Authorities in the United States (US) are requesting the extradition of Mevlid Jašarević from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), who carried out a terrorist attack on the US Embassy in Sarajevo in October 2011.
As reported by Radio Free Europe (RFE), US authorities are seeking Jašarević’s extradition due to an indictment for the attempted murder of American officials during this attack.
The extradition request was sent the day before the expiration of his 15-year prison sentence, to which he was sentenced by the Court of BiH precisely for the terrorist attack on the US Embassy in BiH.
A hearing to determine extradition detention will be held as early as tomorrow morning.
The indictment against Jašarević in the US was filed back in 2012, and he is charged with attempted murder of American officials, assault with a deadly weapon on American officials and employees, destruction of property, as well as crimes related to the use of firearms.
The indictment filed by judicial institutions in BiH, on the basis of which Jašarević was sentenced to 15 years in prison, was supported by US authorities when it was brought.
Jašarević was also accused of obstructing the work of officials in the state prison in East Sarajevo during 2024, threatening and insulting them after he was banned from written and telephone contact with his family and other persons.
The Court of BiH acquitted him of these charges, and this is a first-instance verdict to which the prosecution has the right to appeal.
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