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The Dobrinja mortar attack was a massacre which occurred at 10:20 a.m. [1] on 1 June 1993, in Dobrinja, a suburb west of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two mortar rounds were fired from Serb-held positions, [1] hitting a football pitch where youths put on an impromptu game on the first day of the Muslim holiday Kurban Bajram. [2] [3] Approximately 200 people were in attendance to watch the game. [2] The United Nations placed the official death toll stemming from the mortar attack at 13 [1] (news reports at the time published numbers ranging from 11 [4] to 15 [2] deaths), with 133 wounded. [1] At the time it was the deadliest event involving civilians since the imposition of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by the United Nations one year prior. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 United Nations (28 December 1994). "Incident study report regarding mortar shelling Dobrinja, Sarajevo". Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Kurt Schork (2 June 1993). "Blood and tears end a soccer game which no one could win". London: The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Connie Chung (1 June 1993). The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.(6:39: "Today was a holiday for the Muslims of Bosnia, and some young people decided to ignore the war and choose up sides for a ball game. It wasn't long before their soccer field was soaked in blood. As David Martin reports, it was a grim reminder of the world's failure to end the slaughter in Bosnia.")
  4. ↑ "On this day: 1993: Serb attack on football match kills 11". BBC News. 1 June 1993. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Tony Smith (6 February 1994). "Shelling of Sarajevo Market Kills 66; More Than 200 Wounded". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Chuck Sudetic (2 June 1993). "MORTAR FIRE KILLS 12 AT SOCCER GAME IN BOSNIAN CAPITAL". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2010.

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