PROBE INTO IVICA ROZIC EXPANDED, HEARING SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY

GOSPIC, Sept 12 (Hina) - The Gospic County Court has received a request from the Rijeka State Prosecution's Office to expand the investigation against Ivica Rozic, and a hearing has been set for Friday, the president of the Gospic County Court, Pave Rukavina, said on Thursday. #L# The second accused from the so-called Gospic Group, Ivica Rozic, whose two-year pre-verdict detention term expired, was released on Wednesday night from the Rijeka County prison. The Rijeka County State Prosecution's Office requested of the Gospic County investigating judge to expand the investigation in Gospic, which is not related to the Rijeka trial. The request was made because Rozic is suspected of having placed and setting off explosive devices on 13 occasions between 1996 and 1998, killing six people. Rukavina said the investigation would be held in Gospic, and the first hearing was set for Friday. Rozic belongs to the so-called Gospic Group of five suspected of war crimes against civilians in the Gospic area in 1991. The trial is taking place in Rijeka. (hina) lml