SARAJEVO — 2016 · Suspicious Death

The Death of Dženan Memić

UnsolvedSources: BLast updated: 14 October 2026

Dženan Memić, 22, was found with severe head injuries in the Ilidža area of Sarajevo in February 2016 and died in hospital a week later. Authorities first described it as a traffic accident, but his family disputed this and argued he had been deliberately killed. Prosecutors initially investigated intentional homicide, then reclassified the case as a traffic accident; two people convicted on that basis were later freed for lack of evidence. Together with a similar case in Banja Luka, it sparked large protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018. In an organised crime case over alleged concealment of evidence, two people were convicted in 2023 of false testimony and abuse of office, but how Memić died has still not been established by the courts.

Date: 2016
Place: Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BA
Category: Suspicious Death
Case Status: Unsolved
Coordinates: 43.8300, 18.3100 ↗

Timeline of Events

February 2016Memić was found badly injured in Ilidža and died a week later.
2016-2018The case was reclassified from homicide to a traffic accident.
2018Protests by his family and supporters spread nationwide.

July 2021An indictment against five people for concealing evidence was confirmed.
November 2022The first-instance court acquitted the defendants.
July 2023An appeals chamber convicted two defendants; the death itself remained unresolved.