Wreaths were laid in front of the police station in Zvornik today at the place where police officer Dragan Đurić was killed in a terrorist attack nine years ago.
The head of the Zvornik Police Department, Aleksandar Vasiljević, told reporters that no one was charged with this crime, that the suspects were released, and that after 18 months of the terrorist attack on the police station, on December 29, 2016, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended the investigation on this act with the explanation that the case is closed because there is not enough evidence.
“Six months ago, i.e. after eight and a half years since the terrorist attack, we got back the items that the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina had exempted from the investigation, including weapons owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republika Srpska,” said Vasiljević.
He pointed out that every year on this day, at the place of his death, due respect is paid to Dragan, as well as to other policemen who died while performing their regular duties and tasks.
The mayor of Zvornik, Bojan Ivanović, said that it has been nine years since the attack on the police station in which Dragan Đurić, an exemplary citizen and policeman, was killed.
“It is a great tragedy for our city and I hope that it will not happen to anyone again. We remain obligated to preserve the peace and safety of our fellow citizens, which is one of the prerequisites for moving forward,” Ivanović pointed out.
The brother of the murdered policeman, Anđelko, said that this is a day of sadness and remembrance of Dragan, who lost his life young, and wished that what happened to the Đurić family would not happen to anyone again.
Nine years ago today at around 7:00 p.m., at the time of shift handover at the Zvornik Police Station, a terrorist attack took place in which Nerdin Ibrić from Zvornik’s Kučić Kula settlement killed police officer Dragan Đurić and wounded policemen Steva Milovanović and Željko Gajić .
Ibrić was killed in the exchange of fire, Srna writes.
