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Apr 19, 2021 · Once at the airport, journalists then had to travel into the city down the treacherous airport road onto what became known as “Sniper Alley”, the main artery into Sarajevo.
Top ways to experience Sniper Alley. A sobering reminder. Situated along the main boulevard into and out of Sarajevo, this infamous name was coined by the people who had to endure the horrors of 30 years ago. There were snipers and spotters positioned in the tower blocks along this road and they picked off anything that moved.
Photographers | Sniper Alley. Jordi Pujol Puente (1967-1992) Jockel Finck (1962-2006) Raffaele Ciriello (1959-2002) Alexandra Boulat (1962-2007) Danilo Krstanovic (1951-2012) Benoît Gysembergh (1954-2013) Anja Niedringhaus (1965-2014) Gérard Rondeau (1953-2016)
Sniper Alley, Sarajevo. Sniper Alley is an informal name for a portion of the main boulevard in Sarajevo. The streets of Zmaja od Bosne (Dragon of Bosnia) and Mesa Selimovic Boulevard were once highly dangerous for civilians. A large number of high-rise buildings provided excellent perches for the snipers that populated the city.
The focus is on a particular mode of spatial violence against non-military targets: sniping at civilians who were moving, gathering and mixing in public spaces. 'Sniper Alley' was the name that emerged in the world's media to describe a strip of urban space that was the most intensively attacked by snipers. This paper discusses the way in which ...
Dec 18, 2018 · The main street between the hotel and the parliament became known as Sniper Alley, which was “ one of the most dangerous intersections in Sarajevo” 25 years ago, according to Kenneth Morrison ...
