalists. It was reported that the Bosnian Serb
leadership, which controlled most local radio and other news
media, had urged voters to reject the peace plan. Polling
stations in northern and eastern BiH all displayed maps showing
how Serbs would be separated under the plan. At each site,
slogans on the walls called for a «no» vote. *2586
16. 16/5/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded two shell
impacts on the city. *2587
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
Declaring the UN backed peace plan for BiH «dead» an
hour after polls closed, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic
said that the weekend referendum on the plan in Serb-held
territory had ended a chance that his people would agree to live
with BiH's Muslims and Croats in one state. Karadzic told a
press conference in Pale that the only way to end the 13-month-
old BiH war would be through the creation of three separate
states, each ruled by one of the former Yugoslav Republic's three
warring factions. *2588 «Bosnia never existed, and it will never
exist», he said.
(c) International reported events
Russian Foreign Minister Kozyrev stated that the Vance-
Owen Plan should be implemented with or without Bosnian Serb
acceptance. «We don't have to wait until the last Bosnian fighter
endorses» the plan, he contended, «we can put out the fire in the
former Yugoslavia step by step».
17. 17/5/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo radio said that the city
was reported quiet after a noisy evening with scattered small
arms and mortar fire across the city. The radio reported that 14
shells hit the Mojmilo and Alipasino Polje district west of the
city centre. *2589 UNPROFOR recorded two shell impacts on the
city. *2590 In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR described the city as
extremely quiet. The cease-fire was relatively respected on both
sides and for two of the last seven days there were no incoming
rounds and only on 10 May was the number of impacts registered as
significant (56). An average of 150 persons tried to cross the
airport each day and at least one of them was reported killed
during the attempts. One French officer was lightly wounded
during the prevention of the runway crossings. People were
reported to be on the streets of the city and some shops were
open, although small arms and sniper fire remained active. The
restriction of UNPROFOR movements was reported to have decreased
considerably. *2591
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Mojmilo; Alipasino Polje. Source(s) Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported nine killed
and 58 wounded in Sarajevo last week. It also reported to date
8,722 killed, missing, or dead (of which 1,351 were children),
51,060 wounded (of which 13,300 were children), and 16,301
heavily wounded (of which 2,806 were children). *2592
Source(s):
BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo radio said that the city was reported quiet
after a noisy evening with scattered small arms and mortar fire
across the city. The radio said that 14 shells hit the Mojmilo
and Alipasino Polje district west of the city centre. *2593
(b) Local reported events
Bosnian Serb Army General Ratko Mladic said that the
Serb state in BiH was a reality and the world could do nothing
about it. Mladic warned the West not to intervene with air
strikes to force the Vance-Owen plan on the Serbs and threatened
revenge if they did. «If they bomb me; I'll bomb London», Mladic
said. On the possibility of UN military intervention on the
ground, he said; «They can get in but they would not know how to
get out . . . whoever comes here would leave their bones here».
*2594
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic called BiH General
Mladic's threat of terror «idiotic and irresponsible» and said
that he must be
disciplined. *2595
(c) International reported events
Deeming it fruitless to continue to discuss the Vance-
Owen Plan, US officials refused to attend a Security Council
foreign ministers' meeting on peace-keeping in BiH. Secretary of
State Christopher believed that the overwhelming rejection of the
plan created «new opportunities». He stated that he planned to
establish a «strong consensus with our allies» on a new approach
to the conflict. *2596
Lord Owen greeted the veto of the Vance-Owen Plan with
what he described as «consternation». He appealed to Western
nations to avoid the «temptation» to respond «with bombs», and he
urged them to instead stick with the «process of negotiation».
*2597
18. 18/5/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 22 shell impacts
on the
city. *2598
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
Serbian President Milosevic met with Russian Foreign
Minister Andrey Kozyrev in Belgrade. *2599
Initial results from 15 of the 83 voting districts
indicated that about 98 per cent of those casting ballots
supported establishment of an autonomous Serb state, and 99 per
cent opposed the UN peace plan which would cut Serb control of
BiH from 70 per cent to 42 per cent. *2600
In interviews, Radovan Karadzic and his top military
commander, Ratko Mladic, declared that Serb-held territory in BiH
must be contiguous and that at most they would accept a
confederation of their self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb republic with
political entities led by the other two factions in the war. The
Serb leaders said that the only way peace would come to BiH was
if all three factions would separate in a massive population
transfer. *2601
A report from the Professional Fire Brigade of the City
of Sarajevo described the material and human losses it had
suffered during the siege of the city. At the outset of
hostilities four stations were occupied by enemy forces: the
stations Vogosca and the Airport of Sarajevo, and the sub-
stations Ilijas and Pale. The equipment from the Airport of
Sarajevo was seized by «Cetniks», it said, and the building
itself was put under the control of UNPROFOR. It stated that the
brigade was down to 65 per cent of its capacity, servicing the
city from the stations Vratnik, Bjelave, Novo Sarajevo, and
Alipasin Most. Both buildings and equipment were subject to
shelling, even during rescue operations, and the extinguishing of
fires. During such action, 11 firefighters were killed and 38
either lightly or seriously wounded. The material losses due to
this shelling had been great, it said. *2602
(c) International Reported Events
19. 19/5/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 12 shell impacts
on the
city. *2605
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The Ukrainian Battalion (seven mortar rounds). *2606
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- A civilian couple was shot and killed while
attempting to leave the city along the north bank of the Miljacka
river.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
A Serb man and a Muslim woman were shot and killed
while trying to escape from the city. Bosko Brkic and Admira
Ismic, both 25 years old, who had dated since high school, set
off for Serbia after having negotiated permission with local
commanders on both sides to cross battle lines to leave the city.
They walked 500 yards along the north bank of the Miljacka river
in plain sight of both government and Serb soldiers. As they
approached the Vrbana bridge and Serb-held territory, they were
shot and killed. Both sides denied responsibility. *2607
(b) Local reported events
In a meeting at what used to be a ski resort in the
Jahorina Mountains, the Serbs' election commission proclaimed
that 96 per cent of the voters in Serb-held BiH territory cast
ballots against the UN-backed Vance-Owen peace plan and in favour
of creation of an independent Serb state in BiH. *2608
(c) International reported events
After talks mediated by Owen and Stoltenberg, Croatian
President Tudjman and BiH President Izetbegovic reportedly agreed
to begin implementing Vance-Owen in the regions under their
control. Bosnian Serb leader Boban said that this was «nothing
new», but just a restatement of old accords. Not long afterwards,
Muslim-Croat fighting erupted in Vitez. *2609
20. 20/5/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Clashes broke out after several
weeks of relative calm. Reports said that Serbian gunners
positioned in the Grbavica district traded artillery rounds with
BiH troops defending the downtown area. More than 20 shells
reportedly hit Grbavica shortly before noon. UNPROFOR recorded
51 shell impacts on the city. *2610
Source(s): United Press
International; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Grbavica (more than 20 shells); downtown Sarajevo.
Source(s): United Press International; UNPROFOR.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Medical officials said that mortar shells which
landed in the centre of the city in the morning left one person
dead and four injured, including one child. *2611 Later reports
claimed that at least four people were killed during the day.
*2612
Source(s): Agence France Presse; Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Clashes broke out in Sarajevo after several weeks of
relative calm, as fighting between Muslim-led BiH army and
Croatian paramilitary forces in central BiH calmed down. *2613
Serbian gunners positioned in the Sarajevo district of
Grbavica traded artillery rounds with BiH troops defending the
downtown area of the city, news reports said. More than 20
mortar shells landed in Serb-held Grbavica shortly before noon,
said a statement by Bosnian Serb military command, which added
that the alleged BiH offensive was unprovoked from the Serbian
side. But Sarajevo radio said that the Serb gunners first fired
on Sarajevo from the surrounding hilltop positions. Neither
source revealed the number of casualties. *2614
(b) Local reported events
An investigation on childhood trauma by two
psychologists in Sarajevo stated that 92 per cent of the children
thought they could have been killed at some time. One child in
two (48 per cent) had seen a member of their family hurt or their
house occupied, 72 per cent had to leave their village or town
and 89 per cent had been homeless. One in four (24 per cent) had
also tried to help a dying person and three out of four had seen
war wounds. It was reported that at the time, there were 65,000
to 80,000 children living in Sarajevo. The report highlighted the
grave danger to the children's mental health. *2615
(c) International reported events
21. 21/5/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 14 shell impacts
on the
city. *2618 The shelling in Serb and Muslim areas on Thursday and
Friday were described by UN officials as the worst since the 8
May truce.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire reported in casualty account below.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Radio Sarajevo reported that artillery and sniper
fire killed three people and wounded seven in the city on this
day. *2619 A later report stated that four people were killed
and more than 30 wounded, (eight of whom were children). *2620
Source(s): Agence France Presse; Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
The shelling of Serb and Muslim areas of the city on
Thursday and Friday was described by UN officials as the worst
since the two warring sides signed a truce on 8 May. *2621
(b) Local reported events
Yugoslavia refused to accept the deployment of UN
monitors to enforce a blockade on its borders with BiH.
