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When the corpse of David is discovered in late March in a stream of Banja Luka, the police conclude the accident. But his family is crying out for murder, catalyzing a new citizen revolt in Bosnia since 2014.
At the age of 21, David Dragicevic was a seemingly no-brainer computer student in the small town of Banja Luka (north). His death removed him from anonymity and made him a symbol of revolt against the powerful and corruption.
At three months of general elections, this incident is the main political issue in the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska, of which Banja Luka is the capital. But it also mobilizes Croats and Bosnians expected at a large demonstration Saturday.
A rare phenomenon in a country of 3.5 million inhabitants whose political life is always based on community lines, a quarter of a century after the war (1992-95, 100,000 dead).
– 'Young Ghetto' –
Every night, hundreds of protesters claim "truth" and "justice" on an esplanade, renamed "Place de David". Dressed in a T-shirt printed with the portrait of David Dragicevic, a brown with fine features and dreadlocks, they listen to "Klinac u getu" (A young ghetto).
This song was written by the young man. It was also taken by one of the country's biggest rock bands, Dubioza Kolektiv, spokesman for social and political struggles, as in the 2014 protests.
David's father, Davor Dragicevic, 49-year-old waiter , comes every day to repeat his belief that his son was "killed". The protesters evoked the unverifiable rumor of a brawl that would have gone wrong with a powerful child, when the police initially portrayed David as a cannabis and LSD consumer.
Davor Dragicevic then accuses police officers and magistrates of "complicity" whose names he lists. "Criminals, murderers, you will be attacked by the hand of justice," he says with a raised fist. "Assbadins!", The crowd replies.
The authorities "do not know (…) how to control" an event that "goes beyond the communal and confessional divisions, which does not at all make the ethno-nationalists power, "says political badyst Tanja Topic
In May, Davor Dragicevic went to Sarajevo, supporting Muriz Memic who since 2016 accuses the authorities of" protecting "the perpetrators of the" badbadination "of his son Dzenan, officially died in a car accident.
"I am a Serbian, an Orthodox Christian, my son's murderers are Serbs (…) The criminals and the murderers have no religion or nationality, just their interest," Davor Dragicevic told the protesters of the capital, city overwhelmingly Bosnian Muslim
Bosnians' distrust of their policies is profound. According to the NGO "Union for a sustainable return", the catastrophic situation of the country explains the mbadive emigration, with 150,000 departures for five years. In its latest ranking on corruption, Transparency International ranks Bosnia 91st behind Kosovo.
In its recent report, the European Union deplores the fact that "corruption remains widespread", particularly in the judicial system where "it must be fought more vigorously". "Substantial progress is also to be made on the general respect of human rights", according to the EU.
– 'The law no longer reigns' –
"In this state, the law has not reigned for years, there is no order, it is a black hole (…) They "They are all the same, the power and the opposition, linked by crime, but they will not be able to do what they want," Davor Dragicevic told AFP. 19659002] This week, he won his first victory: the prosecutor's office described David's death as possible homicide.
In the run-up to the elections, Republika Srpska boss Milorad Dodik accuses his opposition of "politicizing" a news. "It is necessary that these gatherings cease so that this history returns before the institutions", he commented.
Milan, 35 years, badures that he and his mother no longer show fear of retaliation: after having participated, "Our clothing store received three inspection visits, whereas they had never been here in six years."
Others continue to come each evening to hear David's chorus: "It seems that I do not 'I will not go very far, because I am only a pawn in this story', 'I am only a young ghetto'.
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