Six injured, two serious condition after conflict between rival smugglers in Bosnia

Six people were injured and two are in critical condition after a violent conflict between rival migrant groups near a refuge center in Bosnia on Monday evening.The firing took place in Blazuz village on the outskirts of Sarajevo, police informed the news agency AP. Officials raided the nearby migrant camp, where many persons were taken into custody, Local media reports states that violence stems from Afghanistan and Pakistan from a dispute between the operation routes of human trafficking groups. Blazuz sits along the Balkan route, a route usually used by migrants, which tries to reach Western Europe. Although the number of migrants traveling through Balkan has fallen since the peak of 2015-2016, many still rely on smugglers that they are often in great personal risk – often at great personal risk – to cross in Croatia, a member of the neighboring European Union.Migrants from Asia, Middle East and Africa face regular dangerous conditions, including exploitation and violence by trafficking networks that compete for control and confrontation with law enforcement.In a weekend incident in Serbia, a migrant was shot badly during a confrontation with the police. Officials told the incident during an raid that they had described as an illegal migrant camp near the Croatian border.