The Old Bridge at Mostar in Bosnia - Then & Now - 1993 & 2012

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The Old Bridge at Mostar in Bosnia - Then & Now - 1993 & 2012
The Old Bridge at Mostar in Bosnia - Then & Now - 1993 & 2012


For the full story of my battlefield walk along the Mostar siege lines click here: www.walkingthebattlefields.com/2012/09/the-siege-of-mosta...
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Responsibility for the destruction of the bridge is attributed to Bosnian Croat artillery fire. Starting on 8 November 1993 the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) attack the bridge with tank fire.

Sarajevo-based newspapers reported that more than 60 shells hit the bridge before it collapsed. After the destruction of the Stari Most, a spokesman for the Croats admitted that they deliberately destroyed it, claiming that it was of strategic importance.Academics have argued that the bridge held little strategic value and that its shelling was an example of deliberate cultural property destruction. Andras Riedlmayer terms the destruction an act of "killing memory", in which evidence of a shared cultural heritage and peaceful co-existence were deliberately destroyed.

Slobodan Praljak, the commander of the Croatian Defence Council, is currently on trial at the ICTY with the prosecution alleging that he ordered the destruction of the bridge, among other charges. During a court hearing in 2010, the presiding judge criticized the prosecution for failing to present evidence on the matter of the bridge destruction.

(Wikipedia)

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Taken on: November 8, 2012
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