Italy probes suspect in Sarajevo ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnia war: Report
Report says an 80-year-old suspect faces charges on several counts, including premeditated murder.

Report says an 80-year-old suspect faces charges on several counts, including premeditated murder.







![Sinisa Karan, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) candidate for President of Republika Srpska, speaks to the media following the announcement of the first exit poll results in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 23 November 2025. [Nidal Saljic/EPA] (EPA)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/13529892_cropped-1764005656.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

Vote occurs amid rising secessionist rhetoric in Serb-majority entity and Milorad Dodik’s defiance of the Dayton treaty.
The vote occurs at a time of rising secessionist rhetoric in the Serb-majority entity, and with Europe in wider tumult.

Republika Srpska, an autonomous division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is holding a snap presidential election.
Their refusal to speak out undermines scholarly integrity and the field of genocide studies.
The US decision to lift sanctions on the Bosnian Serb leader effectively enabled Russia to annex half of Bosnia.

Prosecutors in Italy are examining claims that Italians travelled to Bosnia during the war to shoot at civilians.
According to a lawsuit, participants would be flown from Italy to Bosnia where they would pay to shoot people.
Investigators are working to determine cause of the blaze that broke out at facility in Tuzla in northeastern Bosnia.
Constitutional Court rejects Milorad Dodik’s appeal, saying the ex-president’s right to a fair trial was not violated.
Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.