Yugoslavia's rejection came ahead of a UN Security Council
decision to send 500 inspectors to Serbia to ensure it kept its
promise to cut off supplies to Bosnian Serbs. «They (UN
monitors) do not solve the problem and they endanger our
sovereignty and offend the dignity of our state», Yugoslavia's
President Dobrica Cosic said. *2622
Reuters wrote that
«[s]pring and a cease-fire have brought new life to Sarajevo
after months of death and destruction. Vegetable gardens are
sprouting on balconies and vacant lots across the city.
Children, pale from months of confinement, play outside
under parents' watchful eyes. Lovers stroll hand-in-hand
down streets kept clean by Serb sniper fire for most of the
past year . . . having survived 13 months of siege warfare
and a winter without electricity, running water and
telephone, the people of Sarajevo are anxious to get on with
their lives». *2623
(c) International reported events
US President Clinton described safe havens as «shooting
galleries». Skeptical of the new plan under discussion, he said,
«I don't want to see the United States get in a position where
we're recreating Northern Ireland, Lebanon, or Cyprus or anything
else». A senior US official revealed that Secretary of State
Christopher had dropped his opposition to safe havens, as long as
they were temporary. *2624
22. 22/5/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Bosnian Serb forces reportedly hit
the city with artillery fire on the first anniversary of BiH's
admission to the United Nations. In seven hours, there were
reports that 43 mortar and artillery rounds fell in Muslim areas
and 62 artillery and mortar rounds hit the Serb-held areas.
UNPROFOR recorded 128 shell impacts on the city. *2625
Source(s): United Press International; Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- UN military observers said that six people were
killed and 14 were wounded in the Serb-held Sarajevo districts of
Grbavica and Ilidza. Sarajevo radio said that nine people were
killed and 103 wounded in BiH-held areas. *2626 The casualty toll
was the heaviest in the city since the UN-brokered cease-fire
between BiH and Serb forces on 8 May. *2627
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Bosnian Serb forces hit the city with artillery fire,
killing at least nine persons and wounding more than 100
civilians, one of them a top government official. Serbian forces
and BiH government troops blamed each other for beginning the
artillery duel shortly before noon. Hospital officials said nine
people were killed and another 103 were wounded, about 60 of them
seriously according to radio reports monitored in Belgrade. In
Sarajevo, Barry Frewer, a spokesman for UNPROFOR confirmed that
Bosnian Serbs and Government troops traded artillery rounds.
Zlatko Lagumdzija, a Deputy Prime Minister of the BiH government
was wounded and underwent surgery in a Sarajevo hospital. Later
he was recovering and off the danger list. Bosnian Serbs fired
82 millimetre and 120 millimetre mortars and howitzers from hills
overlooking the city, said Sarajevo radio. *2628
In seven hours of shelling in the Sarajevo area, 43
mortar and artillery rounds fell in Muslim territory and 62
mortar and artillery shells hit Serb-held districts. «We're
seeing dead and wounded on both sides. We can't tell you who
started it and we can't tell you why», said Barry Frewer. «This
was the worst day of the war in many, many weeks», said Faris
Goran Kapetanovic, a surgeon at the Kosevo hospital, where so
many casualties arrived they had to line up in the corridors.
*2629
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
The United States offered air power to protect
international forces that would be sent to safeguard Muslim
civilians under the United Nations plan to establish safe havens
in BiH. A British official discussing the safe haven plan said
that foreign powers had reached a tentative division of labour,
under which Canadian troops would remain in Srebrenica, British
troops would be deployed to Tuzla, French troops would be
responsible for Sarajevo and Bihac and Ukrainian troops would
protect Zepa. *2631
23. 23/5/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Small arms and machine-gun fire
was heard throughout the night. Shelling of the city centre was
reported during the day. UNPROFOR recorded 26 shell impacts on
the city. *2632
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR; BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Targets Hit :
- The Holiday Inn (1:00 a.m.).
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported shelling in
the city centre on Sunday. Nine people were killed and 105
wounded on this day. It also reported 26 killed and 190 wounded
in the last week. To date, 8,748 people were reported as killed,
missing, or dead (of which 1,360 were children), and 67,616 as
wounded (of which 16,186 were children). Because of water and
electricity shortages and difficulties with waste disposal, the
city was in danger of various epidemics. There were 120 cases of
enterocolitis acuta registered in one part of Sarajevo in the
last week. *2633
Source(s): BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Small arms and machine-gun fire sounded throughout the
night. Sarajevo radio reported that a shell landed near the
Holiday Inn hotel used by journalists at around 1:00 a.m.. There
were no reports of resumed artillery fire. *2634
(b) Local reported events
BiH President Alija Izetbegovic rejected the US-
European effort to contain the war, accusing the West of
abandoning his people and plotting to herd them onto
«reservations». Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic hailed the
initiative and praised President Clinton, referring to him as «a
sage man to reject the counsel of hawks who wanted to pull him
into a Balkan...war». In a statement read in Sarajevo,
Izetbegovic criticized Western leaders for their role in what he
called an «absolutely unacceptable plan». *2635
24. 24/5/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR recorded 13 shell impacts
on the
city. *2636 In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported the
beginning of the week as fairly quiet. The situation turned worse
later in the week, but the cease-fire agreement generally
continued to be respected. A total of 73 cease-fire violations
were observed from the Serb side and 26 from the BiH side. Some
of the cease-fire violations were directed against the Ukrainian
Battalion, where seven mortar rounds were impacted on 19 May. The
number of impacts peaked on 22 May with 128. Attempts to cross
the airfield continued; one civilian was killed and eight were
wounded. There were three incidents of restriction of movement of
UNPROFOR during the week and strong controls over humanitarian
convoys were observed at Butmir and Kasindolska. There were
indications of possible movements of Bosnian Serb artillery and
the reinforcement of troops around Sarajevo. Three new check
points had been established between Vogosca and Rajlovac. *2637
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported seven killed
and 17 wounded on this day. *2638
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
Military representatives of Bosnian Muslim, Serb and
Croat forces failed to agree on the size of Sarajevo's future
safe zone in talks at the airport. A military official with
UNPROFOR which organized the talks said that the BiH army wanted
the limit of the zone extended 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) beyond
the present front lines, while the Serbs, who were supposed to
withdraw their heavy artillery, wanted to maintain the status
quo. The meeting was planned to organize a «summit» meeting
between the military chiefs of the warring sides, to be held at
Sarajevo airport Tuesday. Sarajevo was one of six safe zones
declared by the UN Security Council at the beginning of May.
*2639
(c) International reported events
French Foreign Minister Juppe said that peacekeepers
must be endowed with the power to retaliate against attacks on
safe havens. He added that UN forces must be prepared to
undertake air-strikes to protect the Bosnian Muslims. They are
not to be «mere spectators», he said, but «protagonists» who are
authorized by a UN draft resolution to «deter attacks, to monitor
the cease-fire, to secure the withdrawal of forces, to occupy
some key points on the ground», and «to participate in delivering
humanitarian relief to the population». *2640
25. 25/5/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Mortar and tank fire were reported
in Grbavica and around the Presidency, but the situation was
otherwise reported as «very quiet». UNPROFOR recorded 19 shell
impacts on the city. *2641
Source(s): Agence France Presse;
UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Grbavica; the area near the Presidency.
