Mostar: 21-year-old from Gradačac fell into the Neretva and did not resurface

Twenty-one-year-old D.B. from Gradačac fell into the Neretva River near the Old Bridge in Mostar last night and has been missing ever since, reports the Patria news agency.

As announced by the Operational Center of Civil Protection of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, the young man was in the company of friends M.T. (born 1995) and M.M. (born 1993) from Žepče. The disappearance was reported to the police at 2:10 AM tonight, and the police patrol at the scene determined that the young men had consumed alcohol and waded in the water under the Old Bridge.

At one point, D.B. fell into the river, which carried him about ten meters, after which he no longer appeared on the surface.

The police patrol conducted a search downstream from the scene and did not notice the body of the missing person. The scene has been secured, the statement says.