SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Residents of Sarajevo are expressing their support for Hillary Clinton in the upcoming U.S. presidential election based in part on the role her husband's administration had in ending Bosnia's devastating war during the 1990s.

Several hundred people turned out Saturday for the "Sarajevo Votes for Clinton" event organized by activists through social networks.

Participants said supporting Clinton means supporting the values of a civilized society and showing resistance to hatred and segregation.

When Bill Clinton was president, his administration was credited with helping end the 1992-95 war in Bosnia which took over 100,000 lives and included a four-year siege of Sarajevo.

U.S.-led NATO airstrikes against the Serb artillery pounding the capital and a peace agreement brokered by American negotiators finally ended the war.