2015 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Events in the year 2015 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Incumbents
- President – Bakir Izetbegović, Mladen Ivanić, and Dragan Čović
- Prime Minister: Vjekoslav Bevanda (until March 31) Denis Zvizdić (from March 31)
Events
January
- 15 January – The country made its first appearance at the World Men's Handball Championship.[citation needed]
April
- 27 April – A Wahhabist gunman attacked a police station in Zvornik, Republika Srpska, killing one police officer and wounding two others before being shot dead. This was the first attack of its kind in Republika Srpska while similar attacks have previously occurred in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2]
May
- 6 May – The counter-terrorist campaign Operation Ruben began in Republika Srpska following a shooting in Zvornik.[3]
July
- 8 July – Russia vetoes a UN resolution that would have condemned the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Bosniaks as a genocide.[4]
- 11 July – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić is pelted with stones and other objects as he attempts to pay respects to the victims of the Bosnian Genocide. Vučić is a former member of the Serbian Radical Party, a far right anti-Islam party.[5]
November
- 18 November – A gunman inside a betting shop near army barracks in Rajlovac, Sarajevo, shoots dead two Bosnian Army soldiers. The gunman, identified as Salafi extremist Enes Omeragić, later commits suicide after police surround his house.[6]
Deaths
References
- ^ "Bosnia gunman 'kills police officer'". BBC News. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Gunman kills Bosnian policeman in apparent Islamist attack". Reuters. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Bosnian police launch operation to root out radical Islamists". AFP. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Russia blocks U.N. condemnation of Srebrenica as a genocide". Reuters. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Serbian Prime Minister Pelted With Stones at Srebrenica Ceremony". Wall Street Journal. Associated Press. 2015-07-11. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Two army soldiers shot dead in Bosnia shooting spree". Reuters. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2020-08-22.