BiH holds national mourning day for two killed policemen

Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-29 21:39:17|Editor: mmm
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SARAJEVO, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Council of Ministers declared a day of mourning for two BiH police officers killed in a crossfire with car robbers on Friday morning.

Family, friends and colleagues attended the commemoration for the two killed policemen, Adis Sehovic and Davor Vujinovic.

At around 4:00 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Friday in Sarajevo, two policemen noticed thieves while they were stealing a car, and before policemen came out of their car, perpetrators opened fire and escaped. One police officer was killed immediately and the other died of severe head injury in hospital.

On the day of mourning, the flags in front of public institutions were at half-mast and cultural and sporting events were adjusted to the day of mourning.

Members of Ministry of Interior of Canton Sarajevo interrogated 49 persons that can be connected with perpetrators and conducted a raid of 12 places, but no one is arrested still.

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