Ex-Leader’s Funeral Draws Emotional Crowd
From Times Wire Reports
Nearly 200,000 Bosnians bade an emotional farewell to former President Alija Izetbegovic, who died Sunday at age 78. He was a father figure for many Muslims who credited him with saving their ethnic group from extermination by the Serbs during Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 1992-95 war.
“He was my president and my commander,” said Muharem Aladzuz, a teary former soldier in the massive crowd outside Sarajevo’s Kovaci Cemetery.
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