Two police officers and a migration center employee were injured during a massacre carried out the night before by residents of a migrant camp in Blažuj, near Sarajevo.
This was reported by Klix, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
During the unrest, about 2 migrants clashed with police, throwing stones at police officers and patrol cars. According to a statement by the Bosnian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the incident began after employees of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) attempted to transport a disruptive migrant to another camp.
“This is a migrant, he was the leader of one of the groups in this camp. The migrants tried to free him by force, after which a conflict occurred,” said a press release from the cantonal Ministry of Internal Affairs.
During the conflict, several vehicles of the Canton Police Department and the IOM were damaged, as well as the premises of the reception center, computer and office equipment in the center. Two police officers and a migration center employee were also injured.
According to available information, ten police patrols, as well as special police officers from the cantonal Ministry of Internal Affairs with dogs, took part in suppressing the unrest in the camp. According to another version, the conflict initially arose between the migrants themselves due to the fact that an Iranian allegedly “said something bad about the Prophet Muhammad,” to which Afghans and Pakistanis reacted aggressively.