THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, April 13 (Hina) - The ICTY hails the arrest of Veselin Sljivancanin, for which it has been waiting for nearly eight years and it expects him to be transferred to The Hague, spokesman for the UN war crimes tribunal
Jim Landale said Friday. Early this morning, Serbian police arrested Lt. Col. Sljivancanin, whom the ICTY charged with war crimes in Croatia's Vukovar. Former Yugoslav Army officer was arrested in his Belgrade apartment. Sljivancanin was the last of the notorious "Vukovar Three" at large. The other two, General Mile Mrksic and Captain Miroslav Radic, have been in the ICTY's detention since late 2002 and May 2003. The three have been charged with crimes against humanity, violations of the law and customs of war and grave breaches of Geneva conventions, committed with the mass execution of at least 200 Croats at Ovcara, near Vukovar almost 12 years ago. Landale was unable to say whether the three w
THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, April 13 (Hina) - The ICTY hails the arrest of
Veselin Sljivancanin, for which it has been waiting for nearly
eight years and it expects him to be transferred to The Hague,
spokesman for the UN war crimes tribunal Jim Landale said Friday.
Early this morning, Serbian police arrested Lt. Col. Sljivancanin,
whom the ICTY charged with war crimes in Croatia's Vukovar. Former
Yugoslav Army officer was arrested in his Belgrade apartment.
Sljivancanin was the last of the notorious "Vukovar Three" at
large. The other two, General Mile Mrksic and Captain Miroslav
Radic, have been in the ICTY's detention since late 2002 and May
2003.
The three have been charged with crimes against humanity,
violations of the law and customs of war and grave breaches of
Geneva conventions, committed with the mass execution of at least
200 Croats at Ovcara, near Vukovar almost 12 years ago.
Landale was unable to say whether the three would stand a group
trial.
The most important thing now is that the three be extradited to The
Hague, the spokesman stressed.
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