Source(s):
Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported two killed
and 18 wounded on this day. *2642
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
UNPROFOR spokesman Barry Frewer reported mortar and
tank fire in the Serb-held neighbourhood of Grbavica in Sarajevo
and around the President's office, but said that the situation
had been otherwise «very quiet». *2643
(b) Local reported events
Serbian President Milosevic told Russian Deputy Foreign
Minister Churkin that there was «no need» for international
monitors on the border between BiH and Serbia. *2644
Bosnian Serb soldiers retrieved the bodies of a slain
couple from a «no man's land» early in the day. The couple, a
Serb man and a Muslim woman (both age 25) were shot and killed
last Wednesday trying to escape Sarajevo for Serbia. In the
interim, their bodies lay rotting in the street while the two
sides argued over who had the rights to recover them. A six-man
Serb «commando team» reportedly resolved the dispute by braving
Muslim sniper fire from three directions. The corpses were taken
to Serb-held Lukavica where preparations were made for their
burial. *2645
(c) International reported events
United Nations Security Council Resolution 827 was
passed, establishing a war crimes tribunal. *2646
NATO defence ministers convened in Brussels to discuss
the possible deployment of NATO troops to protect the Muslim
«safe havens». In what was described as a «free-swinging»
session, German and Turkish representatives openly criticized the
plan. German Defence Minister Volker Ruehe, declared, «The
expulsion of the Bosnian Muslims must not be allowed to last and
must not be sanctioned by drawing new borders». One senior US
official remarked, «I'm not even sure `safe haven' is the right
phrase. Safe havens conjure something we may not be providing
here». *2647
26. 26/5/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- UNPROFOR reported 174 shell
impacts on the city. *2648
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniping was reported in the city (see casualty
report below).
- Casualties :
- BiH radio said that one person was killed and one
wounded by sniper fire and shelling of the city. *2649 The BiH
Public Health Ministry reported 11 wounded. It reported no
deaths on this day. *2650
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
UN mediator Thorvald Stoltenberg visited the city to
push the draft plan providing for deployment of international
military forces to guard Muslims in six «safe havens» in BiH.
President Alija Izetbegovic told him that the BiH Government
would not accept the proposal under current conditions unless the
UN set a deadline for Serbian forces to return BiH territory they
had captured. President Izetbegovic also told the negotiator
that the Government would reject the plan unless the UN clearly
indicated that it would intervene militarily if the Serbs
continued to attack and would guarantee that aid reached the
besieged enclaves. *2651
(c) International reported events
After a two-day session, NATO defence ministers were
unable to issue a joint communique in support of the Washington
Accord. Although Secretary of Defense Aspin described «a general
receptivity to the joint action plan as a first step to stopping
the killing», NATO appeared to be divided. *2652
27. 27/5/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Intermittent shell fire was
reported during the day, mainly on the Old Town. Several shells
landed in New Sarajevo during the night after heavy artillery
duels on the outskirts Wednesday subsided in the evening. Serb
anti-aircraft gunfire was reported throughout the night around
Vogosca and BiH mortar attacks were reported in Hadzici and
Ilidza. UNPROFOR recorded eight shell impacts on the city. *2653
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Old Town area; the New Sarajevo district; Vogosca;
Hadzici; Ilidza.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- One woman was killed and seven children
were reportedly injured in BiH shelling on Hadzici.
Source(s):
Reuters.
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniping was reported on this day.
Source(s):
Reuters.
- Casualties :
- One woman was killed and seven children were
reportedly injured in BiH shelling on Hadzici. The BiH Public
Health Ministry reported one killed and eight wounded on this
day. *2654
Source(s): Reuters; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
One person was killed as shells fell intermittently
during the day, mainly on the Old Town in the east. There was
also sniping reported. *2655 Several shells landed in the New
Sarajevo district during the night after heavy artillery duels on
the city's outskirts Wednesday subsided in the evening. Radio
Sarajevo said that Serbs fired anti-aircraft guns around Vogosca
throughout the night. *2656 Tanjug reported that Bosnian Serbs
said that a woman was killed and seven children were wounded in
Muslim mortar attacks in Serb-held Hadzici, south-west of
Sarajevo, and that they launched assaults on the Ilidza suburb.
*2657
(b) Local reported events
Three hundred forty-nine Macedonian citizens were
evacuated from Sarajevo in one of the rare opportunities for the
population to leave the city. Slovenians were evacuated last
November, and other groups, including Jews, had been allowed to
leave. Four people were taken off buses, however, before they
left when BiH police said their papers were not in order. *2658
(c) International reported events
The plan for creating guarded Muslim safe havens in BiH
approved by the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Spain
last weekend was skeptically received by other Security Council
members and appeared to lack the nine votes needed for adoption
by its 15 members. As a result, Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali
proposed reconvening the London peace conference on
Yugoslavia. *2659
28. 28/5/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- An UNPROFOR spokesman said that
from 9:00 p.m. Thursday until 1:00 a.m. Friday, local Serb
commanders reported 60 mortar shells falling on their positions.
UN military observers then reported that from 4:40 to 7:20 a.m.,
67 mortar rounds and 26 artillery shells fell in central
Sarajevo, near the Presidency building. There was also anti-
aircraft machine-gun fire reported. *2660 Fierce fighting
reportedly continued around the clock between Serbian and BiH
forces after an overnight attack by the BiH army on the Serb-held
road between the airport and Pale. Fighting reportedly flared up
all day along the front line on Mount Trebevic. Sarajevo radio
reported that Serb forces attacked BiH positions along the
Trebevic front and that a BiH army counter-attack routed the Serb
forces from several gun positions but touched off Serb shelling
of the downtown area. UNPROFOR reported 190 shell impacts on the
city. *2661
Source(s): Agence France Presse; New York Times;
UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The area near the Holiday Inn (including a nearby
apartment building); the area near the Presidency building (26
shells); the downtown area; unidentified Serbian positions; Mount
Trebevic.
Source(s): Agence France Presse; New York Times.
- Description of Damage :
- Two Serbian tank shells struck the Holiday
Inn and started small fires on two floors.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse; New York Times.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported six killed
and 14 wounded on this day. *2662
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Several shells fell within minutes of each other at
midday around the Holiday Inn in central Sarajevo. The increased
shelling in Sarajevo followed several days of relative calm. An
UNPROFOR spokesman said that from 9:00 p.m. Thursday until 1:00
a.m. Friday, local Serb commanders reported 60 mortar shells
falling on their positions. UN military observers then reported
that from 4:40 to 7:20 a.m., 67 mortar rounds and 26 artillery
shells fell in central Sarajevo, near the Presidency building.
There was also anti-aircraft machine-gun fire reported. *2663
Fierce fighting continued around the city between
Serbian militiamen and BiH Army forces after an overnight attack
by the BiH Army on the Serb-held road between the airport and the
Serbian mountain stronghold at Pale. Fighting flared up all day
along the front line on Mount Trebevic, just above the city's old
quarter, where brush fires burned into the evening and artillery
and small-arms fire erupted around the city. Two Serbian tank
shells struck the Holiday Inn, starting small fires on two
floors, and another shell exploded into a nearby apartment
building. Sarajevo radio reported that Serbian militiamen
attacked BiH positions along the Trebevic front and that a BiH
Army counter-attack routed the Serbs from several gun positions
but touched off Serbian shelling of Sarajevo's downtown area.
*2664
(b) Local Reported Events
The commanders of the BiH Army and the main Croatian
militia met and agreed in principle to transform Sarajevo into a
safe area whose outer edge would be defined by the then present
war front. The commander of the Serbian forces attacking the BiH
capital, General Ratko Mladic, did not attend, telling UN
officials at the last minute that he had «more pressing matters
to attend to». But General Phillipe Morillon indicated that
Serbian militia negotiators had agreed to the demilitarization
agreement. Under the agreement, Serbian forces would be required
to place their medium and heavy artillery under UN supervision or
withdraw it out of range of the city. Sarajevo's BiH forces
would be required to place their artillery in the city under UN
supervision. The BiH commander, Sefer Halilovic, and the
Croatian militia leader, Milivoj Petkovic, said that they would
sign the agreement in principle in the town of Konjic in an
effort to ease tensions between the BiH Army and Croatian forces.
*2665
(c) International reported events
UN Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali submitted a report
to the Security Council criticizing the new Washington Accord.
Without the assent of the warring parties, he said,
implementation would be impossible. He also faulted the plan for
«legitimizing ethnic cleansing» and complained that it lacked any
«connection to an overall political solution». *2666
29. 29/5/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city was shelled overnight and
sporadic gun and sniper fire continued. Shelling early in the
morning was concentrated on Stup and Dobrinja in the west and the
Old Town in the east. Tank and machine-gun fire reportedly
erupted near the Vrbana bridge late in the day and two fires
burned in the district. Sarajevo Radio said that both sides
continued firing at each other late in the evening. UNPROFOR
reported 210 shell impacts on the city. *2667
Source(s): Agence
France Presse; Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Stup; Dobrinja; the Old Town; the Vrbana bridge.
