Banja Luka Residents Defy Ban, Light Candles For Dead Student

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Residents of Banja Luka have defied a ban and lit candles to honor a 21-year-old student whose unresolved death has fueled months of protests alleging a police cover-up. Dozens of people gathered outside an Orthodox Christian church in the Bosnian Serb capital amid a heavy police presence on January 4.