Dragan Lukac

Bosnian Serb police on Wednesday released Davor Dragicevic after detaining him for more than 24 hours.

The father of the young man whose death has sparked political turmoil in Bosnia's mainly Serb entity, Republika Srpska, vowed to continue his campaign for justice and the regular protests in the main squqre of Banja Luka, the main city in the RS.

Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, starts his first visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, visiting Sarajevo and East Sarajevo and Banja Luka, in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska.

Republika Srpska Interior Minister Dragan Lukac on Monday said local police had arrested a suspect in the case related to the attack on journalist Vladimir Kovacevic on August 26.

"Kovacevic recognized the attacker," Darko Culum, RS Police Director, said at the press conference.

A journalist facing a lawsuit from the Bosnian Serb interior minister over his reporting on 21-year-old David Dragicevic's death said it would not stop him from reporting on this and similar cases.

These concerns have to do with the intentions of the authorities in the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serb Republic (RS) - which the paper refers to as "the separatist-led regional government" - and also, with "deepening Russian influence."

Moves by the authorities in Bosnia's mainly Serbian entity to beef up the entity's police force have caused jitters in the deeply divided c0untry.

A bomb was detonated under a parked car in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka on Tuesday morning, police said.

The interior minister in Bosnia's Republika Srpska entity, Dragan Lukac, said that it was not a terrorist incident but "a targeted attack on one person".

He said that the driver and a passer-by were hurt in the blast.

Slobodan Vaskovic, one of the most influential bloggers and journalists from Bosnia's Serb-led entity, Republika Srpska, and a prominent critic of RS President Milorad Dodik, has said he has left Bosnia because his life was in danger.

BELGRADE - Over 100 Islamic extremists of Bosnian origin have returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina after taking part in the Syrian conflict, Bosnian Interior Minister Dragan Lukac said.

Authorities in Republika Srpska, Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, are tightening security ahead of rival protests that both government and opposition parties are organising in Banja Luka on Saturday.

At a press conference on Friday, Dragan Lukac, Republika Srpska Minister of Interior, said that around 2,000 policemen will be deployed to prevent disorder in the city.