2010 Bugojno bombing

Terrorist incident in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bugojno bombing Bosnia and Herzegovina 250 Bugojno 44.0536198 17.4455638 220px Location of the attack on the map Ambasadora Wagnera 8, Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Police officers 44 05 36.19 N 17 44 55.63 E inline 27 June 2010 05:00 AM CEST Bombing 1 police officer several other police officers Tarik Ljubuškić Haris Čaušević improvised bomb Islamic extremism, retaliation Haris Čaušević 35 years in prison Terrorism, planning of kidnapping The 2010 Bugojno bombing was an act of Islamic terrorism that occurred on 27 June 2010 against the police authorities of the Central Bosnia Canton in Bugojno in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the attack, one policeman was killed and several others were injured. Haris Čaušević, the assailant, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Bombing Haris Čaušević, the perpetrator of the attack, belonged to a homegrown terrorist cell led by Rijad Rustempašić.Azinovic 2013 196 The group followed the Salafist Islamic ideology,Tzvetkova Mancheva 2019 18 and Čaušević participated at the planning meetings.Jelin-Dizdar 2013 Rustempašić and several of his followers were arrested in a police operation in 2009 and charged with terrorism, conspiracy to commit a crime, and illegal possession and trade of weapons.Azinovic 2013 196Báchora Mészárosová 2016 98 The trial against them began in March 2010.Azinovic 2013 196 In retaliation,Azinovic 2013 196Báchora Mészárosová 2016 98 on 27 June 2010, just before 05:00 AM Čaušević detonated an improvised explosive device, planted between the police station and the parked cars, killing the police officer Tarik Ljubuškić, severely injuring his colleague Edina Hindić and injuring several other police officers.Azinovic 2013 196Jelin-Dizdar 2013 Čaušević planned to kill even more police officers, timing his attack between the two shifts.Jelin-Dizdar 2013 The police station and the surrounding buildings were heavily damaged,Azinovic 2013 196 estimated to damage worth approximately €250,000.Jelin-Dizdar 2013 Immediately after the detonation Čaušević was arrested at a nearby parking lot. Naser Palislamović, who was also part of the Rustempašić group and was believed to be the mastermind of the attack, was arrested shortly after in Sarajevo. A third person who was supposed to fire from an AK-47 at the rushing police officers after the blast quit the night before the attack.Azinovic 2013 196-197 Čaušević also planned to kidnap a police officer and his children in order to force the authorities with the goal either to release Rustempašić,Jelin-Dizdar 2013 or implement the Sharia law,Mickolus 2016 138 as well as the attacks on police patrols.Jelin-Dizdar 2013 The ethnic and religious background of the victims was not a factor in the attack, as all of them were ethnic Bosniaks and Muslims.Báchora Mészárosová 2016 98 During the meetings with Rustempašić, the group discussed jihad, recruitment, implementation of Sharia, and attacking the politicians who "drifted away from Islam".Jelin-Dizdar 2013 Babic writes that Čaušević and his associates belong to a group of a new generation of Islamic extremists who have no regard for the civil laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina and are prepared to start a war among the Bosnian Muslims themselves.Babic 2017 186 Trial The trial against Čaušević and Palislamovivić started in March 2011 before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Azinovic 2013 196 Čaušević pleaded not guilty throughout the trial.Jelin-Dizdar 2013 On 20 December 2013, Čaušević was sentenced to a record and maximum sentence of 45 years in prison for the bombing and planning to kidnap a police officer and his children. Palislamović was acquitted of charges as it was not proven he planned or committed the bombing.Mickolus 2016 138Jelin-Dizdar 2013 Čaušević's defence announced it will appeal the verdict,Jelin-Dizdar 2013 and the Council of Appeal of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina revoked the verdict for procedural reasons and ordered a new trial, which lasted from March to July 2015.Klix.ba 2015 After a renewed process, Čaušević was sentenced to 35 years in prison.Báchora Mészárosová 2016 98 See also Mostar car bombing Rijeka bombing Zvornik police station shooting Footnotes References Books Azinovic Vlado 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina and Terrorism 1996-2011: Defining the Threat, Devising Counterterrorism Strategy Le Beau John The Dangerous Landscape: International Perspectives on Twenty-First Century Terrorism; Transnational Challenge, International Responses Sofia Procon 9789549252163 Babic Marko 2017 Salafism in Bosnia and Herzegovina Florensa Senén IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2017 Barcelona European Institute of the Mediterranean Báchora Rastislav Mészárosová Simona 2016 Internal Security in Bosnia and Herzegovina Szpala Marta Paradoxes of Stabilisation: Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Perspective of Central Europe Sofia Centre for Eastern Studies 9788362936786 Mickolus Edward 2016 Terrorism, 2013-2015: A Worldwide Chronology Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company 9781476625898 Journals Tzvetkova Gergana Mancheva Mila 2019 Country Report: Bosnia and Herzegovina https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/69915/WP2%20Mapping_BiH%20report_Tzvetkova%20and%20Mancheva.pdf GREASE, Country Reports 1–36 9 November 2022 News articles Jelin-Dizdar Tina 20 December 2013 Čauševiću 45 godina zatvora za teroristički napad u Bugojnu Čaušević sentenced to 45 years in prison for a terrorist attack in Bugojno bs https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/causevicu-45-godina-zatvora-zbog-teroristickog-napada-u-bugojnu/25207651.html Radio Slobodna Evropa Sarajevo 9 November 2022 7 July 2015 Završen proces protiv Harisa Čauševića Oksa za terorizam, presuda 15. jula The process against Haris Čaušević Oks ahs finished, the verdict on 15 July bs https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/zavrsen-proces-protiv-harisa-causevica-oksa-za-terorizam-presuda-15-jula/150707052 Klix.ba Sarajevo 9 November 2022 Klix.ba 2015 Category:2010 crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:June 2010 crimes in Europe Category:2010s murders in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:2010 murders in Europe Category:June 2010 in Europe Category:Attacks on police stations in 2010 Category:Islamic terrorism in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Terrorist incidents in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 2010 Category:Building bombings in Europe Category:History of Bugojno Category:2010 building bombings Category:Attacks on police stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina