On this day 31 years ago, 26 citizens of Sarajevo were killed waiting in line for bread in Sarajevo’s Ferhadija Street.
On this day, 31 years ago, a mortar shell fired from aggressor positions in Borija fell at 09:55 on Ferhadija Street in Sarajevo, killing 26 and injuring 108 people.
Representatives of the cantonal government, mayor Benjamina Karić, laid flowers and paid tribute to the victims, as well as the victims’ families, associations…
Among those gathered were members of the families of those killed who even today cannot understand the fact that someone could have killed innocent civilians who were just standing to take bread.
Among those killed were: Nedžad Abdija, Ismet Ašćerić, Ruždija Bektešević, Snježana Biloš, Predrag Bogdanović, Vladimir Bogunović, Vasva Čengić, Gordana Ćeklić, Mirsad Fazlagić, Emina Karamustafić, Mediha Omerović, Bahrija Pilav, Mila Ruždić, Mile Ružić, Abdulah Sarajlić, Sulejman Sarajlić, Hatidža Salić, Galib Sinotić, Sreten Stamenović, Srećko Šiklić, Božica Trajeri-Pataki, Vlatko Tanacković, Srećko Tanasković, Tamara Vejzagić-Kostić, Jusuf Vladović and Izudin Zukić.
To this day, those responsible for this crime have never been found or prosecuted.