Continuation of "Damascus": Another person arrested in Sarajevo

Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) this morning (March 17, 2016), as part of the continuation of the operation codenamed „Damascus“, in the Sarajevo area deprived of liberty a person with initials A.I. (born 1987) and conducted a search of the residential property used by the said person with the aim of finding and temporarily seizing items that may serve as evidence in further proceedings. The aforementioned activities were carried out pursuant to orders of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, reports the Patria news agency.

 The person with initials A.I. was deprived of liberty due to reasonable suspicion that they committed the criminal offense under Article 202d paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina „Organizing a terrorist group“ in connection with the criminal offense of terrorism. Specifically, this person is suspected of having stayed in the territory of Syria and Iraq on several occasions between 2012 and 2014 and participated in armed conflicts fighting on the side of radical terrorist groups and organizations.

The person deprived of liberty was brought to the official premises of SIPA, where they are being criminally processed, after which, along with a report on the existence of reasonable suspicion regarding the committed criminal offense and the perpetrator, they will be handed over to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further action.

 SIPA, in cooperation with partner agencies, continues the active fight against terrorism and related criminal offenses, with the aim of detecting all perpetrators and documenting illegal activities.