On Friday, August 11, a person shot his ex-wife lifeless throughout an Instagram reside session in Bosnia. The accused then killed two different individuals and injured three earlier than taking his personal life. The assailant has been recognized as a bodybuilder named Nermin Sulejmanović, who’s linked to a violent drug cartel.
According to the Tuzla City police, the assault transpired within the northern Bosnian city of Gradacac, the place the attacker injured three individuals earlier than committing suicide “after he was located and before being apprehended.”
According to prosecutors, after killing her, the person went into Gradacac’s streets with a revolver and shot and murdered a person and his son, recognized as Džengiz Onder and Džengiz Denis. He additionally injured a police officer, one other male, and a girl in several components of city.
The police stated that Sulejmanović killed three individuals—the girl within the video and two different males, reported to be a father and son named Dengiz Onder and Dengiz Denis. He additionally injured three individuals, together with a police officer, earlier than being cornered by police and Bosnian particular forces personnel. Sulejmanovi dedicated suicide after a short skirmish with police.
“I have no words to describe what happened today in Gradacac,” stated Bosnian Federation Prime Minister Nermin Niksic. “In the end, the murderer took his own life, but no one can bring the victims’ lives back.”
Sulejmanovi, a bodybuilder and health coach related to a infamous Bosnian drug cartel based mostly in Tuzla, was recognized in native media as typically the goal of police probes, with a number of arrests and convictions for violence and drug dealing previous to the killings on Friday.
On Friday morning, the person posted a video to Instagram, promising viewers that they are going to witness a homicide reside. The video then reveals him drawing a rifle and taking pictures a bullet into a girl’s brow whereas a toddler’s wail may be heard someplace shut. The video was ultimately taken down from Instagram.
Sulejmanovic removes the gun from the desk and declares, “Hey guys, you’re going to see something you’ve never seen before — a live murder.” It’s a bloodbath. Look, whenever you’re coping with a w**** who calls the cops on you.”
According to Bosnian media reviews, the accused requested his ex-wife why she reported him to the police, and he or she stated that she was scared for herself and the kid.
People who left encouraging phrases whereas clicking on the person’s Instagram posts on Friday can be questioned and will face authorized penalties, based on police.
Meanwhile, Ingrid Macdonald, the United Nations’ resident coordinator in Bosnia expressed dismay over the horrific incident.
“The United Nations is horrified by the fact that the murder of a female victim was live-streamed via a social network,” Macdonald stated. “This is the latest in a string of femicide and severe cases of gender-based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
Bosnian media reported that Sulejmanović had been arrested a number of occasions for large-scale drug trafficking in addition to a number of arrests for assault or use of a weapon and had served a minimum of two years in jail.