MEVLID JAŠAREVIĆ TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL DECEMBER 27

ISTOČNO SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ – Mevlid Jašarević, whose extradition has been requested by the United States over allegations of attempted murder of U.S. officials and employees of the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, will remain in custody until December 27.

Siniša Perković, Director of the BiH Institute for Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Detention and Other Measures in Vojkovići, told SRNA that Jašarević's detention was extended today and that he remains in Vojkovići. Jašarević completed his 15-year prison sentence on October 27, following his conviction for the 2011 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo. However, after reviewing the request for his provisional detention, submitted in a diplomatic note from the U.S. Embassy, as well as the proposal by the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, the Court of BiH ordered his provisional detention. That detention period expired today.