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Siege of Sarajevo

Took place on April 5, 1992

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The 35th anniversary falls on April 5, 2027, in 163 days.

The siege of Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian: Опсада Сарајева, Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War.

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