Following the attack, Dodik met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, asking them for intelligence and counter-terrorism assistance.

[6] Salamandija said those detained were suspected of having "made supplies of weapons and explosives aimed at committing terrorist acts against the institutions of the Republika Srpska and their representatives".

[7][8] Bakir Izetbegović, incumbent Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, heavily criticised the Republika Srpska police for the operation, saying that they were proceeding to "unnecessary" detentions: "They are acting excessively.

He added: "It is scandalous that 20 years after the war, those in power in Republika Srpska act as in the time when Radovan Karadžić criminally created this entity.

We in the SDP believe the actions of the Republika Srpska police directly violate the Dayton Peace Agreement, which guarantees free return of all people in the pre-war places of residence.