Bosnia to investigate suspected Serb paramilitary group


  • World
  • Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO - Dragan Mektic, Bosnian Minister of Security, speaks with media during an exercise at the Sarajevo International Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's security agencies are investigating a Serbian right-wing group which the national government said on Tuesday was a paramilitary unit formed to create "a problem" for those opposed to Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik.

Members of Serbian Honour caused uproar when they marched in full combat gear in the Bosnian Serb capital Banja Luka during a Jan. 9 military parade to mark a national holiday in one the country's two autonomous regions.

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