BANJA LUKA — 2018 · Suspicious Death
The Death of David Dragičević
Twenty-one-year-old David Dragičević went missing in Banja Luka on 18 March 2018; his body was found in a creek in a suburb of the city on 24 March 2018. Police said he had fallen into the water and drowned, but his family, pointing to injuries found on the body, maintained that he had been murdered and that the case was being covered up. The family's "Justice for David" (Pravda za Davida) movement grew into months of daily protests in Banja Luka's Krajina Square and spread to Sarajevo, Zenica and Tuzla. A parliamentary inquiry board found murder probable, but its report was rejected by the assembly. A murder investigation was opened in July 2018, yet no one was arrested and the death remains officially unresolved.
- Date
- 2018
- Place
- Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka, BA
- Category
- Suspicious Death
- Case Status
- Under Investigation
- Coordinates
- 44.7700, 17.1900 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 18 March 2018David Dragičević went missing in Banja Luka.
- 24 March 2018His body was found in a creek.
- July 2018The parliamentary report was rejected; a murder investigation was opened.
- 25 December 2018Police intervened and banned the gatherings.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Death of David Dragičević en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Radio Slobodna Evropa — David Dragičević slobodnaevropa.org ↗
- Klix.ba — Naredba o provođenju istrage o smrti Davida Dragičevića klix.ba ↗
- Wikipedia
- Radio Free Europe (Balkan Service)
- Klix.ba
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