Source(s): Agence France Presse; Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire continued in the city.
Source(s):
Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported three killed
and 15 wounded on this day. *2668
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was shelled overnight and sporadic gun and
sniper fire continued Saturday. Radio Sarajevo reported that
fires were burning on Trebevic hill just south of Sarajevo
overnight after a day of fighting, which the BiH army said
involved a BiH counter-attack which set houses ablaze. The
shelling early in the morning in Sarajevo was concentrated on
the suburbs of Stup and Dobrinja in the west and the Old Town in
the east. *2669
Tank and machine-gun fire erupted near Sarajevo's
Vrbana bridge late in the day and two fires burned in the
district. Sarajevo Radio said that both sides continued firing at
each other late into the evening, and that at least seven people
in the Government areas were wounded. *2670
(b) Local reported events
A Bosnian Serb army commander, General Stanislav Galic,
issued a protest to UNPROFOR, accusing the Muslims and Croats of
provoking the Serbs into responding and then blaming them for
shelling Sarajevo. «Due to a total media blockade of Serb
positions around Sarajevo by major foreign television and radio
companies, the two other sides can impose any scenario they like
and show the Serbs in a bad light», he said. *2671
30. 30/5/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- After a night of shelling, machine-
gun and anti-aircraft fire erupted at 4:30 a.m. along the front-
line running south from the Parliament building to the Jewish
cemetery and east along Mount Trebevic. Each side accused the
other of initiating the morning's attack. Although UN officials
refused to speculate about who started the fighting, their
monitors registered 300 Serbian shells exploding on BiH-
controlled central Sarajevo and only three BiH shells striking
Serbian-held neighbourhoods in a 17 hour period, from 4:00 p.m.
Saturday through 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. *2672 The New York Times
reported that the sound of artillery fire demonstated that
Government troops had fired more shells than
indicated. *2673 Reports the next day by UNPROFOR described the
barrage as one of the worst since the outbreak of the war and
said that 1,467 howitzer, cannon and mortar shells were fired by
Bosnian Serbs in the 24 hour period that ended Monday morning.
*2674 Another report stated that UNPROFOR recorded 997 mortar or
artillery rounds on Government-held positions in Sarajevo between
dawn and mid-afternoon Sunday. *2675 UNPROFOR recorded 1,467
shell impacts on the city. *2676
Source(s): New York Times;
United Press International; Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- The area near the Holiday Inn; the main hospital;
the Presidency.
Source(s): New York Times.
- Description of Damage :
- At least two dozen howitzer and tank
shells struck the grounds near the Holiday Inn and sent shrapnel
through several windows. Mortar and howitzer shells and rocket-
propelled grenades also struck the area of the main hospital and
the Presidency, littering the streets with rubble and glass.
Source(s): New York Times.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- It was initially reported that at least 20 people
were killed and more than 150 were wounded during this fighting.
*2677 A doctor from the state hospital, who asked to be
identified only as Goran, said that unlike on ordinary days, his
hospital was getting patients from all over Sarajevo instead of
just the west-to-central part. *2678 Later reports from the two
main hospitals reported a total of 25 dead and 164 wounded.
Officials at Kosevo Hospital said that dead and wounded were
brought in up to 11:00 p.m.. Only three of the 25 dead were
reported to be soldiers. *2679 The BiH Public Health Ministry
reported 22 killed and 138 wounded on this day. It also reported
to date 8,789 killed, missing, or dead (of which 1,374 were
children), 51,471 wounded (of which 13,410 were children), and
16,466 heavily wounded (of which 2,871 were children). *2680
Source(s): Agence France Presse; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
After a night of shelling, machine-gun and anti-
aircraft fire erupted in Sarajevo at 4:30 a.m. along the front
line running south from the gutted Parliament building to the
Jewish cemetery and east along Mount Trebevic. It was reported
that the well-entrenched forces did not appear to have yielded
ground except in the Zlatiste neighbourhood on Mount Trebevic.
There, BiH Government forces said, they overran a Serbian gun
emplacement, destroyed two tanks and cut a road from the Serbs'
stronghold at Pale to Lukavica, their main military base near
Sarajevo, and Ilidza, the Serb-held suburb. *2681
Brush fires burned throughout the day on Mount
Trebevic. There, Serbian forces held the high ground and the BiH
forces held the low ground. BiH forces had severed the lower
Pale-Lukavica road several times since the siege of Sarajevo
began in April 1992, but had never been able to maintain their
grip. *2682
During the artillery barrage, at least two dozen
howitzer and tank shells struck the grounds near the Holiday Inn
and sent shrapnel through several windows. Mortar and howitzer
shells and rocket-propelled grenades also struck the area of the
main hospital and the Presidency, littering the streets with
rubble and glass. *2683
(b) Local Reported Events
UN officials became increasingly frustrated by their
inability to enter «safe areas». UNPROFOR Spokesman Frewer said,
«this has been a pattern from the beginning . . . they have been
turned back, and each time we have given the very strongest
protests. We must be witness to what is going on». *2684
31. 31/5/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo radio reported the city
as relatively calm overnight and into the morning. It reported
mortar fire until 3:00 a.m. in Vogosca, north of the city and
sporadic small-arms fire around Dobrinja. The Old Town area was
reported shelled in the evening and anti-aircraft fire hit the
city all night long. UNPROFOR recorded 170 shell impacts on the
city. *2685 In its weekly summary ending 29 May UNPROFOR reported
that the beginning of the week was fairly quiet. The situation
increased in tension on 26 May with 174 impacts 28 May with 190
impacts, and 29 May with 210 impacts. A total of 40 cease-fire
violations were observed from the BiH side and 53 cease-fire
violations from the Serbian side. *2686 In its monthly
operational report, UNPROFOR noted increased tension towards the
end of the month with increased fire coming from BiH forces and
some operational movements from Serbs. 30 May was seen as
especially tense when an attack from BiH forces was strongly
retaliated against by Bosnian Serb forces. UNPROFOR reported that
it had counted 3,030 artillery and mortar rounds for the month.
It had also counted 530 cease-fire violations (339 from the
Serbian side and 200 from the BiH side). With regard to airport
crossings, UNPROFOR reported a decrease to 5,773 (the decrease
was attributed to the efforts of the French
Battalion). *2687
Source(s): Reuters; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Vogosca; the Old Town area.
Source(s): Reuters;
Government of BiH.
- Description of Damage :
- A report from the Government of BiH stated
that from 21 May 1992, when the Olympic Complex «Zetra» was first
shelled, 350 projectiles of various calibres were launched
against it, with 140 direct hits inflicting serious damage.
During this period three individuals were killed: Goran Jakic,
Mirsad Sehovic, and an unknown citizen. Lightly injured were:
Andrej Mezei, Hilno Dobraca, Djuro Matic, and an unknown citizen.
The building was being used by humanitarian organizations
(including Doctors Without Borders, UNHCR and Caritas), and as a
shelter for refugees. *2688 A report from the Institute for
Academic Construction Bosnia-Hercegovina described the damage
inflicted to academic institutions in the city of Sarajevo
(including, primary, secondary, and higher education, student
buildings, special education, religious schools, and institutes)
from September 1992 to March 1993. Of the buildings which were
accessible to inspection, 14 suffered 27 per cent to 50 per cent
damage, 11 were damaged from 51 per cent to 75 per cent, and
three from 76 per cent to 100 per cent. For the most part, there
were no individuals in the buildings during shelling, although
some were sheltering refugees. *2689
Source(s): Reuters;
Government of BiH.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Radio Sarajevo reported that three children were
killed and seven people were injured in shelling of the Old Town
district in the evening. The BiH Public Health Ministry reported
24 killed and 153 wounded on this
day. *2690
Source(s): Reuters; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
According to Radio Sarajevo, the city was reported
relatively calm overnight and Monday morning. It reported mortar
fire until 3:00 a.m. in Vogosca, north of the city, and sporadic
small-arms fire around the western suburb of Dobrinja. *2691
The Old Town area was reported shelled in the evening
and anti-aircraft fire hit the city all night long. *2692
(b) Local reported events
The SRNA news agency reported that Bosnian Serb leader
Radovan Karadzic threatened that his troops would enter Sarajevo
by force if Muslims continued their offensive against Serb
positions. Karadzic made his threat during a televised interview
on Sunday evening following the fighting, in which at least 25
people were killed. He said that if the Muslims did not stop
their attacks, Serb soldiers would enter Sarajevo by force to
protect the city's 50,000 ethnic Serbs. *2693
Meanwhile, Bosnian Croat military leaders warned that
Muslim-Croat fighting in central BiH might spread to Sarajevo.
