ESTABLISHED THAT BOMB THREAT WAS FALSE

BANJALUKA, AUGUST 22 /SRNA/ – A counter-sabotage inspection of the premises of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska established that the bomb threat was false.

After the inspection was completed, deputies, ministers in resignation, journalists, as well as the Assembly staff, returned to the building. The start of the special session of the National Assembly is expected, with the agenda including consideration and adoption of the decision on calling a referendum regarding the decisions of the BiH Court and the BiH Central Election Commission against the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska said that at 10:07 a.m. the Ministry's Directorate for the Protection of Persons and Facilities received a report that a bomb had been planted in the premises of the National Assembly. The bomb threat came from an area code 065 number from BiH.