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  • 1992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo
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  • The 1992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo occurred on 3 May 1992 in Dobrovoljačka Street, Sarajevo, when members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) attacked a convoy of Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) troops that were exiting the city of Sarajevo according to the withdrawal agreement. The attack is thought to have happened in retaliation for the arrest of the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović, who was detained at the Sarajevo Airport by the Yugoslav Army the previous day.
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Date
  • --05-03
Casualties
  • 71
  • between 6 and 42 killed
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Place
  • Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Conflict
  • 1992
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  • The 1992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo occurred on 3 May 1992 in Dobrovoljačka Street, Sarajevo, when members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) attacked a convoy of Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) troops that were exiting the city of Sarajevo according to the withdrawal agreement. The attack is thought to have happened in retaliation for the arrest of the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović, who was detained at the Sarajevo Airport by the Yugoslav Army the previous day. Serb prosecutors claimed that 42 soldiers were killed in the attack. However, General Milutin Kukanjac, the commander of the JNA in Sarajevo, stated that out of 215 military personnel, only 6 died in the attack.