Bosnian Serbs Raise Stakes After Zvornik Terror Attack

The President of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Milorad Dodik, said his entity may withdraw from Bosnia's state-level security apparatus following an attack on a police station in the east of the country.
 
"Republika Srpska was shot at and we have right to defend ourselves, and we will defend ourselves," Dodik said.
 
He added that Bosnian Serb police structures were being given three days to assess the security situation and the capacity of the state agencies to protect the entity from terrorism.
 
Dodik's statement followed an emergency session of the Republika Srpska government on Tuesday, dedicated to the deadly attack of an Islamist militant on a police station in the eastern town of Zvornik. 

The attacker - who shouted the Islamist slogan "God is Great" - killed a policeman before being shot dead himself. Two police were injured in the shootout on Monday evening.

 Talking to journalists after the emergency government session, Dodik condemned the work of the state intelligence agencies, which he blamed for failing to prevent the incident.
 
Bosnia's Security Minister, Dragan Mektic, last Friday said the state Intelligence and Security Agency, OSA, had indications of a possible terrorist threat to Bosnia but did not have any details about when and where it could happen.  
 
On Tuesday, Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, in cooperation with the Republika Srpska entity police, raided two locations in eastern Bosnia and arrested one person believed to be involved in the attack.
 
Dodik dismissed Mektic's claims and demanded that the OSA reveal exactly what kind of information it had.  "We do not need that kind of intelligence organization," Dodik said.
 
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