21.   A nationwide hotline has been deluged with hundreds of calls from distraught parents wondering if they should dare let their children out of their sight.

22.   A nationwide hotline has been deluged with hundreds of calls from distraught parents suddenly wondering if they should dare let their children out of their sight.

23.   A nationwide hotline was being deluged with hundreds of calls from parents worried if they dared let their children out of their sight.

24.   Children were let out of classes as their schools were used as polling stations.

25.   Many parents refused let their children outside to play because of the risks of shell attacks and sniping from Bosnian Serbs in the hills ringing the city.