Several newly-elected mayors on Tuesday boycotted the swearing-in of a convicted war criminal as new mayor of the western Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa.
Fikret Abdic was released in 2012 after serving his 15-year sentence in Croatia.
The 76-year-old Abdic was called up first during a ceremony in Sarajevo at which the mayors chosen during Oct. 2 local elections were certified.
Mayors of towns around Velika Kladusa walked in to receive their certificates only after Abdic received his.
During the 1992-95 Bosnian war, Abdic formed the province of Western Bosnia which fought against fellow Muslim Bosniaks loyal to Sarajevo.
For war crimes committed back then, he was tried and served in neighboring Croatia.