Film-like scenes in Ilidža: Three arrested, shots fired from BMW at passengers in Polo before crash

The Operational-Communications Center of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior was informed this morning around 4:50 a.m. by citizens that a traffic accident occurred in Magistrala Street, Ilidža municipality, involving two vehicles, during which one vehicle veered off the roadway, the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior announced, as reported by the Patria news agency.

Upon arriving at the scene, the police found a passenger vehicle, a VW Polo, with visible damage, in which were B.A. (1990), M.J. (1991), J.N. (1994), all residing in Sarajevo, as well as a 13-year-old child.

The injured received medical assistance at the Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo in Sarajevo, where J.N. and the thirteen-year-old child were diagnosed with severe, life-threatening bodily injuries, while M.J. and B.A. sustained injuries of an undetermined degree.

The investigation established that a BMW passenger vehicle also participated in the traffic accident, which struck the Polo vehicle, after which it overturned. Immediately before the traffic accident, according to the victims' statements, several shots were fired from the BMW vehicle towards the Polo vehicle, during which no persons were injured.

The investigation was conducted by the prosecutor of the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecutor's Office, police officers of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior, and an authorized court expert in traffic engineering. Continuing work on clarifying and documenting the aforementioned event, today at 11 a.m., police officers of this Ministry arrested M.J. (1980), residing in Sarajevo, on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of attempted murder, B.E. (1993) and K.A. (1983), both residing in Sarajevo, on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of participating in a group of people that commits a criminal offense, who were in the BMW vehicle at the critical time.

The police continue working on the complete clarification and documentation of the aforementioned criminal offenses, the statement reads.