2011 United States embassy attack in Sarajevo

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.[1][2]

2011 Sarajevo embassy attack
Part of Islamic terrorism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
LocationSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates43°51′20.32″N 18°24′5.33″E
Date28 October 2011
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponsKalashnikov rifle
Deaths0
Injured2 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorMevlid Jašarević

Incident

The attacker shot 105 bullets, and severely wounded policeman Mirsad Velić.[3] A Ministry of Interior sniper neutralized the gunman.[3]

Perpetrator

The attacker was identified as Mevlid Jašarević (b. 1988), a Bosniak holding Serbian citizenship[1] born in Novi Pazar in southwestern Serbia, and living in well-known Wahhabist stronghold Gornja Maoča in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3] 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.[1][4] A Bosnian court sentenced him on 6 December 2012 to 18 years in prison.[5] It was then lowered to 15 years in 2013.[3]

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.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Individual Indicted in Connection with Machine Gun Attack on U.S. Embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2011". www.justice.gov. U.S. Department of Justice. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. Mackey, Robert; Gladstone, Rick (2011-10-28). "Gunman Fires at U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo". The New York Times.
  3. "15 godina za Jasarevica". Deutsche Welle.
  4. "FBI — Individual Indicted in Connection with Machine Gun Attack on U.S. Embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2011". Fbi.gov. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  5. "World, Europe". BBC News. 6 December 2012.
  6. "Bosnia arrests Islamist militant on terrorism charges: statement". Reuters. 23 November 2018.
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