Islamist Extremists Sentenced to 30 Days Detention

(Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Seven members of the Islamist Wahhabi sect were arrested last week by special forces at Gornja Maoca, a village which is known as a hideout for Islamic extremists where state law has been replaced by sharia law.

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has ordered today a one-month detention for seven members of the Islamist Wahhabi movement, who were arrested on Tuesday in a major action of special forces in the village of Gornja Maoca near Brcko.

One of the arrested, a foreign national and, according to media, an Islamic extremist, is in an extradition custody and the competent service for foreigners is responsible for him.

The arrested Wahhabis, B-H citizens, are suspected to have attacked the constitutional order, endangered territorial integrity, incited religious and national hatred, involved in organized crime, and possessed unauthorized weapons and explosive materials.

The village of Gornja Maoca is exclusively inhabited by members of the Wahhabi movement, and until the action of the state forces, applied were not valid laws of B-H, but the sheriate law.

The authorities in Sarajevo have been alerted repeatedly by foreign intelligence organizations about the radical Islamist nest, its arsenal and its training practices, in Gornja Maoca. Also, information has been made available regarding foreign extremists using Gornja Maoca as a transit point.

Although 30 days detention is hardly a serious countermeasure, at least the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina appears to be doing something.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.