Sarajevo police found both men who hit a pedestrian with a Porsche and fled the scene

(Patria) - By undertaking planned measures and actions to clarify and document all facts and circumstances related to the traffic accident that occurred on May 10, 2022, in Skenderija Street, Centar Sarajevo municipality, in which pedestrian V.J. was seriously injured by a motor vehicle of the brand “Porsche”, registration plates O52-M-367, driven by an unknown driver who left the scene after the accident, police officers of the Traffic Investigation Department, Uniformed Police Sector of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior Police Directorate, under the direct supervision of the acting prosecutor of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office, identified the persons linked to the said accident.

Due to reasonable suspicion of having committed criminal offenses under Article 336, Paragraph 1 (Serious Criminal Offenses Against Public Traffic Safety) in conjunction with Article 332, Paragraph 1 (Endangering Public Traffic) and Article 337, Paragraph 1 (Failure to Provide Assistance to a Person Injured in a Traffic Accident) of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 29, 2022, L.H., born in 1998 in Italy, residing in Zenica, was deprived of liberty. After interrogation and criminal processing, he was handed over to the further jurisdiction of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office. At the proposal of the acting prosecutor of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office, the competent court in Sarajevo ordered a one-month detention for him.

Also, on November 11, 2022, A.T., born in 1995 in Zenica, where he also resides, was deprived of liberty due to reasonable suspicion of having committed a criminal offense under Article 346 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Assistance to the Perpetrator After the Commission of a Criminal Offense). After criminal processing in the official premises of the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior Police Directorate, he was handed over to the jurisdiction of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office, and the acting prosecutor submitted a proposal to the competent court for ordering a detention measure.

Clarifying and documenting this traffic accident required undertaking a series of operational-tactical measures, as well as evidentiary actions, including certain expert examinations, searches, and other legally prescribed measures and actions, which were carried out by orders and under the supervision of the acting prosecutor, with the assistance of other police agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly the Police Directorate of the Zenica-Doboj Canton Ministry of Interior and INTERPOL, as well as the Intelligence and Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

During the implementation of the necessary activities, significant cooperation was achieved with citizens and certain legal entities.