The siege of Sarajevo

Bosnian Serb forces besieged Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, from April 1992 to February 1996. It was the longest siege in modern European history, lasting 1,425 days. Approximately 14,000 people died in the siege, including 5,400 civilians killed by snipers and shelling. The Sarajevo siege became a symbol of the war's brutality and of international failure to protect civilians.