Serb shelling of Sarajevo cultural sites was precise and deliberate, not indiscriminate.

Evidence

The shelling of these cultural institutions was purposeful. They were chosen for destruction and shelled in a precise manner. Areas around them were left untouched. During one particular shelling of the National Museum, the Serb gunners missed and struck the Holiday Inn directly in front of it. Kate Adie, a BBC reporter, interviewed the Serb officer afterward. When she asked him why he had been shelling the Holiday Inn, the major hotel for journalists in Sarajevo, the officer apologized, explaining that he had been aiming at the museum and had struck the Holiday Inn by mistake. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 58

Categorization

• QUESTION: The officer’s apologetic admission that the journalist hotel was hit ‘by mistake’ while the museum was the true target is remarkable — worth chasing the original Adie interview for the full exchange.