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Footballer from Serbia arrested mid-match in Bolman over Facebook post of Ratko Mladić

started September 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM · last changed 32m ago

Summary

Croatian police arrested Serbian footballer B.J. (37) from Sombor during a match in Bolman near Beli Manastir over a Facebook photo of Ratko Mladić posted on 4 September, according to the Veritas documentation centre, and he was subsequently fined and banned from entering Croatia and the EU for three months following a misdemeanour ruling in Osijek.

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Extract from the source

“Veritas”: Nova faza gonjenja Srba u Hrvatskoj – fudbaler uhapšen usred utakmice Hrvatska policija uhapsila je usred utakmice srpskog fudbalera, koji nastupa sa klub iz

Main source

04:29 PMBanjaluka.netOpen the original ↗

Locations

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  • Municipality: Jagodnjak

  • Municipality: Grad Beli Manastir

  • Hrvatska · Country

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Places mentioned in the report

Croatia, Beli Manastir and Bolman are where the event took place, while Sombor and Serbia are marked because that is where the footballer is from and returned to, and Hungary because he entered Croatia through it. Srebrenica is mentioned only in connection with the wartime legacy tied to Ratko Mladić, without a direct link to this event.

  • where it happenedBolman - site of the match and the arrest
  • where it happenedBeli Manastir - location near which the footballer's club is based
  • where it happenedHrvatska - the arrest and legal proceedings took place in Croatia

Sources (6)

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