Bosnian-Serb Police Ban Anti-Government Rallies, Target Activist
- Police issue warrant for father seeking justice in son’s death
- Banja Luka mayor calls on authorities to resolve murder case
Protestors hold a banner reading ’Justice’ in Sarajevo, on Dec. 30.
Photographer: Elvis Barukcic/AFP via Getty Images
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Police in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s second-largest city banned protests and issued an arrest warrant for a man whose search for answers about his son’s death has triggered a wave of anti-government street demonstrations.
Protests have grown this month in Banja Luka over authorities’ failure to solve the case of 21-year-old David Dragicevic, whose body was found on a river bank in March. His father, Davor, who has disputed an official finding that his son killed himself, has led rallies calling for Bosnian-Serb leader Milorad Dodik’s interior minister to resign, with thousands of people again taking to the streets on Sunday.