Maglaj

"Each time after a person had been taken out, I heard a volley of fire or a single shot," Salkic said.

He recalled that it was raining heavily when he approached the bridge, where he saw police officers in blue uniforms and soldiers in olive-grey Yugoslav People's Army uniforms, as well as members of a unit called the Red Berets.

Bosnian police arrest Syria-bound suspects

A national security sweep apprehends alleged ISIL supporters, including two at the Sarajevo airport.

Bosnia launched Operation Damascus in 2014 to stem the flow of recruits to Syria. The latest security action on February 18th involved multiple cities. [AFP]

Bosnia's State Investigative and Protection Agency, SIPA, on Thursday arrested 11 persons suspected of terrorism offences in a continuation of the September police action codenamed "Damask".

SIPA conducted raids on November 13 at various sites in Sarajevo, Zenica, Kakanj, Maglaj and Zivinice.

As hundreds of tons of relief collected in Bosnia and elsewhere reaches victims of the severe floods in Bosnia, the authorities have been criticized for failing to react on time.