Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The 1992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo occurred on 3 May 1992 in Dobrovoljačka Street, Sarajevo, when members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) attacked a convoy of Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) troops that were exiting the city of Sarajevo according to the withdrawal agreement.The attack is thought to have happened in retaliation for the arrest of the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović, who was detained at the Sarajevo Airport by the Yugoslav Army the previous day.The attack started with the convoy being separated when a car was driven into it. Then sporadic and disorganized fighting took place for several minutes in and around the convoy. Bosnian army commander Sefer Halilovic later stated about the incident \"our fighters and civilians acted spontaneously, they cut the convoy in half.\"Serb prosecutors stated that 42 soldiers were killed in the attack. However, General Milutin Kukanjac, the commander of the JNA in Sarajevo, claimed that out of 215 military personnel, only six died in the attack."@en }
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- 1992_Yugoslav_Peoples_Army_column_incident_in_Sarajevo abstract "The 1992 Yugoslav People's Army column incident in Sarajevo occurred on 3 May 1992 in Dobrovoljačka Street, Sarajevo, when members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) attacked a convoy of Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) troops that were exiting the city of Sarajevo according to the withdrawal agreement.The attack is thought to have happened in retaliation for the arrest of the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović, who was detained at the Sarajevo Airport by the Yugoslav Army the previous day.The attack started with the convoy being separated when a car was driven into it. Then sporadic and disorganized fighting took place for several minutes in and around the convoy. Bosnian army commander Sefer Halilovic later stated about the incident \"our fighters and civilians acted spontaneously, they cut the convoy in half.\"Serb prosecutors stated that 42 soldiers were killed in the attack. However, General Milutin Kukanjac, the commander of the JNA in Sarajevo, claimed that out of 215 military personnel, only six died in the attack.".