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Teacher Injured in School Shooting in Bosnia, Former Pupil Arrested
A teacher has been shot and is undergoing medical treatment after a 13-year-old opened fire in an elementary school in Lukavac in northeast Bosnia on Wednesday morning.
"The suspect is a child who is not yet 14 years old (born in late June 2009). The child is being held at Lukavac Police Department," Admir Arnautovic, Tuzla Canton Prosecutor's Office's spokesperson, told the media.
Mothers of Srebrenica Still on Streets Demanding Justice
Holding sheets with the names of their loved ones and banners with their pictures, every month for the last 25 years, no matter the weather, these women have sent clear messages.
Sarajevo Pride Organisers Look Forward to ‘Family Gathering’
Bosnia's capital Sarajevo is gearing up for its fourth Pride March this Saturday, which will be held during the Pride Month for the first time and culminate a month of activities dedicated to bringing families and their queer members closer.
French actor in Istanbul to monitor yacht’s renovation
World-renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu has visited Istanbul's shipyards center in the district of Tuzla to monitor renovation works of his trawler, which is being converted into a yacht.
Getting briefed by Turkish yacht designers, the 73-year-old actor boasted about Turkish yachting in an interview on May 7.
Three missing after factory explosion in Istanbul
At least three people were killed in an explosion at a factory in Istanbul's Tuzla district on April 29.
A fire broke out at a paint and varnish plant at around 1 p.m. local time, district governor Ali Akça told Demirören News Agency.
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Bosnia Exhumes Suspected Remains of Family of War Victims
The Bosnian Missing Persons Institute said on Friday that an exhumation near the village of Pribosijevici in the Rogatica municipality in the east of the country has uncovered the remains of four people, one of whose remains had been burned.
Two trains collide head-on in Istanbul, injuring 7
Two trains have collided head-on early on Sept. 8 in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, with no casualties reported.
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"Seven citizens have been slightly injured in the incident," the Governor's Office said in a statement.
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Bosnia Intelligence Chief Detained for Suspected Abuse of Office
Osman Mehmedagic, director of the Intelligence and Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSA, was detained by members of the Sarajevo Canton Interior Ministry as part of an investigation into abuse of office, it was announced on Wednesday.
Solidarity Under Fire: The Legacy of Grassroots Aid Missions to Bosnia
Belgian-born, Sarajevo-based Moll said that he wrote the book to preserve the memory of the grassroots activists who were involved in non-governmental aid initiatives.
"We often talk about the passivity and also complicity of the international governments and the UN, who did nothing to stop the war and the ethnic cleansing in [Bosnia and Herzegovina]," he told BIRN.
Bereaved Parents Welcome Memorial to Bosnian City’s Deadliest Day
Twenty-six years ago, a shell fired from positions held by the Bosnian Serb Army hit the Kapija area of Tuzla in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, killing 71 people and injuring over 200 more.
Most of the casualties on May 25, 1995 were young people; the youngest was a two-and-a-half-year-old boy called Sandro Kalesic.