«Despite the utmost efforts on the part of the HVO in Sarajevo,
the chances of staying on good terms with leaders of the Bosnian
army in Sarajevo and averting armed clashes are increasingly
slim», said an HVO communique, quoted by the Croatian news agency
HINA in Zagreb. Croatian radio said the southern city of Mostar
and the towns of Jablanica and Konjic, between Mostar and
Sarajevo, were the scene of Muslim artillery and infantry attacks
and sniper fire on Sunday. *2694
Yugoslav President Cosic was removed from office for
constitutional breaches. There was speculation that the hard-line
Serbian Radical Party orchestrated the move because it deemed
Cosic too moderate. Montenegrin President Bulatovic said that the
overthrow illustrated the growing strength of Seselj's Radical
Party: «This is the greatest danger for Yugoslavia and all of the
Balkans, fascism brought about as a result of the sanctions».
*2695
Demonstrators gathered to protest Cosic's ouster and
clashed with riot police in Belgrade. *2696
O. June 1993
1. 1/6/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- An informal soccer game in a parking lot in Dobrinja
(10:30 a.m.).
Source(s): New York Times.
- Description of Damage :
- At approximately 10:30 a.m., mortar shells
exploded on a make-shift soccer field in a parking lot in
Dobrinja, killing at least 12 people and wounding 80.
Source(s):
New York Times.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- At least 12 people were killed and 80 others wounded
when mortar shells exploded on a make-shift soccer field in a
parking lot in Dobrinja. The BiH reported eight killed and 92
wounded on this day. *2697
Source(s): New York Times; BiH
Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
At approximately 10:30 a.m., about 200 Sarajevans
gathered for an informal soccer game in suburban Dobrinja.
Moments later, mortar shells exploded on the make-shift soccer
field, which had been set up in a parking lot, killing at least
12 people and wounding 80. The attack was called one of the
worst on civilians since the «bread-line massacre» a year ago
when at least 16 people were killed while waiting in line for
bread. A witness, Ahmet Fazlic, a 51 year-old factory worker,
said the artillery rounds appeared to have been fired from one of
two nearby Serbian-controlled areas. «The shots either came from
Trapare or Lukavac. If they were 60 millimetre shells, it was
Trapare. Anything larger and it was Lukavica», he said. Another
witness, 43 year-old Zlatan Stekovic, stated that everyone in
Dobrinja had been talking about the tournament for the last two
days and that he thought the Serbs knew in advance. According to
Stekovic, the battle front was only about 100 metres from the
soccer field, «just on the other side of the apartment
building». *2698
(b) Local reported events
President Dobrica Cosic of Yugoslavia was ousted by a
parliamentary no-confidence vote on Tuesday. The federal
parliament voted Cosic out of office in the early morning after a
bitter attack against him by radical Serb nationalist deputies
and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party. With
Cosic relieved of his post, the speaker of the upper house, Milos
Radulovic, became the acting President until parliament chose a
replacement. *2699
2. 2/6/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Two French legionnaires were seriously wounded
by sniper fire at Sarajevo airport.
Source(s): Agence France
Presse.
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 17 killed
and 127 wounded on this day. *2700
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Humanitarian flights into Sarajevo were suspended for
24 hours after two French legionnaires were seriously wounded by
sniper fire at Sarajevo airport. The move came amid escalating
fighting throughout BiH and a rash of attacks on Western aid
workers and UN soldiers fulfilling humanitarian missions. *2701
(b) Local reported events
3. 3/6/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported one killed
and 15 wounded on this day. *2705
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
The peace conference co-chairmen met with Radovan
Karadzic in
Pale. *2706
A Reuters report gave a detailed account of a rogue
commander named «Caco» who had been capturing civilians in the
street in Sarajevo, and taking them to the front line to dig
trenches. Reuter's noted that Caco's theory was that it was
unfair to make soldiers fight the war and dig the trenches. Caco,
whose real name is Musan Topalovic, was working in Germany as a
musician at the beginning of the war. He returned to Sarajevo to
lead the BiH army's 10th Mountain Brigade, which defended the
city from rebel Serbs on the slopes of Mount Trebevic, towering
above Sarajevo to the south. Caco and his 2,800 men had seen some
of the war's toughest fighting. Wounded several times, and having
lost most of the fingers on his left hand, Caco's career as a
musician was finished. He launched a disastrous attack on Serb
supply routes along the top of Trebevic mountain the previous
week without orders from the BiH army high command. His men
managed to cut the road briefly, provoking a savage Serb
artillery barrage on the city. More than 1,300 shells rained down
on Sarajevo in a single day, killing 20 and wounding more than
150 people, many of them civilians. Caught without an army when
the war broke out, the BiH government had been forced to rely on
an array of commanders such as Caco. *2707
4. 4/6/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported five
wounded. No deaths were reported on this day. *2708
Source(s):
BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
The UN Security Council in Resolution 836, voted to
approve large scale troop deployments and the use of air power to
defend six Muslim-held towns in BiH that had been designated by
the United Nations as «safe areas». The towns were designated as
«safe areas» by the Council to prevent them from being captured
by Bosnian Serb forces and to protect civilians from continued
artillery bombardments. The safe areas included Sarajevo, as
well as the eastern towns of Tuzla, Zepa, Srebrenica and Gorazde
and the western town of Bihac. Some of the towns had been hit
hard by Serb artillery while UN peace-keeping troops remained
incapable of intervening. The resolution adopted by the Security
Council said «safe areas» were a temporary measure only. The
language was a concession by Western nations to the five non-
aligned countries of the Council, which were reluctant to accept
the idea. The resolution said the «primary objective» would
remain the implementation of the Vance-Owen plan. The resolution
said UN forces would be allowed to use force «in reply to
bombardments against safe areas by any of the parties or armed
incursion into them, or in the event of any deliberate
obstruction in or around those areas to the freedom of movement»
of UN troops and humanitarian convoys. The resolution authorized
countries participating in the enforcement of the «safe areas» to
take «all necessary measures, through the use of air power, in
and around the safe areas in the Republic of BiH». The Council
asked Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali to submit immediately plans
to deploy thousands of troops to defend the «safe areas» and to
assist the current UN Protection Force in the Republic. *2710
5. 5/6/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Heavy machine-gun fire was reported
on the front lines in the evening and sporadic shells crashed
into the centre of the city.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- The city centre.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 16 wounded.
It reported no deaths on this day. *2711 One death was reported
by another source in the Old Town.
Source(s): BiH Ministry of
Public Health; Agence France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Heavy machine-gun fire could be heard on the front
lines in the evening and sporadic shells crashed into the centre
of the city. Sarajevo radio reported one death in the Old Town.
*2712
6. 6/6/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Small-arms fire and mortar
explosions reportedly shook the downtown areas of the city. *2713
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- The downtown areas of the city.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported one killed
and 13 wounded on this day. It also reported to date 8,840
killed, missing, or dead (of which 1,395 were children), 51,892
wounded (of which 13,550 were children), and 16,608 heavily
wounded (of which 2,941 were children). It said that food
delivered to Sarajevo covered only 35 per cent of daily needs.
*2714
Source(s): BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Small-arms fire and mortar explosions shook the
downtown areas of the city. *2715
(b) Local reported events
7. 7/6/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sniper fire continued after a quiet
night. Shelling was reported in Dobrinja and small arms fire was
reported in the Old Town. Fires were reportedly burning on
Trebevic hill to the south in the evening after a day of machine-
gun fire along the front-lines cutting through the city. In its
weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported that «although the number of
impacts diminished as the week progressed, the city remained
tense». *2718
Source(s): Agence France Presse; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Dobrinja; the area near the city's bread factory.
Source(s) Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- A shell wounded five people when it landed
near the city's bread factory in the morning. Source(s) Agence
France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire that was intense Sunday afternoon,
continued Monday after a quiet night. Radio Sarajevo said that
Serb gunners were using the M-84 machine-gun for sniping, a
weapon known in Sarajevo as the «death seeder» for its
effectiveness. The machine-gun had optics that made it as precise
as a rifle. *2719 In the suburb of Dobrinja two people were
wounded and one was killed by sniper fire. *2720
Source(s):
Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- A shell wounded five people when it landed near the
city's bread factory in the morning. In the suburb of Dobrinja
two people were wounded and one was killed by sniper fire. *2721
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Radio Sarajevo reported shelling in the western suburb
of Dobrinja and small arms fire in the Old Town in the east.
