For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will mark 20 years of war on Friday, with a concert to remember the dead. <br /><br />Around 200 international media journalists who covered the fighting will join in, staying at the infamous Holiday Inn hotel.<br /><br />The Holiday Inn hotel became the media headquarters during the war, which was documented in the film - 'Welcome to Sarajevo'. <br /><br />The anniversary event will stage over 11,500 red chairs along the city's main street - each one representing the Sarajevans killed in the war during 1992 to 1995. <br /><br />The shooting at peace protesters in Sarajevo 20 years ago marked the start of the country's bloody siege and war.<br /><br />Nearly half of the Balkan country's 4.4 million people were displaced from their homes and 100,000 killed. <br /><br />The Bosnian Serbs, helped by the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army (JNA), surrounded Sarajevo in the longest siege in modern history, killing people at random from surrounding hilltops.<br /><br />Civilians were killed while queuing for water, burying the dead or collecting firewood. <br /><br />Among them were nearly 650 children.
