News of the day. 3 October 1991: The Yugoslav Federal Army (in reality now the Serbian army) has decided to `protect' Dubrovnik, a pearl of the world's culture, to `save it' from Ustashas. The Croats who live in Dubrovnik are portrayed as fascists who occupied the town. On this pretext the army has surrounded Dubrovnik and started shelling closer and closer to the old part of the town. I am listening to the radio. A reporter asks the listeners for their opinion on what is happening. People are terrified. Nobody can understand the destruction.
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