*2722
Fires were reportedly burning on Trebevic hill over
Sarajevo to the south in the evening after a day of machine-gun
fire along the front-lines cutting through the city. It was not
immediately clear if the fighting today was merely an exchange of
machine-gun fire and mortars or an attempted offensive. *2723
A shell wounded five people when it landed near the
city's bread factory in the morning. *2724
(b) Local reported events
Peace talks between the warring factions failed to make
progress. At Sarajevo airport, a mixed military group of
representatives of the armies of the BiH Government, the Bosnian
Croat HVO and the Bosnian Serbs met at the subcommittee level.
Meeting under UNPROFOR supervision, the three parties discussed
establishing Sarajevo as a safe-zone, but Bosnian Serb General
Milan Gvero said he refused to talk about Sarajevo as a safe zone
as long as the future of BiH was not politically determined.
*2725
(c) International reported events
The BiH Government reluctantly accepted the UN plan to
create «safe havens» to protect Muslim enclaves besieged by Serb
forces. In a statement, the BiH Presidency said it accepted UN
Security Council resolution 836. Earlier, on 23 May BiH
President Alija Izetbegovic rejected the idea of «safe havens».
But today's statement said that confronted with deteriorating
conditions in the eastern regions of Gorazde, Srebrenica and
Zepa, «the Presidency and the Government have decided to
cooperate with the UNPROFOR in carrying out its mission as
defined in Resolution 836». BiH conditions for agreeing to the
safe haven plan included the creation of UN-protected routes
linking the zones with other BiH-held territory and guarantees
that Serb heavy weaponry «be effectively put out of use». *2726
8. 8/6/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo was reported as relatively
calm.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was reported as relatively calm after machine-
gun fire was exchanged throughout Monday along the front lines in
the city. *2727
(b) International reported events
9. 9/6/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Strong sniper fire and intermittent
shelling was reported.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Strong sniper fire was reported in Sarajevo.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Strong sniper fire was reported in Sarajevo as shells
fell intermittently. *2729
(b) Local reported events
10. 10/6/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo was hit by mortar and
artillery shells after dark.
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France
Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- The area outside the entrance to the 10th Mountain
Brigade; the Boljakov Potok hill (to the north of the city).
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- A shell killed three people and wounded 19
others when it fell in the early evening outside the entrance of
the 10th Mountain Brigade; 10 children were wounded in shelling
on Boljakov Potok, a hill in the north of the city.
Source(s):
Agence France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- A shell killed three people and wounded 19 others
when it fell in the early evening outside the entrance of the
10th Mountain Brigade; 10 children were wounded in shelling on
Boljakov Potok, a hill in the north of the city. Hospital and
morgue officials reported that at least six people had been
killed and 37 wounded in the latest upsurge. *2732
Source(s):
Agence France Presse; Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo was hit by mortar and artillery shells after
dark. Hospital and morgue officials reported that at least six
people had been killed and 37 wounded in the latest upsurge.
*2733 Radio Sarajevo said that in one incident, a shell killed
three people and wounded 19 when it fell in the early evening
outside a military headquarters in the Old Town in the eastern
part of the city. It fell at the entrance to the 10th Mountain
Brigade as UN troops were in the square in front of the building
giving sweets to children. *2734
In other shelling in Sarajevo, 10 children were wounded
on Boljakov Potok, a hill in the north of the city. *2735
(b) Local reported events
Agence France Presse reported that Serb forces
besieging Sarajevo knew the city well, having spotters on the
hills they occupied over the valley city and were believed to
have many informants in the city itself. *2736
At the same time that Muslims and Croats were nominal
allies against Serbs and had joint forces defending Sarajevo, it
was reported that Croats attacked a huge Muslim relief convoy and
shot and killed at least seven people. The convoy, attempting to
travel through Croat territory to deliver aid to Tuzla, was
attacked in Novi Travnik. *2737
(c) International reported events
11. 11/6/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- There were reports of sniper fire
and sporadic shelling south of the city.
Source(s): Agence France
Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- The south area of the city.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- There was sniper fire reported in the city. An
Iranian diplomat was killed by sniper fire outside the city.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Sarajevo hospitals reported 11 people wounded by
late
afternoon. *2740
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
An Iranian diplomat was killed by sniper fire while
travelling outside of Sarajevo. BiH press reports said that
Bosnian Croat forces killed the diplomat and a companion, who the
reports identified as Mejid Mountazeri and Muhamed Avdic, while
they were travelling from Sarajevo to Zenica. Mountazeri was the
head of an Iranian humanitarian organization working in BiH and
Avdic worked for the group as well. The UNHCR office in Zenica
stated that the diplomat was killed by sniper fire near Kakanj,
50 kilometres northwest of Sarajevo. *2741
There was sniper fire reported in Sarajevo with
sporadic shells falling. Sarajevo hospitals reported 11 people
wounded by late afternoon. *2742 Sniping and explosions were
reported in the south of the city. *2743
12. 12/6/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city came under its heaviest
bombardment in weeks, which included the shelling of a funeral at
the city's eastern Budakovici cemetery. These events occurred
after UN commander General Phillipe Morillon warned that the
Republic risked descending into a «state of total anarchy».
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Defence lines of the BiH army; unidentified Serb
positions; a group of mourners attending a funeral at the city's
eastern Budakovici cemetery.
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France
Presse; United Press International.
- Description of Damage :
- Three civilians were killed and five were
wounded in a bombardment of Serbian positions; eight people were
killed and five others wounded when a mortar round hit a funeral
service in the city's eastern Budakovici cemetery.
Source(s):
Reuters; Agence France Presse; United Press International.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Shelling intensified in the afternoon in almost all
parts of the city. Sarajevo hospitals and the morgue reported 12
killed and 30 wounded by the evening. *2744
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Heavy shelling hit Sarajevo with continuous firing from
artillery, mortars, machine-guns and small arms. «Right now, all
defence lines of the BiH army around Sarajevo are being shelled»
the commander of the BiH 1st Army Corps, Mustafa Hajrulahovic,
told Reuters. *2745
Bosnian Serbs, quoted by the Belgrade-based news agency
Tanjug, said that Muslim forces had launched an all-out attack on
Serb positions, hitting them with hundreds of shells. Tanjug
said that three civilians were killed and five wounded in the
bombardment, which ended a relative lull in fighting around
Sarajevo that had lasted several weeks. *2746
A mortar shell exploded among mourners at a funeral,
killing eight people and wounding five others. Sarajevo morgue
officials said the mortar round, presumed to have been fired by
Serb forces, hit a funeral service in the city's eastern
Budakovici cemetery. The person being buried had been killed in
a bombardment on Thursday. *2747 The funeral shelling was the
most deadly single incident in Sarajevo since two mortar shells
killed players and spectators during a soccer game two days ago.
*2748
(b) Local reported events
13. 13/6/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Shelling was reported heavy in the
city overnight and during the day, particularly in the Dobrinja
and Stup suburbs to the west. Sniper fire was also very heavy.
Bosnian Serb forces made a concerted effort to enter the city.
According to a BiH army commander, the Serb forces made «infantry
breach attempts» around the western areas of Azici and Stup. BiH
forces responded with artillery fire.
Source(s): Agence France
Presse; United Press International.
- Targets Hit :
- The main runway at Sarajevo airport; Dobrinja; Stup;
unidentified buildings in central Sarajevo; UNPROFOR
headquarters.
Source(s): United Press International; Agence
France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- The city's airport was closed for 75
minutes after shells hit the main runway. UN workers patched the
holes, which were caused by shells reportedly fired by Serbian
forces; artillery shells struck UNPROFOR headquarters, causing
minor damage to the building.
