BOSNIA SARAJEVO SNIPER ATTACK

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(6 Dec 1994) Eng/Nat • • A 60 year old man and a 15 year old girl have been wounded by sniper fire in Sarajevo: the latest victims targeted by the Serbs in the city's so-called 'Sniper Alley'. • • French UN. peacekeepers returned fire but were unable to confirm whether the sniper was hit. • • This latest attack comes as the prospect of UN. peacekeepers pulling out of the war zone gathers momentum. • • As efforts to find a solution to this war founder, snipers once again opened fire on the people of Sarajevo who were left running for cover. • • A 60 year old man and a 15 year old girl were wounded in this latest attack. • • They were carrying firewood home in a city where there is no electricity and where temperatures at night are now well below freezing.. • • The wood was left abandoned on the ground where they fell. • • French peacekeepers returned fire but were unable to confirm whether the sniper had been hit. • • Anti-sniping units watched the tower blocks 300 meters away from which the Serb snipers shoot at pedestrians. • • On maps of the area, French peacekeepers mark the snipers windows. • • SOUNDBITE: • • My soldiers are professionals. This is a job they do every day without suspicious minds. They do their job. It is not enjoyable to see people wounded every day. But if they were not here I think there would be more people which would be wounded every day. So it seems that they are useful here to protect the population. • SUPER CAPTION: Lt Colonel Philip Reneric, Commander of the anti-sniping unit • • Over the summer the people of Sarajevo believed there might be a solution to the conflict but efforts to end the war are in crisis. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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