All participants in mass brawl in Banja Luka identified

Police officers of the Banja Luka Centar Police Station have identified all participants in the disturbance of public order and peace, committed in the night hours of August 26th in the parking lot in front of a catering facility in Patrijarha Makarija Sokolovića Street in Banja Luka. Firearms were used on this occasion, and two people sustained minor bodily injuries, reports the Patria News Agency.

At 10 minutes past midnight on August 26th, the operational duty of the CJB Banja Luka was notified that a disturbance of public order and peace, involving a fight among several individuals and the firing of a firearm, had occurred at the aforementioned location. Upon arrival at the scene, police officers found several individuals, two of whom, R.B. and R.M., both from Banja Luka, had visible head injuries in the form of lacerations.

They received medical assistance at the Banja Luka Emergency Center, where it was determined that the injuries were minor bodily injuries caused by a sharp object, not a firearm. According to the statements of R.B. and R.M., they were attacked by individuals unknown to them. During the investigation at the scene, two pistol cartridges of 7.65 mm caliber and one axe were found.

Through criminal processing and operational work, it was determined that R.B., S.V., A.K., all from Banja Luka, and NJ.K. from Prnjavor participated in the fight. During the fight, NJ.K. from Prnjavor fired two shots into the air from a pistol, while R.B. attempted to injure A.K. and NJ.K. with an axe. The pistol was found and temporarily confiscated from NJ.K.

After the criminal processing was completed, all individuals were released. Work is underway to determine the individual responsibility of all participants and to classify the committed criminal offenses, after which an appropriate report will be submitted to the competent prosecutor's office, it was announced from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska.