Banja Luka Police: Man fell off bicycle and accidentally broke glass at the Croatian Community

Banja Luka police claim that the glass at the Croatian Community and Croatian Cultural Association was broken by a random passerby who fell off his bicycle while passing the building, NAP reports.

Tensions between Croats and Serbs have risen after Bishop Franjo Komarica said that Croats in Banja Luka suffered war crimes during the last war, similar to those during the Bleiburg tragedy. Serbian authorities reacted sharply to this. The broken glass on the Croatian facility a few days ago only further increased tensions.

On Monday, media reported that in Banja Luka, glass was broken on the building housing Croatian associations, near the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.

Since the beginning of the month, this is the second time a property owned by Croats in Banja Luka has been damaged.

At the chapel of the Catholic cemetery, several people broke window panes at the beginning of June.

On Friday, the police announced that they had identified the person who broke the shop window in Banja Luka, on Kralja Petra I Karađorđevića Street, at the premises of the Croatian Community and Croatian Cultural Association.

The police claim that a man from Banja Luka, while passing the building on a bicycle, lost his balance, after which he fell and broke the shop window.

The prosecutor of the District Prosecutor's Office in Banja Luka stated that in this case there are no elements of a criminal offense, Patria reports.