(3 Apr 1996) T/I: 10:16:33
There were emotional scenes in the Republic of Srpska on Tuesday night (2/4) as Bosnian Serb prisoners of war were reunited with their families. The three men were among 15 Bosnian Serb soldiers released by Croatian forces. They were part of an exchange of POWs on the Sava river in northern Bosnia, under the supervision of the International Red Cross. After crossing the Sava river, the Bosnian Serbs travelled by bus to the village of Srbac, and some of them to the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Banja Luka.
SHOWS:
SAVA RIVER, NORTH BOSNIA, 2/4
Night vision of the crossing of the Sava river;
Released Bosnian Serb POWs crossing river Sava in boat;
Reaching Bosnian Serb side of the Sava riverbank;
Hugs as the released are greeted by fellow soldiers;
Getting aboard a bus to drive them home;
SRBRAC, BOSNIA 3/4
Getting off the bus;
Hugs with family members;
SOT by Bosnian Serb soldier hugged by his wife, in Serbian: "After 330 days of imprisonment, almost a whole year, I am now finally free...";
SOT wife saying in Serbian: " I am just happy he is here, I don't know why he was there in the first place";
Weary faces of the released behind bus windows, as they continue journey;
BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA, 3/4
Arrival;
Lists of the still missing in the exchange commisson HQ;
Hugs with family members and reunion scenes;
Kissed by wives;
Cheering health and freedom with brandy;
Sot of another released BS soldier, in Serbian: "I am now happy, I am with my family and I have a head on my shoulders";
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