2011 United States embassy attack in Sarajevo

2011 terrorist attack in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 Sarajevo embassy attack Sarajevo US Embassy.JPG 28 October 2011 Embassy of the United States, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 43 51 20.32 N 18 24 5.33 E Shooting Islamic terrorism Kalashnikov rifle 0 2 (including the perpetrator) Mevlid Jašarević A gunman fired with a Kalashnikov rifle on the United States embassy in Sarajevo on 28 October 2011, resulting in one local policeman guarding the embassy being wounded in the arm by the gunman, while the shooter was wounded by a police sniper.Individual Indicted in Connection with Machine Gun Attack on U.S. Embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2011 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-indicted-connection-machine-gun-attack-us-embassy-bosnia-herzegovina-2011 www.justice.gov U.S. Department of Justice 29 June 2018 en 8 October 2014https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/world/europe/gunman-fires-at-us-embassy-in-sarajevo.html The New York Times Robert Mackey Rick Gladstone Gunman Fires at U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo 2011-10-28 Incident The attacker shot 105 bullets, and severely wounded policeman Mirsad Velić. A sniper neutralized the gunman. Perpetrator The attacker was identified as Mevlid Jašarević (b. 1988), a Bosniak holding Serbian citizenship born in Novi Pazar in southwestern Serbia, and living in well-known Wahhabist stronghold Gornja Maoča in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jašarević lived in Vienna for a period before moving to Gornja Maoča. Aftermath On 24 April 2012, Jašarević was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on charges of attempted murder and other violations in connection with the attack.https://www.fbi.gov/washingtondc/press-releases/2012/individual-indicted-in-connection-with-machine-gun-attack-on-u.s.-embassy-in-bosnia-herzegovina-in-2011 FBI — Individual Indicted in Connection with Machine Gun Attack on U.S. Embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2011 Fbi.gov 2012-04-29 A Bosnian court sentenced him on 6 December 2012 to 18 years in prison.World, Europe BBC News 6 December 2012 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20629893 It was then lowered to 15 years in 2013.15 godina za Jasarevica Deutsche Welle http://www.dw.com/bs/mevlid-ja%C5%A1arevi%C4%87-osu%C4%91en-na-15-godina-zatvora/a-17242419 On 23 November 2018, Bosnian police arrested a man believed to have assisted Jašarević in the attack. Bosnian state prosecutors stated that the man was also suspected of having fought for the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front.Bosnia arrests Islamist militant on terrorism charges: statement Reuters 23 November 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bosnia-security-arrests/bosnia-arrests-islamist-militant-on-terrorism-charges-statement-idUSKCN1NS1MJ See also 2015 Zvornik police station shooting References United States embassy, 2011 Sarajevo, 2011 Category:2011 crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Non-fatal shootings Category:October 2011 crimes in Europe Category:October 2011 in Europe Category:2010s in Sarajevo Category:Islamic terrorism in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:2011 mass shootings in Europe Category:Crime in Sarajevo Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina–United States relations Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2011