The Republic of Srpska

      The Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Srpska, Mr Dragan Lukač, and Police Director, Darko Ćulum, held today an extraordinary press conference where they pointed out that all the actions of the police officers this and the previous day were in accordance with law.       Minister Lukač said that the police did not use excessive force despite being attacked – they used the amount of force necessary to overpower certain persons. He stressed that the police was working on identifying other persons participating in the attack on police officers and that measures and activities would be undertaken against them according to the law.      The Minister additionally explained that illegal assemblies – the ones for which no notification was submitted in accordance with the law – cannot be held anymore. For future reference, he invited the activists of the group to submit a notification before every assembly, so it could be held in accordance with the law.   Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE