What if the Serbs conquered Sarajevo?

I don't know enough about the Yugoslav Wars to say whether it is or is not possible, but that's not really the subject of this question. I'm more interested in what you guys think the Bosnian Serb Militias would do if they managed to conquer and control/occupy the whole city of Sarajevo.

I can't imagine it's anything good - afterall, they have commited many atrocities during the siege and didn't shun away from ethnic cleansing and massacres.

Would they try to cleanse the city of non-Serbs? Kill them or expell them? Or would they just be oppressive, but not massacre them?

That and anything you can think of with regards to this...
 
It would have been bad. There would have been killings, rapes and looting. Remaining men of fighting age would have been detained in concentration camps and the rest of population expulsed to Bosniak controlled territory. However Serbian leadership feared that fall of Sarajevo would cause international intervention, that is why they agreed to allow for international aid instead of starving the city into submition, it was of more use to them as hostage than conquered.
 
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