Suspect arrested for murder in Banja Luka

(Patria) - Police officers of the Banja Luka Police Administration identified and arrested a person with initials D.R. from Banja Luka on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of murder.

"By undertaking operational measures and actions, after the investigation at the site in Kola, Banja Luka, where yesterday around 6:35 a.m. the lifeless body of a person with initials R.V. from Banja Luka was found near an elementary school, police officers learned that the person with initials D.R. inflicted injuries on R.V. using physical force and a suitable object, resulting in his death," the Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska stated.

The Ministry of Interior emphasizes that based on the order of the duty prosecutor of the District Public Prosecutor's Office, an autopsy was performed at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Republika Srpska, which determined that the death of R.V. occurred violently, as a result of multiple blows with a blunt object to the head area.

"Based on the order of the judge of the District Court in Banja Luka, and with prior consent of the duty prosecutor of the District Public Prosecutor's Office Banja Luka, on April 19, searches were conducted of the apartment and vehicle used by D.R., during which items that may be linked to the commission of the said criminal offense were found and seized," the statement adds.

It is added that all measures and actions were taken under the supervision of the duty prosecutor of the District Public Prosecutor's Office Banja Luka, and after the case is completed and documented, D.R. will be handed over to the jurisdiction of the District Public Prosecutor's Office Banja Luka today along with a report on the committed criminal offense.