Graham Bamford set himself on fire on this day due to the war in BiH

(Patria) - Briton Graham Bamford, on this day, April 29, 1993, doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in the middle of the day in front of the British Parliament's House of Commons. He did this to draw the attention of the world, and primarily the British public, to the war in BiH and the suffering of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"The British army must not be an honor guard at a mass funeral. Bosnian babies, children, and women are waiting for politicians to give them what they can surely give - military protection," wrote the 48-year-old Briton in his suicide note.

Graham Bamford was not connected to BiH and its citizens. However, the images of horror from BiH drove him to sacrifice himself.

In testimonies from acquaintances and psychologists at the time, he saw his own daughter in every child victim in BiH. His condition worsened after the footage of the massacre in Ahmići on April 16, 1993, when 116 people were killed, including a three-month-old baby.

In 2009, the City Administration of Sarajevo established an award named after Graham Bamford, which is awarded for exceptional civic courage, solidarity, humanity, and altruism.

Director Nenad Puhovski made a documentary film about his act and the silence that followed, which was shown in Sarajevo as part of the "Modul memorije" program.