Exhibition '48 Hours of Ash and Blood' is a remembrance of Ahmići

SARAJEVO, (Patria) – The exhibition "48 Hours of Ash and Blood", marking the 25th anniversary of the Ahmići massacre, was opened tonight at the Historical Museum of BiH in Sarajevo, with the support of SENSE - Centre for Transitional Justice, writes Patria.

The exhibition consists of photographs by Giles Penfound, then a photographer for the UN British Battalion, who was among the first to enter Ahmići after the massacre and captured the scenes of hell he found with his camera.

"These photographs were used in the prosecution of war crimes, and the exhibition '48 Hours of Ash and Blood' at the Historical Museum of BiH is the first time they have been presented to the wider public," explained the Historical Museum.

The exhibition has documentary value and at the same time pays tribute to the victims and survivors. After Sarajevo, the exhibition will also be shown in some cities in Croatia.

In the early morning of April 16, 1993, 116 residents of Ahmići were killed in an attack by the special unit Jokeri of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), of whom 33 were women and children. The youngest victim was only a few months old. The massacre was discovered by UN peacekeeping forces composed of the British army and Colonel Bob Stewart.

The Hague Tribunal convicted seven former HVO members for the crime in Ahmići.

The opening of the exhibition in Sarajevo was attended by the exhibition curator Mirko Klarin as well as Colonel Stewart himself.