Sunday, February 10, 2008
Big Demonstration in Sarajevo
People here are simply fed up with juvenile crime. The murder of 17 year old Denis Mrnjavac, a student at the Catholic high school here, upset people of all faiths and all ethinicities. Incidentally, the kid did not even know the S.O.B.s who did the crime, and people in the tram were too afraid to do anything about it. People blame the police for not being there, but the fact is the police CAN'T possibly be everywhere. They did arrest the probable culprits pretty fast because people on the tram did give good descriptions. The police gave the people credit for that. People in general felt bad, for being so afraid, and for not having helped, and just the awfulness of the whole deal.
There have been about four really terrible crimes committed by juveniles lately. Facilities for juvenile delinquents of a more violent sort are far from adequate. There's the juveniles who steal stuff, and then there's the ones who kill people or rape people, big difference in the type of offender and a big difference in the type of facilities required.
There were massive numbers of people out in front of the Katedrale, people were simply crammed in there, and the crowd was all the way to Ferhadia. The crowd went next to the Presidency, which was egged. One speaker pointed out that poor Denis Mrnjavac who was killed on the #3 tram, a tram I personally ride sometimes, was killed about 100 meters from the Parliment building and some people in the crowd threw eggs at the presidency building. I only saw it on T.V. I decided not to go anywhere yesterday because I was plain tired. I haven't had any trouble with my ankles since buying a pair of ankle supports just outside the Gradska Trzniste from a guy who was selling them for 5KM a pair. These in fact are better than Ace bandages, no pins, they aren't bulky, I can basically wear them with any type of shoes or boots.
Last night someone or other did a drive-by bombing in Dobrinja. I think it was a crime thing not a political thing.
There was also in Kakanje a big fight between two whole families. A lot of them wound up in the hospital. It sounds like this was some problem among two families of Roma.
Over the weekend the Sarajevsko Zima festival began, there were fireworks I could actually see and hear from the flat, I feel really bad for not having gotten pictures of them, they were pretty darn good. Especially they were good when you consider that it was a damp evening.
There have been about four really terrible crimes committed by juveniles lately. Facilities for juvenile delinquents of a more violent sort are far from adequate. There's the juveniles who steal stuff, and then there's the ones who kill people or rape people, big difference in the type of offender and a big difference in the type of facilities required.
There were massive numbers of people out in front of the Katedrale, people were simply crammed in there, and the crowd was all the way to Ferhadia. The crowd went next to the Presidency, which was egged. One speaker pointed out that poor Denis Mrnjavac who was killed on the #3 tram, a tram I personally ride sometimes, was killed about 100 meters from the Parliment building and some people in the crowd threw eggs at the presidency building. I only saw it on T.V. I decided not to go anywhere yesterday because I was plain tired. I haven't had any trouble with my ankles since buying a pair of ankle supports just outside the Gradska Trzniste from a guy who was selling them for 5KM a pair. These in fact are better than Ace bandages, no pins, they aren't bulky, I can basically wear them with any type of shoes or boots.
Last night someone or other did a drive-by bombing in Dobrinja. I think it was a crime thing not a political thing.
There was also in Kakanje a big fight between two whole families. A lot of them wound up in the hospital. It sounds like this was some problem among two families of Roma.
Over the weekend the Sarajevsko Zima festival began, there were fireworks I could actually see and hear from the flat, I feel really bad for not having gotten pictures of them, they were pretty darn good. Especially they were good when you consider that it was a damp evening.
# posted by Katja R. @ 1:51 AM 
