For decades, a chilling rumour has haunted Sarajevo: that foreign tourists paid to visit the besieged city in the early 1990s to shoot at its residents. Today, Italian authorities are investigating several cases of alleged ‘tourist snipers,’ thrusting these accusations back into the headlines. Now, an eyewitness to these so-called ‘human safaris’ has spoken to The Times about what he saw more than 30 years ago.

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Guest: Tom Kington, the Italy correspondent, The Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Producer: Sophie McNulty

Translator: Aleksa Antic

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Read more: Sarajevo sniper tourists ‘killed children by day, then partied at night’

Clips: BBC, ITN, FRENCH 24 English. 

Photo: Getty Images, Tom Kington.

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