Republika Srpska

One police officer is dead and two have been left wounded after an alleged Islamist attack in Zvornik, northeastern Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The gunman, identified as Nerdin Ibric, parked his car by the police station, got out and opened fire shouting "Allahu Akbar", according to BalkanInsight.

Ibric was also killed in the shootout with police that followed.

The President of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Milorad Dodik, said his entity may withdraw from Bosnia's state-level security apparatus following an attack on a police station in the east of the country.
 
"Republika Srpska was shot at and we have right to defend ourselves, and we will defend ourselves," Dodik said.
 

ZVORNIK - The streets of Zvornik, Republika Srpska, were calm on Tuesday morning, but with a noticeably increased police presence, Klix.ba news portal reported.

More police personnel has been deployed to guard the police station in which one officer was killed and two wounded late Monday.

Police and security agencies increased security levels after the attack on a police station in the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik on Monday evening which left one policeman dead and two injured.

The attacker, who was identified as Nerdin Ibric, a Bosniak born in 1991, was also killed in the shootout with police officers.

ZVORNIK - One police officer was killed and two others were wounded late Monday around 7 p.m. when a gunman broke into a police station in Zvornik, a town in Republika Srpska near the Serbian border, Spokesman of the Republika Srpska Interior Ministry Milan Salamadija said.

The attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) was shot dead during the attack, Salamadija said.

PM: Serbia to help RS in wake of Zvornik attack

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic condemned the attack on a police station in Zvornik in which one officer was shot dead and two others were wounded,

He also announced that Serbia will help the Serb Republic (RS) based on the Dayton Agreement and not compromising anyone's integrity.

Bosnia's main Serbian party, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, on Saturday re-elected its leader, Milorad Dodik, at a party congress in Eastern Sarajevo for another four years.

Serbs to return to Kosovo assembly, government

PRISTINA -- Following two months of absence representatives of the Serb (Srpska) List list decided on Thursday to return to Kosovo's assembly and government.

This happened as they "received assurances in discussions with coalition partners that the most significant points of the coalition agreement will be respected."

GRACANICA - Following two months of absence from Kosovo institutions, representatives of the Srpska list decided on Thursday to return to Kosovo's assembly and government after receiving assurances in discussions with coalition partners that the most significant points of the coalition agreement will be respected.

Burgas airport in Bulgaria confirmed to Balkan Insight that the plane carrying the Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to Armenia was forced to turn back to Bosnia on Wednesday, after Turkey denied permission for it to cross its air space.