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...liberation was an illusion, residents of Sarajevo found their optimism choked off. Hope, like everything else inside the city, now needs to be rationed carefully; overindulging only makes the want of it more keen. Last Wednesday afternoon about 50 people were on the street in the suburb of Dobrinja. The day was sunny, and many were digging in the makeshift vegetable gardens that Sarajevans have taken to cultivating in whatever scrap of dirt they can find. Suddenly, a Serb shell lanced in, killing six people. "The Serbs always like to catch us at such moments," said Nenad Tupajic...
...been men or women. The dead were loaded into cars and pickups and even a dump truck, hastily transformed into a hearse. Rescue workers dragged the wounded out on blankets and torn canvas, but the hospitals, already crowded with victims from a shelling the day before in nearby Dobrinja, were overwhelmed. The wounded lay in blood-spattered hallways, moaning for help...
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