Commemoration for JNA soldiers killed in Dobrovoljacka

EASTERN SARAJEVO - Serbs from Republika Srpska (RS) commemorated on Saturday the death of 42 soldiers of the former Yugoslav Army (JNA) who were killed in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo 22 years ago, and at the same time, former members of the so called Green Berets gathered at the same location, but they dispersed without incident.

A memorial service was held at the Church of St George in Eastern Sarajevo for the JNA soldiers killed in the city in 1992, and the participants walked the street where the crime occurred, laid flowers and lit candles.

RS Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic and Labour Minister Petar Djokic also attended the event, Radio and Television of RS has reported.

Former member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Ejup Ganic and political leaders of the former Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina ordered the attack on the JNA convoy that was passing through Dobrovoljacka during its withdrawal from Sarajevo in 1992 according to an agreement that was guaranteed by the UN peacekeepers commanded by General Lewis MacKenzie.

Even though head of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency at the time Alija Izetbegovic guaranteed the safety of he troops pulling out, the JNA convoy was attacked nonetheless.

The attack resulted in 42 dead JNA soldiers, 71 injured and 207 captured.

The first attack targeted the JNA building called Dom JNA on May 2, while all the bases in the city were under a blockade of siege by the Muslim paramilitaries. Despite claims that they are working on the case, the legal institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina have done nothing to raise indictments against the culprits, and the victims' families have not been told who ordered and who killed the soldiers.

The RS public has...