Yesterday, a photograph of singer Aca Lukas in the company of the war criminal Naser Orić surfaced on social media. Orić’s forces massacred Serbs in the villages around Srebrenica and Bratunac during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the meantime, Lukas’s concert on Jahorina was cancelled, and both the singer and the former President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, spoke out regarding the situation.
“People were constantly rotating at the table. I really don’t know who the gentleman is, because many people took photos with me that night,” said Lukas, sounding rather unconvincing, as the photos and videos show him in quite friendly and close contact with Orić. He added: “I accommodated everyone, as I always do, and I will always give people the pleasure of having a memento with me,” Lukas told Kurir.
After the picture of Aca Lukas sitting next to Naser Orić, a former Bosniak wartime commander whom Serbia is seeking on charges of war crimes against Serbs, was published, Milorad Dodik also issued a statement.
“Aca Lukas deeply hurt all of us in the Republic of Srpska by associating with Naser Orić. The crimes committed by Naser Orić and his soldiers against the Serb people in the area of Srebrenica and Bratunac were monstrous, and by taking a photo with him, Lukas has deeply hurt the descendants of the victims and the Serb people. After this act, Aca Lukas has lost credibility for any future performance in the Republic of Srpska, especially at the opening of the winter season on Jahorina,” Milorad Dodik wrote on the social network ‘X’.
It is currently unknown when and where the photograph featuring Naser Orić, Aca Lukas, and the singer Šerif Konjević was taken.
A statement appeared on the Instagram profile of the Olympic Centre ‘Jahorina’ announcing that Aca Lukas’s concert has been cancelled.
Source: Kurir Photo: Private Archive