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Bosnian ex-president's tomb damaged in explosion PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Tuesday, 15 August 2006
August 11, 2006
By Daria Sito-Sucic

SARAJEVO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - An explosion damaged the tomb of Bosnia's wartime president Alija Izetbegovic in Sarajevo's old town in the early hours of Friday, police said. "The tomb of Bosnia's first president, Alija Izetbegovic, was damaged by an explosive device," a duty officer told Reuters. Political leaders expressed outrage and the chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency said the blast was an attempt to destabilise the country.

He said the explosion occurred about 3:05 a.m. (0105 GMT). No one was injured and nearby buildings were slightly damaged.

Izetbegovic, a Muslim who led Bosnia to independence from former Yugoslavia and in the ensuing 1992-95 war against the separatist Bosnian Serbs, died in October 2003 and was buried at the martyrs' cemetery alongside Muslim fighters.

The state prosecutors' office said the explosion left a crater 70 cm (28 inches) wide and destroyed part of the headstone. The former president's remains were not damaged, it added.

"There is a...suspicion that the criminal act was conducted to harm Bosnia and Herzegovina bearing in mind the significance of its first presidency chairman," it said in a statement.

Sulejman Tihic, the Muslim chairman of the tripartite inter-ethnic presidency, said in a statement: "The desecration of...the late Alija Izetbegovic's grave is a loathsome terrorist and criminal act."

He added: "This is an attack on Bosnia and Herzegovina, peace and co-existence but also an attempt to destabilise the situation in our country."

Bosnian Serb and Muslim leaders have begun an aggressive campaign for the Oct. 1 election, accusing each other of trying to harm their respective national interests.


http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L11425553
 
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