2015 Zvornik police station shooting

Mass shooting in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 250 Zvornik 44.379715 19.102301 Zvornik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Police officers 44 22 46.97 N 19 06 08.28 E inline 2015 04 27 y 19:00 CEST Spree shooting 2 (including attacker) 2 Nerdin Ibrić Nerdin Ibrić * 2 shotguns pistol Islamic extremismN1 2015RevengeSRNA 2015Vijesti.ba 2015 On 27 April 2015, a gunman attacked a police station in Zvornik in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He killed one police officer and wounded two others before being shot dead by other police officers. This was the first attack of its kind in Republika Srpska; attacks have occurred in the other entity, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the 1997 Mostar car bombing. The Police of Republika Srpska launched a counter-terrorist operation codenamed Operation Ruben, with the declared aim of disrupting targets suspected of possessing firearms and involvement in radical Islamist circles. The move was heavily criticised by several Bosniak politicians because of the absence of coordination with the central government, with some suggesting that the operation was calculated to intimidate Bosniak refugees who had returned to live on what is today Republika Srpska's territory.Balkan Insight 2015 Shooting Nerdin Ibrić, born in 1991 in Sapna near Zvornik, drove up to the Zvornik police station at around 19:00. When a sentry told him that he could not park in front of the station, Ibrić produced a rifle and opened fire at the officer. Several Bosnian-language news portals claimed that Ibrić had never shouted "Allahu akbar",NAP 2015Fokus 2015bportal 2015 citing another news portal which only reported that he had shouted profanities and threats.Press 2015 However, the following day, the same portal reported that Ibrić had initially yelled profanities and threats, but then began shouting Allahu akbar.Press 2015 Police officer Dragan Đurić was struck by several bullets, and killed. Ibrić then went inside the station and continued shooting, wounding two other officers, after which he was killed by the police.Dnevnik Nove TV 2015Zuvela Sito-Sucic Pomeroy 2015Deutsche Welle 2015 The wounded policemen were quickly transferred to the local hospital. Police believe that the attack was well-planned in advance, as Ibrić knew exactly when the officers' shifts switched, and thus began his spree when the most policemen would be inside the station.Dnevnik Nove TV 2015 The Minister of Interior of the Republika Srpska, Dragan Lukač, said that the assailant was probably a Wahhabist and called the shooting an act of terrorism. The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, criticised police and security agencies at the state-level for not providing Bosnian Serb authorities with any useful information about potential terrorist plots prior to the attack. However, three days prior to the shooting, the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (OSA-OBA BiH) had informed police agencies in the country that there was a possibility of a terrorist attack as retribution for the recent arrests of several individuals of Bosniak origin in Australia who had planned terrorist attacks there.Večernje novosti 2015Krešić 2015 Ibrić was buried on 30 April 2015 at a local cemetery in Kučić Kula near Zvornik in accordance with religious rituals with several hundred people attending his funeral.N1 2015 Investigation On the day of the shooting, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) had arrested Ibrić's friend, Avdulah Hasanović. Hasanović was previously arrested by SIPA during the anti-terrorist action Operation Damascus, as he was suspected of being a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Hasanović was known to have participated in the Syrian Civil War in 2014.Blaško 2015 Another one of Ibrić's associates, Kasim Mehidić, was arrested. After a two-day interrogation, both Hasanović and Mehidić were handed over to the State Attorney of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further investigation.Novi list 2015 The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered that they be detained for one month under suspicion that they had recruited Ibrić for the attack.Nezavisne novine 2015 Soon after Ibrić's two friends were arrested, the police expanded its investigation to include other suspected radical Islamists, some of whom were also veterans of the Syrian Civil War. The police suspect that the village of Dubnica