Bosnia Minister Calls List of Security Threats 'Speculation'

Bosnian Security Minister Dragan Mektic has dismissed as "speculation" information published on the news website Index.ba on Sunday, concerning movements and individuals identified as posing a security risk to the country.

The list includes the organization Ravnogorski pokret [Ravna Gora movement] the Russian Night Wolves motorcycle club, the organization RS - Honour of the Fatherland from Belgrade, the Veterans of Republika Srpska association, as well as radical Islamist Salafist groups.

Mektic declined to comment on the list, calling it pure media speculation. "The document is confidential and has a security code, and it is impossible for unauthorized persons who do not have access to the document to access it," he said.

"What some websites write is the fruit of their imagination and of their desire to become interesting through sensationalist news," he told the media.

However, Index.ba editor Edina Latif said the list was authentic, and accused Minister Mektic of breaching the secrecy of the information himself.

"He has violated the secrecy of the document, which he claims to be under the sign of secrecy. The minister, in continuity with his statements in public, violates the secrecy of many things," Latif said.

The information on security threats was reportedly submitted to the Bosnian parliament's Joint Commission on Defence and Security at its request six weeks ago.

Ognjen Tadic, a member of the committee, said that if such information was released, a serious crime had been committed.

The information published on Index.ba also contains the names of individuals who allegedly pose a threat to security.

Among them are Dzevad Galijasevic, a security expert, Predrag Ceranic, dean of the Faculty of Security...