A Bosnian police officer guards the local police station after a teenager hacked and killed one officer with a knife and wounded another in the town of Bosanska Krupa, 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, on October 24. (AP)

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, October 26, (AP): An attack by a teenager who broke into a police station in northwestern Bosnia – killing one officer and wounding another – was described by authorities Friday as a act of terrorism. The attack took place on Thursday around 9 pm in the town of Bosanska Krupa. The attacker, born in 2009, walked into the local police station and stabbed officers in a “totally unprovoked” attack, police said. Prosecutors working to establish the motive and full circumstances of the attack have characterized it as a terrorist attack.

They said the injured officer was hospitalized and is in stable condition. “Unofficially, the reason is an attack on the institution, that is, the police station as an authority with the aim of intimidating the population,” said chief prosecutor Merima Mesanovic. “Besides the motive, it will be checked whether he was encouraged to do this and whether there are extreme groups behind him,” she added.

Local police chief Adnan Habibija said authorities were surprised that a 14-year-old boy “dared to enter the police station and attack police officers”. “I think this is an alarm and we as a society should ask ourselves what is going on here,” he said. Officials said they could not release more details about the attack because the suspect is a minor. Authorities have raised security measures following the attack. A video from Bosanska Krupa showed a policeman standing in the street with a rifle. Bosanska Krupa is located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo.