2015 Sarajevo shooting

2015 Sarajevo shooting
Location Rajlovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date 18-19 November 2015
c. 19:30 (CET)
Attack type
Shooting
Weapons
  • Automatic rifle
  • two explosives
Deaths 3 (including the perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries
5
Perpetrator Enes Omeragić[1]
Motive Salafism

On 18 November 2015, a man associated with the Bosnian Salafist movement killed two Bosnian soldiers in the Sarajevo suburb Rajlovac.[1][2][3][4][5] Witnesses say the man walked into a betting shop and shot and killed the two soldiers, before exiting and firing on a bus, injuring the driver and two passengers.[2][5] Another soldier and a female employee of the shop were wounded.[4] The shooter reportedly wore a headband with Arabic writings on it and shouted "Allahu akbar" during the attack.[3][4][5] After a manhunt, police cornered the attacker in the building where he resided early on 19 November, whereupon the attacker committed suicide by detonating two explosives.[4]

Bosnian media has identified the attacker as Enes Omeragić.[1]

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