Source(s): United Press
International; Agence France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Sniper fire hit the residence in downtown
Sarajevo of French General Phillipe Morillon, causing no reported
injuries and little
damage. *2750 UNPROFOR spokesman, Barry Frewer characterized
Sarajevo as «mad with sniper activity». *2751
Source(s): United
Press International; Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Sarajevo radio said that nine people were killed and
16 wounded in the Government areas of the capital. Tanjug said
that three were killed and 15 were wounded in Serb suburbs as the
BiH offensive took place. *2752
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
The city's airport was closed for 75 minutes after
shells hit the main runway, suspending humanitarian relief
flights. UN workers immediately patched the holes caused by
shells fired by Serbian forces stationed in the hills. *2753
Bosnian Serb infantrymen made a concerted effort to
enter Sarajevo, according to Colonel Jovan Divjak, the deputy
commander of the BiH army. Divjak said the Serbs made «infantry
breach attempts» around the western neighbourhoods of Azici and
Stup, where civilians no longer lived. «We responded by
artillery as much as we could but the aggressor is superior in
weapons, he can continue to fire at civilian targets in the
town», Divjak said. *2754
Shelling was reported heavy in Sarajevo overnight and
on Sunday, particularly in the Dobrinja and Stup suburbs to the
west of the city, not far from the airport. Heavy-calibre
artillery rounds also hit buildings in central Sarajevo. *2755
Sarajevo radio said that artillery shells also struck
the UNPROFOR headquarters in Sarajevo, causing minor damage to
the former telephone company building but no reported casualties.
*2756
(b) Local reported events
Agence France Presse reported that Western military
officers in Sarajevo believed that a stalemate existed between
Bosnian Serb forces besieging Sarajevo and the BiH forces
defending it. It was thought that the Serbs did not have enough
infantry to take the capital while the BiH army did not have the
heavy weapons, especially artillery, they would need to break the
14 month siege. *2757
Sarajevo was without electricity and water as
electricity plants in central BiH were out of operation. Muslim-
Croat fighting sparked Croats to withhold coal stocks at one
power plant, Kakanj, said UN engineer Michel Maufre. *2758
(c) International reported events
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, on a visit to
Athens, warned Muslim countries and NATO, which had offered air
power to back up UN forces in safe areas, not to get involved in
the former Yugoslavia. «This will only make things worse», he
said. *2759
Lord Owen said in Geneva that allowing the BiH army to
rearm was no longer an option for the West. «When you are seeing
the shooting going on, Croatian versus Muslims, Muslims versus
Serbs, Serbs versus Muslims, sometimes Serbs versus Croats, I
don't think you should add to the arms. The urgent need is for
peace», he said. *2760
14. 14/6/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city was reported as calm in
the morning. North and northwestern parts of the city were
reportedly shelled. The BiH army was reported to have advanced in
the northwestern part of the front after taking two points from
the Serbian forces on Sunday (in territory between Vogosca and
Rajlovac).
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- North and northwestern parts of the city.
Source(s):
Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 31 killed
and 194 wounded in the last week. It also reported to date:
8,871 killed, missing, or dead (of which 1,401 were children),
52,086 wounded (of which 13,598 were children), and 16,660
heavily wounded (of which 2,967 were children). *2761
Source(s):
BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR reported that there
were «no changes in the general situation. However, events in
central and south Bosnia could change this». *2762
Sarajevo radio reported the city as calm in the
morning. *2763
Serb forces set up what they called a «border post» on
Sarajevo's airport road, at one point blocking UN humanitarian
aid until UNPROFOR Sarajevo Chief Marcel Valentin intervened.
Serbs at the heavily fortified checkpoint told journalists that
they had set up an international border crossing on behalf of the
self-proclaimed Serb Republic in BiH. The blockade was lifted at
2:00 p.m.. *2764
Sarajevo radio reported that north and northwestern
parts of the city were shelled. The BiH army was reported to
have advanced in the northwestern part of the front after taking
two points from the Serbs on Sunday, in territory between Vogosca
and Rajlovac. *2765
(c) International reported events
15. 15/6/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- There was reported shelling of BiH
army defence lines near Vogosca and the western suburbs of
Sokolje and Stup between midnight and Tuesday morning. Mojmilo,
to the west, was shelled occasionally throughout the night, as
was Dobrinja. Serb forces reportedly blamed the BiH forces for
the fighting, saying that it was their two day offensive that
prompted the artillery duels. It said that the Serbs succeeded in
regaining two positions along the Perivoj-Vis and Mijatovica Kosa-
Vis route in the northwest suburbs. There was also reported
shelling in the northern part of the city.
Source(s): Reuters;
Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- BiH defence lines near Vogosca, Sokolje and Stup;
Mojmilo; Dobrinja; the northern part of the city.
Source(s):
Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Three apartment buildings in Dobrinja were
set on fire as a result of shelling and two people were wounded.
Source(s): Reuters; Agence France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Heavy sniper fire was reported in the city.
Source(s): Agence France Presse.
- Casualties :
- Sarajevo hospitals and the morgue reported three
civilians killed and 21 wounded by the evening. *2767
Source(s):
Agence France Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
UNHCR flights to Sarajevo were suspended in the
afternoon when an aeroplane coming into the airport was locked
onto by anti-aircraft
radar. *2768
Sarajevo radio reported that Bosnian Serbs shelled BiH
army defence lines near the Serb-held northwestern suburb of
Vogosca and western suburbs of Sokolje and Stup between midnight
and Tuesday morning. Mojmilo, another western district, was
shelled occasionally throughout the night and in Dobrinja, near
the airport, three apartment buildings were set on fire and two
people were wounded. Tanjug reported that the Serbs blamed the
Muslims for the fighting, saying it was their two day offensive
that prompted the artillery duels. It said that the Serbs
succeeded in regaining two positions along the Perivoj-Vis and
Mijatovica Kosa-Vis route in the northwest
suburbs. *2769
There was reported shelling in the northern part of
Sarajevo and heavy sniper fire in the city. *2770
(b) Local reported events
Rasim Delic, commander of the BiH Government Army,
Lieutenant General Ratko Mladic, Commander of Bosnian Serb
forces, and Milivoj Petkovic, commander of the HVO, entered the
Sarajevo airport building shortly after midday to begin talks on
a workable cease-fire and protection of «safe havens». *2771 The
three warring parties agreed to observe a fresh cease-fire and
allow UN monitors into the Serb-besieged Muslim enclave of
Gorazde. *2772
16. 16/6/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Despite a new cease-fire agreed
upon Tuesday between the three warring factions, more shelling
was reported. Overnight shelling was reported to be less
intensive than earlier in the week. The area near the airport was
also hit.
Source(s): Agence France Presse; Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- The area near the Sarajevo airport. Source(s) Agence
France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Relief flights into Sarajevo were suspended as a result
of the shelling around Sarajevo airport and a radar sweep by
unidentified anti-aircraft weapons. *2773
Despite a new cease-fire agreed upon Tuesday between
BiH's three warring factions due to go into force Friday,
Sarajevo saw more shelling overnight, although apparently less
intensive than earlier in the week. *2774
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and Serbian
President Slobodan Milosevic, flew to Geneva for peace talks.
They were joined by Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Mate
Boban, chief of the Bosnian Croats. Alija Izetbegovic was also
due to arrive in Vienna to join the talks. Also attending the
table was David Owen, who admitted that his plan to divide BiH
into 10 ethnic cantons would have to be altered. *2777
17. 17/6/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo radio reported that the
town of Kresevo, on the western outskirts of the city, was
attacked for the first time by BiH forces.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- An unidentified section of eastern Sarajevo.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Three people were killed by a shell which
hit eastern Sarajevo in the evening.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Three people were killed by a shell which hit
eastern Sarajevo in the evening.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo radio reported that the town of Kresevo, on
the western outskirts of Sarajevo, was attacked for the first
time by forces loyal to BiH President Alija Izetbegovic. *2778
Three people were killed by a shell which hit eastern
Sarajevo on Thursday evening. *2779
(b) International reported events
BiH President Alija Izetbegovic was criticized by EC
peace negotiator Lord Owen for rejecting out of hand a new
partition plan crafted by Serbia and Croatia. Croatian President
Franjo Tudjman had announced the day before that he and his
Serbian counterpart Slobodan Milosevic had agreed on the idea of
a «federal state in BiH made up of three constituent nations».
Diplomatic sources said that a rift among the multi-ethnic
collegiate BiH Presidency was so deep that it would not be a
surprise if Izetbegovic were replaced by a more pragmatic leader.
It was reported that according to some diplomats, Lord Owen and
Thorvald Stoltenberg would be happy to see Izetbegovic replaced
by Fikret Abdic, a Muslim member of the presidency from the
Muslim dominated Bihac enclave. *2780
The peace conference co-chairmen met separately with
BiH Presidency member Abdic and Serb Krajina leader Hadzic. *2781
18. 18/6/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- North Dvor; an UNPROFOR armoured personnel carrier
12 miles north of Sarajevo.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; United Press
International.
