Croatia Investigates Tourists Accused of ‘Human Safari’ Sniper Tours During Sarajevo Siege

Croatia’s justice ministry has opened an investigation into an Austrian national and another suspect over alleged participation in so-called ‘human safari’ tours during the Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s. Prosecutors say foreign visitors paid to fire at civilians trapped in the city under siege. A separate inquiry in Milan last year also questioned two Italian tourists over similar claims. Former Austrian justice minister Alma Zadic called the allegations “unimaginably cruel” and said the victims deserve truth and justice. The probe follows the release of a book titled Pay And Shoot by a Croatian journalist, which includes testimony from a former Bosnian Serb army major. The tour allegations gained wider attention after the 2022 documentary Sarajevo Safari. During the siege from 1992 to 1995, snipers targeted civilians along ‘Sniper Alley.’ The conflict left almost 14,000 people dead, including over 5,400 civilians. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and commander Stanislav Galic were later convicted of war crimes for their roles in the siege.

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