‘They Had Sick Minds’: A Human Safari in Sarajevo

‘They had sick minds’: A human safari in Sarajevo 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. Our listener survey is live - find it here. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guest: Tom Kington, the Italy correspondent, The Times Host: Manveen Rana Producer: Sophie McNulty Translator: Aleksa Antic We want to hear from you - email: [email protected] Read more: Sarajevo sniper tourists ‘killed children by day, then partied at night’ Clips: BBC, ITN, FRENCH 24 English.  Photo: Getty Images, Tom Kington. #sarajevo #bosnianwar #investigativejournalism #humanrights #thetimes Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes