Death Threats - Death Threats by Savo Heleta

Last week I was interviewed about my book by a journalist from Sarajevo-x, the most popular internet news source in Bosnia. The interview was the most read for a few days and received over 150 comments.

Most of the comments are shocking. People who never read the book are saying that the book is full of lies and that they wish my family and I were killed during the war. A number of people said that they will kill me if they see me in Bosnia.

I expected some negative comments, but this is really outrageous. The ratio is about one normal comment for ten primitive and threatening ones.

I didn't respond to any comments. Sometimes, the best answer is no answer at all. I only sent out a press statement about this and many newspapers in Bosnia and Serbia covered the story.

All this tells a lot about today's Bosnia, where the majority of people on all sides are still influenced by extreme nationalism that destroyed the country in the 1990s. As I am a Serb, who wrote about my experience during the war in Bosnia and who lived in a city controlled by Muslims and held under siege by Serbs, Bosnian Muslims find the book as nothing else but Serbian propaganda. This, of course, without even reading the book.

My book is about choosing reconciliation and hope over hatred and revenge and nothing will stop me from delivering my message.