Rocket Blasts and Wedding Bells
PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Undeterred by explosions, the daughter of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was married Saturday before about 100 relatives, friends and senior Bosnian Serb officials.
The nuptials went ahead after two rockets fired from positions held by the Muslim-led government army hit Pale about midday. No damage or casualties were reported.
Looking unperturbed, Sonja Karadzic, 28, in a sumptuous white wedding gown, married Branislav Jovicevic, a 30-year-old soldier, in a tiny Serb Orthodox church in the center of Pale.
The reception followed in a former engine factory compound whose office buildings have been taken over by Karadzic and now house the government, parliament and presidency of the Bosnian Serbs’ self-styled republic.
In a large hall built originally as a workers’ canteen, about 250 guests at the reception feasted on 25 roast lambs, piglets and other local delicacies.
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