What the records say
- When
- 27 May 1992
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 26
- Coordinates
- 43.86° N, 18.42° E
- Description
- shelling of civilians during the Bosnian War
Sarajevo bread line massacre
Shelling of civilians during the Bosnian War
The Sarajevo bread line massacre refers to the artillery attack on Sarajevo on 27 May 1992, suspected to have been carried out by the Army of Republika Srpska. Three grenades were fired from the position in the direction of Borije, which exploded among civilians who were waiting in line for bread on Sarajevo's main street Vaso Miskin street. 26 citizens of Sarajevo were killed and 108 were wounded.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Боснийская война: в результате взрыва в очереди за хлебом на улице Васы Мискина в Сараево погибли от 16 до 26 человек, свыше ста ранены”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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