Two people were injured Saturday as police dismantled a blockade near Tuzla erected by Bosniak and Croat war veterans.
The protesting veterans, who served with the Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council (HVO) during wartime, put up several such blockades across Bosnia and Herzegovina on February 28, blocking key cities like Sarajevo, Tuzla and Zenica as well as key roads.
They are demanding more rights, including better social benefits and the establishment of a unified war veterans’ registry that will purge the list of thousands of alleged fakes, who are believed to have entered the system illegally for their own benefit.