near Kalesija is one of the major gathering points of radical Islamists. Soon after the attack, Dodik met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, asking them for intelligence and counter-terrorism assistance.Jazvić 2015 On 6 May, the Republika Srpska launched Operation Ruben in order to root out suspected radical Islamists from the entity, detaining dozens of Muslim Bosniaks,AFP 2015 as well as confiscating weapons, ammunition and propaganda material believed to be aimed to encourage Bosnian citizens to join fighters in Syria.AP News 2015 The operation has been criticised by multiple Bosniak politicians, including Bakir Izetbegović who said that the Republika Srpska police had "crossed the line".World Bulletin 2015 The Mayor of Srebrenica said that the Serb police stormed the homes of Bosniaks who returned after the war and carried out arrests without explanation. He called it a "form of repression".St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2015 Possible motives The Presidency and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Government of Republika Srpska characterised the shooting as a terrorist attack.The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015The Government of Republika Srpska 2015 The United States Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina also referred to it as terrorism.The US Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina condemned the attack in a press release but did not describe it as a terrorist operation.The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 The Sarajevo-based newspaper Dnevni avaz claimed the Bijeli Potok massacre that occurred on 1 June 1992 as a possible motive, when 668 Bosniaks of Zvornik, among whom was Ibrić's father Sejfo, were separated from their families and killed by the Army of Republika Srpska and police of Zvornik, with help of paramilitary units from Serbia.Dnevni avaz 2015 According to Balkan Insight, their names were mentioned among more than 850 Serb soldiers and policemen on a 2004 Republika Srpska government report on the Srebrenica massacres.Jukic 2015 However, one of the officials who made the report explained that it just listed military and police personnel who were on duty in 1995 in the territory between Zvornik and Višegrad (including Srebrenica); the official said that "it is insane to claim that all of them committed war crimes".Glas Srpske 2015 See also 2010 Bugojno bombing 1995 Rijeka bombing References Notes 20em Books Azinović Vlado Jusić Muahamed 2015 The New Lure of the Syrian War the Foreign Fighter' Bosnian Contingent Sarajevo The Atlantic Initiative 9789958032059 Journals Anđelković Slobodan Vuković Nebojša Lazić Željko 2016 Genesis of the Islamic State and its Reflections on the Security of Western Balkan Countries Vojno Delo 68 8 42–53 10.5937/vojdelo1508042A free Bryjka Filip 2021 The involvement of Western Balkan terrorist-fighters in armed conflicts in Syria and Iraq Sarajevo Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej 19 4 151–173 10.36874/RIESW.2021.4.8 245957968 News reports Blaško Dubravka Uhićen pomagač likvidiranog terorista u BiH, bio je povezan s džihadistima Islamske države http://www.telegram.hr/politika-kriminal/policija-upravo-objavila-da-je-uhitila-osobu-povezanu-s-napadom-u-zvorniku/ hr Telegram 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 Bosnia: 30 detained over alleged weapons smuggling http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/158894/tanzania-opp-agree-to-field-presidential-candidate https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101103/http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/158894/tanzania-opp-agree-to-field-presidential-candidate usurped May 18, 2015 World Bulletin 7 May 2015 8 May 2015 World Bulletin 2015 Bosnian Arrested For Suspected Ties To Attack On Republika Srpska Police https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-gunman-police-station-deaths/26981622.