Ferhat Pasha Mosque

Radoslav Brdjanin, wartime leader of a Serb-run rebel territory called the Autonomous Region of Krajina in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died at the age of 74, a few days after his release from prison.

Radoslav Brdjanin, wartime leader of a Serb-run rebel territory called the Autonomous Region of Krajina in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was released after serving two-thirds of his 30-year sentence.

Citing the statute of limitations, the public prosecution in Banja Luka told BIRN it had terminated investigations in February this year in five cases against one of more unidentified persons concerning the destruction of six mosques between March and July 1993.

A Turkish citizen who was injured in a mosque attack in New Zealand died on May 2.         

The two Bosnian Serb blocs - which have been locked in all-out political war since the 2014 elections - risk a major collision on Saturday after scheduling simultaneous rallies in Banja Luka.

The Bosnian Serb leadership laid on tight security for the grand reopening of a historic Ottoman-era mosque in Banja Luka, restored after being demolished by Serb forces during wartime.

Turkish agency donates funds to rebuild Ferhadija Mosque