Violence Against Women: Murder Live

A man in Bosnia massacred his ex-wife and then shot several more people while broadcasting his actions live on Instagram.

The tragedy occurred in the northeastern Bosnian city of Gradacac. According to the police, after the murder of his wife, the man went out into the street with a gun, shot the man and his son, wounded a policeman, another man and a woman in different parts of the city. He “committed suicide after being discovered and prior to his arrest,” the Tuzla city prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

The killer had previous convictions for attempted murder and violent conduct. The police said they would also look for users who left comments in support and egged on the shooter. As they write mass mediathe extreme broadcast was watched by 20 thousand viewers.

In Bosnia, which has not yet recovered from the bloody war of the 1990s, violence against women is widespread. However, the murder of his ex-wife on the air shocked the inhabitants of the Balkan country.

Under the slogan “No to domestic violence!” and “Stop femicide!” in the cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina protests activists in the movement to combat violence against women.