Account of an event · May 17, 1992
Dr. Silva Rizvanbegović – a physician killed in an ambulance on 17 May 1992
On the night of 17 May 1992, at about 10:30 p.m., Primarius Dr. Silva Rizvanbegović, a physician of the Sarajevo Emergency Medical Service and shift leader, was killed in an ambulance on the road between the Koševo Clinical Center and the Emergency Medical Service. According to sources, the shots were fired by members of the JNA from the "Maršal Tito" barracks. She is remembered as the first woman physician killed during the siege of Sarajevo.
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