Empty chairs in Sarajevo honor Bosnia war victims
- Published: 6 Apr 2012 at 17.32
- Online news: World
A river of empty red chairs filled Sarajevo's main avenue Friday as Bosnians marked the 20th anniversary of the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II with songs and remembrance.
An elderly woman leaves flowers on some of 11, 451 empty chairs on the main street of Sarajevo laid out to symbolize the 11,541 civilian victims of the siege as Bosnians marked the 20th anniversary of the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II.
The people of Sarajevo remembered the months of shelling by Serb forces that tore the city asunder and urged the world to learn the lessons from the 1992-95 war that killed an estimated 100,000 people.
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