SARAJEVO, March 16 (Hina) - Deputy Interior Minister of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jozo Leutar, sustained grave injuries when his car exploded due to an unknown explosive device in the Sarajevo suburb of Ciglane on Tuesday
morning. Leutar also holds the post of president of the Sarajevo Canton Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) committee. Tihomir Begic, advisor to the Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency, Ante Jelavic, told Hina that "the attempt on Leutar's life is directed against the Croat people in the Dayton-designed Bosnia-Herzegovina and any form of coexistence of the two peoples in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina". "We believe that this is one among many politically-motivated terrorist acts, directed against the Croat people. Actually, it was not directed against the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, who is also a member of the presidency of the leading Croat politica
SARAJEVO, March 16 (Hina) - Deputy Interior Minister of the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jozo Leutar, sustained grave
injuries when his car exploded due to an unknown explosive device in
the Sarajevo suburb of Ciglane on Tuesday morning.
Leutar also holds the post of president of the Sarajevo Canton
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) committee.
Tihomir Begic, advisor to the Croat member of the Bosnian
Presidency, Ante Jelavic, told Hina that "the attempt on Leutar's
life is directed against the Croat people in the Dayton-designed
Bosnia-Herzegovina and any form of coexistence of the two peoples
in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina".
"We believe that this is one among many politically-motivated
terrorist acts, directed against the Croat people. Actually, it was
not directed against the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, who
is also a member of the presidency of the leading Croat political
party in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and a member of the Federation
Parliament, but against Croats in general", Begic said.
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