'Significant' evidence found during search of home of 'Sarajevo sniper' suspect

Milan prosecutors said Wednesday that

Carabinieri police seized "significant" evidence during a search

of the home of one of four Italians under investigation for

murder over alleged "weekend sniper" trips to Sarajevo during

the Bosnia war.

The suspects allegedly paid large sums of money to Serbian

militia so they could shoot Bosnian citizens for kicks during

the 1993-95 Siege of Sarajevo, in which 11,000 people died.

Prosecutors said the evidence seized included a photo of the

suspect, a 65-year-old man residing in the Alessandria area,

with technical equipment, and a silencer.

The search took place on the basis of testimony given by his

ex-wife and his former partner.

During questioning, the former partner said the suspect told her

he suffered from nightmares because he killed people in Bosnia

in the 1990s.

"He told me that he used to depart from Milan by plane and that

there were some people with him who spent the weekend (....)

being snipers and shooting Muslims," she told investigators.

The man used the right to remain silent previously when

questioned by prosecutors.

The other suspects are a 80-year-old former lorry drive from the

province of Pordenone, a 64-year-old businessman who lives in

Brianza and a person from Tuscany.

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