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 May 2015 3 May 2015 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2015 Bosnian police launch operation to root out radical Islamists http://www.afp.com/en/news/bosnian-police-launch-operation-root-out-radical-islamists AFP 6 May 2015 8 May 2015 AFP 2015July 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Bosnian police launch raids against Islamic extremism https://apnews.com/general-news-international-news-eda64603ba6d4105bbdb74a2a0bac769 AP News 6 May 2015 AP News 2015 Bosnian Serb Mass Arrests Alarm Bosniaks http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bosnian-serb-terrorism-related-arrests-raise-ethnic-concerns Balkan Insight 8 May 2015 11 May 2015 Balkan Insight 2015 Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Extraordinary Session http://www.vijeceministara.gov.ba/saopstenja/sjednice/saopstenja_sa_sjednica/default.aspx?id=19248&langTag=en-US The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 Dragan Đurić preživeo rat, a ubijen u miru! http://pressrs.ba/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/86842/Dragan+%C4%90uri%C4%87+pre%C5%BEiveo+rat,+a+ubijen+u+miru!.html sr Press 29 April 2015 4 May 2015 Press 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505073114/http://pressrs.ba/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/86842/Dragan+%C4%90uri%C4%87+pre%C5%BEiveo+rat,+a+ubijen+u+miru!.html 5 May 2015 dead Gunman carries out 'terrorist' attack on Bosnian police station http://www.dw.de/gunman-carries-out-terrorist-attack-on-bosnian-police-station/a-18412359 Deutsche Welle 27 April 2015 2 May 2015 Deutsche Welle 2015 High Representative condemns attack against police station in Zvornik http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=49072 The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 April 2015 10 May 2015 The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150604183353/http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=49072 4 June 2015 dead Jazvić Dejan Dodik ne vjeruje Sarajevu pa traži pomoć Beograda http://www.vecernji.hr/svijet/dodik-ne-vjeruje-sarajevu-pa-trazi-pomoc-beograda-1003060 hr Večernji list 29 April 2015 6 May 2015 Jukic M Bosnia Police Station Attack Raises Ethnic Tensions http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/deadly-terrorist-attack-on-police-station-raises-ethnic-tensions-across-bosnia Balkan Insight 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 Krešić Zoran Terorizam u BiH i hrvatski problem – ekstremistima najprivlačnija sela uz granicu http://www.vecernji.hr/svijet/ubojstvo-policajca-osveta-je-zbog-uhicenja-bh-drzavljana-dzihadista-koji-zive-u-australiji-1002804 hr Večernji list 29 April 2015 6 May 2015 Lista zaposlenih podvaljena kao spisak ratnih zločinaca http://www.glassrpske.com/novosti/vijesti_dana/Lista-zaposlenih-podvaljena-kao-spisak-ratnih-zlocinaca/lat/178892.html sr Glas Srpske 26 March 2015 5 May 2015 Glas Srpske 2015 Mehidiću i Hasanoviću određen jednomjesečni pritvor http://www.nezavisne.com/novosti/hronika/Mehidicu-i-Hasanovicu-odredjen-jednomjesecni-pritvor-303067.html sr Nezavisne novine 2 May 2015 6 May 2015 Nezavisne novine 2015 Nekoliko stotina ljudi okupilo se na pogrebu radikalnog islamiste Nerdina Ibrića na groblju u Kučić Kuli http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Svijet/Nekoliko-stotina-ljudi-okupilo-se-na-pogrebu-radikalnog-islamiste-Nerdina-Ibrica-na-groblju-u-Kucic-Kuli hr Novi list 30 April 2015 2 May 2015 Novi list 2015 Novi detalji: Ibrić po izlasku iz automobila psovao policajcima i vikao 'sve ću vas pobiti' http://bportal.ba/novi-detalji-ibric-po-izlasku-automobila-psovao-policajcima-i-vikao-sve-cu-vas-pobiti/ bs bportal 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 bportal 2015 1 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150501105500/http://bportal.ba/novi-detalji-ibric-po-izlasku-automobila-psovao-policajcima-i-vikao-sve-cu-vas-pobiti/ dead Otkrivamo ko je 24-godišnji Nerdin Ibrić, napadač na policijsku stanicu u Zvorniku! http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/175287/otkrivamo-ko-je-24-godisnji-nerdin-ibric-napadac-na-policijsku-stanicu-u-zvorniku bs Dnevni avaz 27 April 2015 2 May 2015 Dnevni avaz 2015 Oca ubijenog policajca u Zvorniku 1992. ubili pripadnici Armije BiH http://www.ebrcko.net/vijesti/vijesti-bih/28939-oca-ubijenog-policajca-u-zvorniku-1992-ubili-pripadnici-armije-bih sr eBrcko 28 April 2015 4 May 2015 eBrcko 2015 Policajac ubijen metkom u čelo! http://pressrs.ba/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/86803/%28FOTO%29+Policajac+ubijen+metkom+u+%C4%8Delo%21.html sr Press 28 April 2015 3 May 2015 Press 015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150501021216/http://pressrs.ba/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/86803/(FOTO)+Policajac+ubijen+metkom+u+%C4%8Delo!.html 1 May 2015 dead Press: Ibrić nije uzvikivao "Allahu ekber", nego je psovao! http://www.fokus.ba/69862/vijesti/bih/press-ibric-nije-uzvikivao-allahu-ekber-nego-je-psovao/ bs Fokus 