The grave of former Bosnian President Alija Izetbegović guarded by a soldier. The grave was damaged by a bomb attack in 2006.
Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosniak activist, lawyer, author, philosopher and politician, who, in 1990, became the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the Bosnian War was formally ended by the Dayton peace accord in November 1995, Izetbegović became a Member President of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He stepped down in October 2000 at the age of 74, citing bad health but remained popular with the Bosniak public, who nicknamed him Dedo (which in Bosnian means granpa).He died in October 2003 of heart disease complicated by injuries suffered from a fall at home. On 11 August 2006, his grave at the Kovači cemetery in Sarajevo was badly damaged by a bomb. The identity of the bomber or bombers has not been determined.
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Location: Kovači cemetery, Sarajevo, Bosnia
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