Interior Ministry deputy spokesman Igor Stefanac told Hina on Friday evening that the Ministry had asked the Italian police via Interpol to verify whether the person arrested was Gotovina, and that it was awaiting a response.
ZAGREB, May 27 (Hina) - The Croatian Ministry of the Interior on Fridayasked the Italian police to check the unconfirmed report broadcast bythe Slovene commercial POP TV network that Croatian Army General AnteGotovina had been
arrested in Italy, despite the fact that Italianauthorities had informed prosecutors at the Hague war crimes tribunalthat the person arrested was not the fugitive Croatian general.
ZAGREB, May 27 (Hina) - The Croatian Ministry of the Interior on
Friday asked the Italian police to check the unconfirmed report broadcast by
the Slovene commercial POP TV network that Croatian Army General Ante Gotovina
had been arrested in Italy, despite the fact that Italian authorities had
informed prosecutors at the Hague war crimes tribunal that the person arrested
was not the fugitive Croatian general.