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Italian Probe Seizes Photo and Silencer Linked to Alleged Sarajevo 'Weekend' Snipers

Prosecutors say the items could be forensically tested to connect suspects to wartime killings, and Eurojust will convene investigators from several countries to coordinate the inquiry on June 29.

Overview

  • Carabinieri del ROS carried out a targeted search on June 17 and seized a photograph described by prosecutors as “significant” plus a weapon silencer from the home of one of four men under investigation for killings during the 1992–95 siege of Sarajevo.
  • Prosecutors opened the Milan inquiry after an exposé and witness depositions from an ex-wife and an ex-companion who said a suspect confessed to weekend sniper trips to Bosnia and kept a photo used as a pass and a silencer.
  • The defence lawyer contests the photo’s attribution, calling it a magazine clipping and saying the person pictured is not her client, and has signalled she will request expert analysis if needed.
  • Investigators also recovered other material at the residence, including a utility knife bearing a swastika and club trophies, and the case file notes past movements of precision rifles by the suspect as part of the evidence picture.
  • A Eurojust coordination meeting on June 29 will bring Italy, Bosnia, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria together to align cross-border evidence requests and forensic work that will shape whether the inquiry advances to charges tied to alleged payments to Bosnian Serb militias.