Man arrested in Bijeljina in connection with murder of Serbian policeman

Photo: Marko Jovanovic

A man linked to last night's murder of one policeman and the wounding of another in Loznica, western Serbian, has been arrested today in Bijeljina, BN TV has learned unofficially.

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According to this report, the suspect was arrested in a restaurant in Racanska Street.

The person arrested in Bijeljina today is Z.R. (1985), who is suspected of having organized the transport of the killer from Presevo to Loznica.

His wife I.R. was also arrested as an accomplice. She was detained in Mladenovac, a Belgrade suburb, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said later in the day.

The street in Bijeljina previously gotblocked by the police, i.e. a checkpoint was set up to check vehicles and people.

The Interior Ministry, MUP, of the Serb Republic (the RS, the Serb entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina where Bijeljina is located) said this morning that the murderer of the policeman in Serbia is being actively searched for in the RS as well.

A statement said that RS MUP police officers were undertaking a series of measures and actions in connection with the search for the person who committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder last night in Loznica.

(Telegraf.rs)