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Solved case · 2015

2015 Zvornik police station shooting

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Updated Jul 7, 2026
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2015 Zvornik police station shooting in brief

On April 27, 2015, a gunman attacked a police station in Zvornik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, killing one police officer and wounding two others before being shot dead by police.

Key facts

Year
2015
Place
Zvornik police station, Zvornik, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Status
SOLVEDSolved
Victim
Dragan Đurić
Outcome
Charged: Nerdin Ibrić

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What happened

On the evening of April 27, 2015, at approximately 19:00, a man later identified as Nerdin Ibrić drove to the police station in Zvornik, a town in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ibrić, born in 1991 in Sapna near Zvornik, was told by a sentry that he could not park in front of the station. He then produced a rifle and opened fire on the officer. Police officer Dragan Đurić was struck by multiple bullets and killed. Ibrić then entered the station and continued shooting, wounding two other officers, who were transferred to a local hospital. Ibrić was shot dead by police during the attack. Authorities stated the attack appeared to have been well-planned, noting that Ibrić seemed to know when officers' shifts changed and began his attack at a time when the most police personnel would be present inside the station.

Reports on whether Ibrić shouted "Allahu akbar" during the attack were initially inconsistent among Bosnian-language news portals, with some early reports citing only profanities and threats before later reporting that he had also shouted the phrase.

Following the shooting, the Minister of Interior of Republika Srpska, Dragan Lukač, said the assailant was probably a Wahhabist and characterized the shooting as an act of terrorism. The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, criticized state-level police and security agencies for allegedly failing to share information about potential terrorist plots ahead of the attack. It was later noted that Bosnia's Intelligence-Security Agency (OSA-OBA) had, three days before the shooting, informed police agencies of a possible terrorist attack in retaliation for the arrest of individuals of Bosniak origin in Australia in connection with planned attacks there. Ibrić was buried on April 30, 2015, in Kučić Kula near Zvornik, with several hundred people attending his funeral.

On the day of the shooting, Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested Ibrić's friend, Avdulah Hasanović, who had previously been detained in a separate anti-terrorism operation and was known to have participated in the Syrian Civil War in 2014. Another associate, Kasim Mehidić, was also arrested. Both were later handed to the State Attorney of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ordered detained for one month on suspicion of recruiting Ibrić for the attack. The investigation subsequently expanded to other suspected radical Islamists.

The Presidency and Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with the Government of Republika Srpska, characterized the shooting as terrorism, as did the United States Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Office of the High Representative condemned the attack without describing it as terrorism. A Sarajevo-based newspaper raised a possible motive tied to a 1992 mass killing of Bosniaks in Zvornik in which Ibrić's father was reportedly among the victims; officials disputed related claims about a 2004 government report cited in that context.

4 dated entries · 2015

Timeline

  1. Nerdin Ibrić attacked the Zvornik police station, killing officer Dragan Đurić and wounding two other officers before being shot dead by police.

  2. Bosnian-language news portal reported that Ibrić had shouted "Allahu akbar" during the attack, revising earlier reports.

  3. Nerdin Ibrić was buried at a cemetery in Kučić Kula near Zvornik.

  4. Republika Srpska police launched Operation Ruben, a counter-terrorism operation targeting suspected radical Islamists.

5 named in this file

People

Victims first. Every legal label is set from public records and court outcomes, not from the prose.

  • Dragan Đurić

    VICTIM

    Police officer killed in the attack on the Zvornik police station.[3]

  • Nerdin Ibrić

    CHARGED

    Identified as the gunman who attacked the Zvornik police station; described by officials as the assailant. He was killed by police at the scene and was not tried; characterization here reflects law enforcement identification rather than a court conviction.[3]

  • Avdulah Hasanović

    PERSON OF INTEREST · NOT CHARGED

    Officially named a person of interest by Bosnian law enforcement; not charged. Arrested by the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) on the day of the 27 April 2015 Zvornik police station shooting on suspicion of recruiting shooter Nerdin Ibrić; the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered one month's detention, after which he was handed to the State Attorney for further investigation. No subsequent charge or trial outcome was found in available sourcing.[3]

  • Kasim Mehidić

    PERSON OF INTEREST · NOT CHARGED

    Officially named a person of interest by Bosnian law enforcement; not charged. Arrested as an associate of shooter Nerdin Ibrić on suspicion of recruiting him for the 27 April 2015 Zvornik police station attack; the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered one month's detention, after which he was handed to the State Attorney for further investigation. No subsequent charge or trial outcome was found in available sourcing.[3]

  • Dragan Lukač

    LAW ENFORCEMENT

    Minister of Interior of Republika Srpska who characterized the shooting as an act of terrorism.[3]

3 cited

Sources

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  • 2 Press
  • 1 Encyclopedic
  1. Contemporaneous coverage — sarajevo.usembassy.gov

    Presssarajevo.usembassy.govAccessed Jul 7, 2026

  2. Contemporaneous coverage — Reuters

    PressReutersAccessed Jul 7, 2026

  3. 2015 Zvornik police station shooting

    EncyclopedicWikipediaAccessed Jul 7, 2026

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