on lives and property of citizens and the state was committed in the course of this year on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, in mid December 2009, BiH Office of the Prosecutor pressed charges against five individuals as co-perpetrators who acted as an organized group in the period November 2007 – November 2009 with the purpose to commit a terrorist attack on the territory of BiH against an identified target i.e. desired targets with an aim to intimidate the community and seriously destabilize the constitutional, political, economic and social establishment. The process against this group is ongoing before BiH Court.6 However, in 2009 and several years earlier, a number of violent acts were registered throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina against certain national, religious or other groups, their property, buildings and symbols, as well as other incidents, which affected interethnic relations and general safety and security of the population (damage to sacral buildings, graves and other monuments of all denominations in BiH, disturbance of law and order on ethnic grounds, activation of explosive ordnance, writing and dissemination of insulting nationalistic graffiti, posters and stickers, sending threatening and radical email and text messages, destruction of state symbols and insignia, etc.). Provocative and destructive behavior of a number of football supporters (mainly younger population) continued in this period. Unlike in the previous period when they caused public disturbances (harassment of citizens, property destruction, verbal conflicts, fights under influence of alcohol, offensive graffiti, etc.), the recent events in Široki Brijeg resulted in a homicide. This caused revolt in BiH citizens and significantly affected safety and security, but also had a negative impact on interethnic relations. Incidents perpetrated by football fans, strongly charged with very negative and even nationalist emotions, but with less severe consequences, were registered in other communities during 2009. This problem is an alarming indicator of the prevailing inclinations and mood among the young population, and the possible extent of ensuing destruction, which may turn into violent acts in more complex situations. Based on available information, it may be said that there is a continuing trend of aggressive and provocative action by some individuals or groups from legally established 6 In August 2006, a bomb was planted under the gravestone of former chair of BiH Presidency Alija Izetbegović. This act was characterized as a terrorist attack. So far, the investigation has proved that the background of this terrorist act could be political, national, or religious or all of the above. A perpetrator or perpetrators have still not been found. In March 2008, a group of individuals was arrested (whose whereabouts were known to the law-enforcement agencies at the time). The group leader was a R.R. from Sarajevo. Authorized BiH agencies found and seized a large quantity of weapons and explosives after searching several apartments in Sarajevo and Bugojno. The BiH Office of the Prosecutor detained those persons for one month, but they were released after a couple of days in detention only because the relevant office of the prosecutor decided that there was no credible evidence to substantiate reasonable suspicion that they had engaged or conspired to commit terrorist acts. Nevertheless, the BiH Office of the Prosecutor continued the investigation and collected evidence based on which the same persons were rearrested at the end of October and beginning of November 2009. They are all currently held in the detention unit of the BiH Court. On 9 October 2008, a bomb was planted and activated in the FIS Vitez shopping center. One person was killed, one sustained severe and several others minor injuries. Three persons were indicted of this act. One person was charged with terrorism under Article 201, BiH Criminal Code, and it is believed that this individual is directly linked with a crime committed in FIS Vitez. The second individual was charged with terrorism and production and possession of explosives which may be linked to terrorist activities and lead to suspicion of potential preparation for a terrorist attack, and the third person was charged with an act of terrorism. The trial is ongoing. 18