Incident Summary:

10/28/2011: On Friday afternoon around 1500, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a 23-year-old gunman, identified as Mevlid Jasarevic, opened fire on the United States embassy building with an AK-47 rifle. One police officer was injured. Police returned fire and injured Mevlid before arresting him. There were no other casualties and no group claimed responsibility for the attack. Police believe that Mevlid acted alone.

Overview

GTD ID:
201110280004

When:
2011-10-28

Country:
Bosnia-Herzegovina

Region:
Eastern Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation)

City:
Sarajevo

Location Details:
The attack took place at the United States embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (Diplomatic)
Name of Entity	U.S. Department of State
Specific Description	The US embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality of Target	United States
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity	Bosnian Law Enforcement
Specific Description	Bosnian policemen were targeted.
Nationality of Target	Bosnia-Herzegovina

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	Unknown
Extent of Property Damage	Unknown
Value of Property Damage	Unknown

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Automatic Weapon
Weapon Details
A Kalashnikov AK-47 automatic rifle was used in the attack.

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name	Claimed Responsibility
Unknown	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	1
Number of Captured Perpetrators	1

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	0 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	0
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	1
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	1

Sources

Sources
"Agence France Presse, "Bosnia Arrests Fourth Suspect Over US Embassy Attack," World News Connection, Agence France Presse, November 8, 2011."
"Balkanalysis, Chris Deliso, "Attack on US Bosnia Embassy Not Seen As a Major Security Concern, Despite Precedents and International Links," http://www.balkanalysis.com/bosnia/2011/11/28/attack-on-us-bosnia-embassy-not-seen-as-a-major-security-concern-despite-precedents-and-international-links/ (November 28, 2011)."
"Dado Ruvic, "Gunman Fires at U.S. Embassy in Bosnia," Reuters, October 28, 2011, http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/gunman-fires-at-us-embassy-in-bosnia/."