Sad anniversary of massacre in which six children were killed while playing in Alipašino Polje marked

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - By gathering at the site of the tragedy, numerous family members and victims' associations, citizens, and government representatives today marked the 29th anniversary of the massacre in which six children were killed while sledding and playing in Bosanska Street at number 4, in the "C" phase of the Sarajevo neighborhood of Alipašino Polje.   

On that fateful day, January 22, 1994, at around 1:40 PM, three mortar shells were fired from enemy positions located in the area of the Nedžarići neighborhood, which fell and exploded in the Alipašino Polje neighborhood. The fragmentation effect killed six minors and wounded the same number.  

On that occasion, sisters Indira Brković (born 1982) and Jasmina Brković (born 1989), as well as Mirza Dedović (born 1986), Danijel Jurenić (born 1983), Nermin Rizvanović (born 1981), and Admir Subašić (born 1985) were killed.   

The delegation of the Sarajevo Canton at today's commemoration was led by Adnan Medić, assistant minister for environmental protection in the Ministry of Communal Economy, Infrastructure, Spatial Planning, Construction and Environmental Protection. In his address to those present, among other things, he said that we must not and will not forget the monstrous crimes, that evil which a normal person cannot comprehend.   

“But despite such a past, our future must be built on the equality of all peoples and citizens. We must persevere in the ideas on which Bosnia and Herzegovina can and must survive, and these are the ideas of coexistence, mutual respect and tolerance. And for that to be so, justice must be served and the perpetrators of terrible crimes, including this one we are marking today, must be adequately punished,” Medić emphasized.  

In addition to the KS delegation, flowers were laid at the site of the massacre by the families of the victims, delegations from the Association of Parents of Killed Children of Besieged Sarajevo 1992-1995, the Union of Civil Victims of War of the Sarajevo Canton, the City of Sarajevo, the Municipality of Novi Grad...