SHOTLIST: - SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (MAY 5, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. COLUMNS WITH NAMES OF VICTIMS 2. PEOPLE LAYING FLOWERS AT MONUMENT 3. MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD IN CAPITAL 4. PEOPLE PRAYING FOR 1,601 CHILDREN KILLED DURING SIEGE OF SARAJEVO 5. FIKRET GRABOVICA, PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN KILLED DURING SIEGE OF SARAJEVO, SPEAKING 6. ALIJA HODZIC, VICE PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN KILLED DURING SIEGE OF SARAJEVO, SPEAKING 7. PEOPLE PRAYING IN FRONT OF MONUMENT AND COLUMNSSARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - MAY 5: Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday, May 5, commemorated 1,601 children killed during the siege of Sarajevo between 1992 and 1995. A memorial service held in the capital was attended by relatives of the victims, citizens, officials and many children. Fikret Grabovica, president of the Association of Parents of Children Killed during the siege of Sarajevo, said everyone, especially the youth, should not forget that Sarajevans were subjected to brutal murders during the war and siege years. The 1992 Bosnian War started with Serbian troops' siege of Sarajevo and left over 100,000 people killed. Serb forces erected barricades all over Sarajevo, and the situation deteriorated with the bombing of the city on April 6, triggering the 1,425-day siege. Thousands of civilians were targeted in countless massacres during the siege that would last until Feb. 29, 1996. Civilians endured daily bombings and mortar attacks by Bosnian Serb troops as shoppers in the market, people waiting in bread lines, and children playing in schoolyards were also targeted indiscriminately. During the nearly four-year siege, 11,541 civilians, 1,601 of whom were children, were killed, while more than 50,000 others got injured, records show. According to estimates, an average of 329 mortar shells were fired on Sarajevo every day, with more than 500,000 bombs dropped in total. Historical and cultural artifacts, along with infrastructure, in Sarajevo, which has hosted many civilizations throughout history, were also damaged during the prolonged blockade. The bloody war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended on Nov. 21, 1995, at Dayton Air Base in the US state of Ohio, with the agreement of the Bosniak, Serb, and Croat sides.