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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Armed Police Thwart Arrest of Dodik

4/25/2025

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Tensions flared in Bosnia-Herzegovina as state security tried to arrest pro-Russian Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik over his separatist actions. Armed police rushed to his aid, thwarting the arrest and underscoring deep-rooted ethnic divisions and the looming threat of instability in a nation still healing from the scars of war.

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Tensions flared in Bosnia-Herzegovina as state security tried to arrest pro-Russian Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik over his separatist actions. Armed police rushed to his aid, thwarting the arrest and underscoring deep-rooted ethnic divisions and the looming threat of instability in a nation still healing from the scars of war.