Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has categorically denied allegations by Croatian journalists that he was involved in the so-called ‘Sarajevo Safari’ affair, which allegedly involved snipers from Western countries who, during the siege of the city in the 1990s, allegedly traveled to the Bosnian capital for fun to shoot unarmed civilians, including women and children, for a large sum of money, Ansa reported.
“I have never killed or injured anyone,” Vučić said, according to media reports.
Croatian investigative journalist Domagoj Margetić has filed a lawsuit against Vučić with the Milan prosecutor’s office, claiming that he was involved.
According to alleged evidence in the journalist’s possession, Vučić, then a young volunteer, was present at one of the Serbian military positions in Sarajevo from which, according to witnesses, foreign nationals and Serbian ultranationalist units shot and killed civilians.
Vučić described these accusations as shameful and open lies.
“I have never been a sniper in my life, I have never held the rifle they are talking about in my hands. Shame on you,” he said, condemning the “slanderous and lying campaign” against him, which portrays him as a monster and a ruthless murderer.
The Serbian Foreign Ministry, for its part, reacted sharply to the accusations against Vučić.
In a statement, the ministry described the spread of “sensational and unfounded claims” and “fabricated reconstructions” as the result of “coordinated disinformation” aimed at “damaging the image of Serbia and its institutions.”
Emphasizing that President Vučić has never been associated with war or war crimes, the ministry condemns the fact that “issues dating back to a period of Balkan history are being used again as a means of political manipulation, fueling tensions and fueling the destabilization of our region.”
This, the statement added, constitutes a biased media campaign aimed at creating a “distorted and hostile image of Serbia.”