- Description of Damage :
- A Canadian UNPROFOR soldier was killed
when his armoured personnel carrier was hit by a shell 12 miles
north of Sarajevo.
Source(s): UNPROFOR; United Press
International.
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- A Canadian UNPROFOR soldier was killed when his
armoured personnel carrier was hit by a shell 12 miles north of
Sarajevo.
Source(s): United Press International.
- Narrative of Events :
-
UNPROFOR reported that Serb shelling and an unexpected
Bosnian Serbian army attack took place in the area of north Dvor.
The aim was to try and prevent BiH control of the Dvor bridge and
the road towards the south. *2782
A Canadian soldier attached to the UNPROFOR was killed
40 minutes after the latest cease-fire went into effect. The
soldier, whose name was not immediately available, was riding in
an armoured personnel carrier when his vehicle was hit by an anti-
tank shell some 12 miles north of Sarajevo. *2783
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
The following United Nations Security Council
Resolutions were passed: UNSCR 842, extending the mandate to
allow deployment of US troops in Macedonia; UNSCR 843, referring
requests for sanctions assistance to the sanctions committee;
UNSCR 844, providing for implementation of the «safe areas»
resolution, and for reinforcement of UNPROFOR; UNSCR 845, urging
settlement of Greek/Macedonian differences. *2785
19. 19/6/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city was reported as relatively
quiet with occasional sniper fire. The Old Town area was hit by
five rounds of mortar fire.
Source(s): United Press
International; Agence France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Hadzici; the Old Town area of the city.
Source(s):
Reuters; United Press International; Agence France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Eleven people were reported to have been
wounded in a Serb attack on Hadzici.
Source(s): Reuters; United
Press International; Agence France Presse.
- Sniping Activity :
- Occasional sniper fire was reported.
Source(s):
United Press International.
- Casualties :
- Eleven people were reported to have been wounded in a
Serb attack on Hadzici.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Narrative of Events :
-
In Sarajevo, 11 people were reported to have been
wounded in a Serb attack near the district of Hadzici. Serbs said
the Muslims were fiercely attacking them in Vogosca and Rajlovac.
*2786
The state-owned news agency Tanjug reported that
Sarajevo was relatively quiet, with occasional sniper fire but no
artillery duels. *2787
A report from Agence France Presse said that five
rounds of mortar fire struck the Old Town in eastern Sarajevo at
4:15 p.m., violating the nationwide cease-fire. *2788
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
Brazil's deputy ambassador, Luiz August de Araujo
Castro, told the Security Council that its many resolutions on
the former Yugoslavia «have had scant if any positive bearing on
the actual situation on the ground». U.S Ambassador Edward Walker
said the safe area deployment did not «foreclose options
involving tougher measures» and warned of further unspecified
action if the Serbs failed to cooperate. *2790
20. 20/6/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Two unidentified neighbourhoods
were hit by shells, causing civilian injuries.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Targets Hit :
- Two unidentified neighbourhoods.
Source(s): Agence
France Presse.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Five people were reportedly wounded in the shelling
of two unidentified neighbourhoods.
Source(s): Agence France
Presse.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Two neighbourhoods were hit by shells, wounding a total
of five people. A mortar shell wounded a whole family, with
doctors reported as being likely to amputate the arms of a 10
year-old girl. *2791
(b) Local reported events
21. 21/6/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Isolated gunfire was reported on
the fourth day of a cease-fire. In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR
reported that Serb shelling and an unexpected Bosnian Serb army
counter-attack took place on 18 June in the area of north Dvor.
The aim was to try to prevent BiH control of the Dvor bridge and
therefore the road towards the south. The cease-fire was for the
most part respected on 19 June. UNPROFOR commented that the BiH
army gained some ground towards the Rajlovac-Dvor road and that
the BiH army would try to keep the attention of the international
community on their plight and would continue trying to regain
lost territory. UNPROFOR also commented that Serbs forces would
continue trying to keep Sarajevo contained. *2792
Source(s):
Agence France Presse; UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Seventeen people were wounded by isolated gunfire in
Sarajevo. The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 42 killed and
221 wounded in the last week. It also reported to date 8,913
killed, missing, or dead (of which 1,412 were children), 52,307
wounded (of which 13,672 were children), and 16,786 heavily
wounded (of which 3,006 were children). *2793
Source(s): Agence
France Presse; BiH Ministry of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
Seventeen people were wounded by isolated gunfire in
Sarajevo, on the fourth day of the cease-fire, as the inhabitants
ventured out to greet the first signs of summer. *2794
(b) Local reported events
(c) International reported events
23. 23/6/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Fighting was reported around the
city.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
BiH radio reported fighting around Sarajevo. *2798
(b) International reported events
The peace conference co-chairmen met with members of
the BiH Presidency in Geneva. They then held talks at a Swiss
Government villa with Presidents Milosevic, Tudjman and
Bulatovic, Karadzic and Boban. After a separate meeting with the
co-chairmen, the BiH Presidency joined the Serb, Croat and
Montenegrin Presidents for discussions at the villa. *2799
24. 24/6/93 (Thursday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Sarajevo's airport suburbs were
shelled during the night, but activity died down in the morning.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- The suburbs near the airport.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo's airport suburbs were shelled during the
night but the shooting reportedly died down by the morning. *2800
(b) International reported events
25. 25/6/93 (Friday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- The city reportedly experienced a
quiet night except for some shelling near the airport and in a
south-western suburb.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Targets Hit :
- The area close to the runway at Sarajevo airport; an
unidentified south-western suburb.
Source(s): Reuters.
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
Sarajevo radio said that a mortar bomb exploded close
to the runway at Sarajevo airport during the night. The rest of
the city had a quiet night except for a shell which hit a south-
western suburb. *2803
26. 26/6/93 (Saturday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
27. 27/6/93 (Sunday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
28. 28/6/93 (Monday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- In its weekly summary, UNPROFOR
reported that the general situation in Sarajevo was relatively
quiet but tense during the week. Some explosions were reported
each day but in numbers of 20 or less. There was speculation that
this was due to the fact that the factions might be waiting for
the results of the Geneva meetings. *2804
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- The BiH Public Health Ministry reported 21 killed
and 211 wounded in the last week. It also reported to date 8,934
killed or missing (of which 1,418 were children) and 52,518
wounded (of which 13,738 were children).
Source(s): BiH Ministry
of Public Health.
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
(b) Local reported events
UNPROFOR commented in its weekly summary that the lack
of water and the risk of epidemic were the most important
problems facing the city. *2805
The BiH Health Ministry reported that the epidemic
situation was worsening due to a lack of essential goods and
services. During the last five months, 500 cases of
enterocolitis, 80 cases of viral hepatitis A and 60 cases of
bacilar dysentery were registered in Sarajevo alone. The Health
Ministry also reported that the city received food aid which
covered only 36 per cent of daily needs and distribution was
hampered due to a shortage of fuel. *2806
(c) International reported events
29. 29/6/93 (Tuesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- Not specified
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents.
30. 30/6/93 (Wednesday)
(a) Military activity
- Combat and Shelling Activity :
- In its monthly report UNPROFOR
reported that the most important events of the month were the
cessation of hostilities in the whole of BiH, which was
promolugated on 18 June, so that the number of registered impacts
and confirmed cease-fire violations had considerably decreased;
and, at the end of the month, the announcement of the arrival of
reinforcement coming from France no later than 20 July. According
to UNPROFOR, sniper fire, especially at the airport, remained a
constant problem. The total number of airport crossings for the
month was 5,384. *2808
Source(s): UNPROFOR.
- Targets Hit :
- Not specified
- Description of Damage :
- Not specified
- Sniping Activity :
- Not specified
- Casualties :
- Not specified
- Narrative of Events :
-
No reported incidents
(b) Local reported events
Mayor Muhammed Kresevljakovic and 11 other members of
the city government started a hunger strike. In conjunction with
the hunger strike they made the following demands: delivery of 50
per cent of the food that the people would normally eat, 30 per
cent of regular water supplies, and minimal electricity and fuel.
Dr. Zulfikar Alatas of Doctors Without Borders reported that the
average person in Sarajevo had already lost 30 to 40 pounds since
the war began and to date received 1,000 calories a day, half of
the normal intake. *2809
It was reported that Serbs let three aid trucks into
Sarajevo but seized three others carrying diesel fuel and oil.
The situation was described as critical, with warfare in central
BiH blocking regular supply routes. *2810
(c) International Reported Events
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