Bosnian police raid Serbian party offices

Investigation and Defence Agency forces conducted the operation in the town of Banja Luka, the administrative capital of Republika Srpska, writes Anadolu.

The operation came after prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday launched an investigation into several Republika Srpska politicians, weeks after Serb lawmakers threatened to leave Bosniak institutions if the government did not resolve the country's political challenges.

Following the raid by the Serbian People's Party headquarters, security forces and even the headquarters of the National Democratic Movement to search for documents as part of the investigation into attacks on constitutional order, an official statement said.

On Monday, prosecutors said they have launched an investigation into provocative statements by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on December 11th, which Republika Srpska lawmakers told them that Bosnia and Herzegovina's division is inevitable, if “we cannot overcome the difficult situations in which we are”.

After Serbian lawmakers made plans to establish separate government laws and procedures, embassies of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union delegation strongly criticised the movement and called on the Serbian assembly to give up its decisions.