Local authorities informed that the body of a young woman was pulled out of the Miljacka river early Thursday morning. 

“A little after 2 am the operational Mountain Rescue Service (GSS) of the Sarajevo Canton, the Civil Protection Operational Center of the Sarajevo Canton, the Civil Protection Operational Center of the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo were informed that a young woman had an accident and fell into the swollen Miljacka river in Skenderija settlement,” the GSS told N1.

“We immediately alerted the on-duty team of the GSS Novi Grad Sarajevo, who were searching for the missing person on the territory of the Municipality, more precisely in the bed of the river Miljacka”, they added.

At 3:58 am the search and rescue teams spotted a body on the surface that was being carried by the river not far from the Center for Education, Sports and Recreation “Safet Zajko”. They immediately proceeded to extract the lifeless body to the bank of the river with the presence and help of the Sarajevo canton police officers where the investigation was carried out, they say.