That was one of the many places from which snipers regularly shot at the unarmed people below, Dobrinja residents say. Some suspect the church was built specifically with such a purpose in mind. Serb tanks lined up near the airport at the start of the siege, one friend told me, and blasted away at the defenseless apartment blocks for hours. Dobrinja's unarmed residents could only huddle in fear, unable to defend themselves or fight back. The destruction there defies words.
Buildings are totally gutted, many are unrecognizable.
I also crossed the bridge into Grbavica, the last Serb-held suburb to be turned back to government control under the Dayton accords. Here, the damage was inflicted by the Serbs themselves, who burned, looted, and destroyed everything they could before they left. People driven out of Grbavica by Serb extremists were finally able to return last month after the Serb pullback. I'll send you photos. Time and time again, I was struck by the resourcefulness, courage, and dignity of Sarajevo's people.