Never Forget Markale: 23 Years Since the Massacre in Which 68 Sarajevans Were Killed

On this day in 1994, 68 people were killed and 144 wounded in the first massacre at the Markale market in Sarajevo. The shell was fired from positions of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska.

Stanislav Galić, then commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, was finally sentenced to life imprisonment by the Hague Tribunal, Patria reports. The Markale market was a target of almost daily shelling by the Army of Republika Srpska.

That February 5, 1994, was a quiet and peaceful winter morning. Around noon, a mortar shell fired from Serbian positions fell on a spot where a large number of people were gathered.

As every year, in memory of the innocent victims, members of the families of the killed, citizens, and numerous delegations will gather at the Markale market to pay their respects.

On the occasion of marking February 5, the Day of Remembrance for all killed citizens of Sarajevo in the period 1992-1995, a joint commemorative session of the Assembly of Sarajevo Canton, the Sarajevo City Council, and municipal councils from the area of Sarajevo Canton will also be held.  

Those killed in the massacre on February 5 were: Senad Arnautović, Ibrahim Babić, Mehmed Baručija, Ćamil Begić, Emir Begović, Vahida Bešić, Gordana Bogdanović, Vaskrsije Bojinović, Muhamed Borovina, Faruk Brkanić, Sakib Bulbul, Jelena Čavriz, Almasa Čehajić, Zlatko Čosić, Alija Čukojević, Verica Ćilimdžić, Smilja Delić, Ifet Drugovac, Dževad Durmo, Fatima Durmo, Kemal Džebo, Ismet Fazlić, Vejsil Ferhatbegović, Dževdet Fetahović, Muhamed Fetahović, Ahmed Fočo, Majda Ganović, Isma Gibović, Rasema Hasanović, Alija Hurko, Mirsada Ibrulj, Mustafa Imanić, Rasema Jažić, Razija Junuzović, Hasija Karavdić, Mladen Klačar, Marija Knežević, Selma Kovač, lbro Krajčin, Sejda Kunić, Jozo Kvesić, Numo Lakača, Ruža Malović, Jadranka Minić, Safer Musić, Nura Odžak, Mejra Orman, Hajrija Oručević, Seid Prozorac, Smajo Rahić, Igor Rehar, Rizvo Sabit, Zahida Sablja, Nedžad Salihović, Hajrija Smajić, Emina Srnja, Džemo Subašić, Šaćir Suljević, Hasib Šabanović, Ahmed Šehbajraktarević, Bejto Škrijelj, Junuz Švrakić, Pašaga Tihić, Munib Torlaković, Ruždija Trbić, Džemil Zečić, Muhamed Zubović i Senad Žunić.