SARAJEVO – Bosnian authorities on Saturday demolished a Serbian Orthodox church illegally built on land owned by a Bosniak woman, a move that came after a 20-year legal battle that saw the case reach the European Court of Human Rights.
Workers and construction machinery arrived at Fata Orlovic’s yard in the village of Konjevic Polje early Saturday. Using a crane, they brought down the white-colored church and its tower bell.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in October 2019 that authorities must remove the church and pay damages to the Orlovic family totaling 31,000 euros.(AP)