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 Fokus 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150728160457/http://www.fokus.ba/69862/vijesti/bih/press-ibric-nije-uzvikivao-allahu-ekber-nego-je-psovao/ 28 July 2015 dead Press RS tvrdi: Ibrić je psovao, a ne uzvikivao Allahu ekber http://nap.ba/new/vijest.php?id=11101 bs NAP 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 NAP 2015 Preživjeli policajci svjedoče: Upao je u postaju, počeo pucati i vikati 'Allahu ekber' http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/svijet/bih-manijak-upao-u-policiju-i-otvorio-vatru-ubio-jednog-ranio-dvoje-policajaca---382715.html hr Dnevnik Nove TV 27 April 2015 2 May 2015 Dnevnik Nove TV 2015 Više stotina ljudi došlo na sahranu terorista Ibrića u Zvorniku http://www.rtl.hr/vijesti/novosti/1601656/vise-stotina-ljudi-doslo-na-sahranu-terorista-ibrica-u-zvorniku/ hr RTL 1 May 2015 2 May 2015 RTL 2015 Sito-Sucic Daria Man who fought in Syria detained in Bosnia over police killing https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bosnia-attack-idUSKBN0NJ1JT20150428 Reuters 28 April 2015 3 May 2015 Srebrenica Muslims accuse Serb authorities of harassment http://www.stltoday.com/news/world/srebrenica-muslims-accuse-serb-authorities-of-harassment/article_0dd2dd7a-14e9-528a-98e8-ffa6b959796d.html St. Louis Post-Dispatch 7 May 2015 8 May 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2015July 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes The Government of the Republic of Srpska condemns the terrorist attack in Zvornik http://www.vladars.net/eng/vlada/ic/ns/Pages/The-Government-of-the-Republic-of-Srpska-condemns-the-terrorist-attack-in-Zvornik-.aspx The Government of Republika Srpska 28 April 2015 3 May 2015 The Government of Republika Srpska 2015 The Presidency of BiH takes stance against the police station terrorist attack in Zvornik http://www.predsjednistvobih.ba/saop/default.aspx?id=65743&langTag=en-US The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 The U.S. Embassy to BiH condemns the terrorist attack on the police station in Zvornik http://sarajevo.usembassy.gov/press_20150428.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151024124343/http://sarajevo.usembassy.gov/press_20150428.html dead The US Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 The US Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 2015-10-24 Tko je Nerdin Ibrić? Napadaču iz Zvornika Vojska Republike Srpske ubila je oca... Prije tri godine počeo je puštati bradu http://www.jutarnji.hr/tko-je-nerdin-ibric--napadacu-iz-zvornika-1992--vojska-republike-srpske-ubila-je-oca-i-jos-750-bosnjaka/1338893/ hr Jutarnji list 28 April 2015 2 May 2015 Jutarnji list 2015 Uhapšene dve osobe zbog napada u Zvorniku, OSA: Poslali smo upozorenje policijama! http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/republika_srpska/aktuelno.655.html:545601-Muskarac-uhapsen-zbog-napada-u-Zvorniku-boravio-u-Siriji sr Večernje novosti 28 April 2015 4 May 2015 Večernje novosti 2015 Više stotina ljudi na pokopu terorista Ibrića u Zvorniku https://n1info.hr/regija/a46311-vise-stotina-ljudi-na-pokopu-terorista-ibrica-u-zvorniku/ hr N1 30 April 2015 8 November 2022 N1 2015 Zuvela Maja Sito-Sucic Daria Pomeroy Robin Gunman kills Bosnian policeman in apparent Islamist attack http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bosnia-police-attack-idUKKBN0NI25J20150427 https://web.archive.org/web/20160106123342/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bosnia-police-attack-idUKKBN0NI25J20150427 dead January 6, 2016 Reuters 27 April 2015 2 May 2015 SRNA 28 April 2015 Mektić: Nema indicija da je Ibrić pripadao vehabijskom pokretu Klix https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/mektic-nema-indicija-da-je-ibric-pripadao-vehabijskom-pokretu/150428128 bs Oca Nerdina Ibrića zvornički policajci strijeljali 1992.godine https://vijesti.ba/clanak/269702/oca-nerdina-ibrica-zvornicki-policajci-strijeljali-1992-godine bs Vijesti.ba 28 April 2015 Vijesti.ba 2015 Category:2015 crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:April 2015 crimes in Europe Category:2015 murders in Europe Category:Attacks on police stations in 2015 Category:2010s murders in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:History of Zvornik Category:April 2015 in Europe Category:2015 mass shootings in Europe Category:Mass shootings in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Attacks on police stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Spree shootings in Europe