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Bugojno Bombing
The 2010 Bugojno bombing was an act of Islamic terrorism that occurred on 27 June 2010 against the police authorities of the Central Bosnia Canton in Bugojno in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the attack, one policeman was killed and several others were injured. Haris Čaušević, the assailant, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Bombing Haris Čaušević, the perpetrator of the attack, belonged to a homegrown terrorist cell led by Rijad Rustempašić. The group followed the Salafism, Salafist Islamic ideology, and Čaušević participated at the planning meetings. Rustempašić and several of his followers were arrested in a police operation in 2009 and charged with terrorism, conspiracy to commit a crime, and illegal possession and trade of weapons. The trial against them began in March 2010. In retaliation, on 27 June 2010, just before 05:00 AM Čaušević detonated an improvised explosive device, planted between the police station and the parked cars, killing the police office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamism And Islamic Terrorism In The Balkans
There has been an increase in incidents involving alleged radical Islamism in the Balkans since the 1990s. Bosnia and Herzegovina * Mostar car bombing on 18 September 1997, a terrorist attack was organized by ''Ahmed Zuhair (Abu Handala)'', a Saudi mujahideen that fought in Bosnia. Handala was later arrested and detained in 2007 at Guantanamo. *'' Mirsad Bektašević'', a Bosniak from Montenegro that emigrated in 1994 to Sweden, was arrested on 19 October 2005 during a police raid in Sarajevo, together with a Danish citizen. A home-made suicide belt, of factory-made explosives, timing devices, detonators and a Hi-8 videotape with footage demonstrating how to make a home-made bomb were found. A video (to be published following planned attacks) of the two arrested, in ski masks, surrounded by explosives and weapons, was found, in which they say that they will attack sites in Europe to punish nations with forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. They were suspected of planning a suicide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |