on 24 april 2012 mevlid jašarević was indicted by a federal grand jury in the district of columbia on charges of attempted murder and other violations in connection with his alleged machine gun attack on the united states embassy, sarajevo, on 28 october 2011. a bosnian court sentenced him on 6 december 2012 to 18 years in prison. it was then lowered to 15 years in 2013.