SARAJEVO, Dec 3 (Hina) - A former member of the El Mujahid unit which fought as part of the Bosnian Army during the war in this country, has been suspected of being connected with the Al-Qaida terrorist group led by Osama bin
Laden.
SARAJEVO, Dec 3 (Hina) - A former member of the El Mujahid unit which
fought as part of the Bosnian Army during the war in this country,
has been suspected of being connected with the Al-Qaida terrorist
group led by Osama bin Laden. #L#
A spokesman for the Stabilisation Forces (SFOR), Yver Vanier, said
in Sarajevo on Tuesday that an investigation into the actions and
connections of Sabahudin Fiuljanin, arrested in Brcko a month ago,
had confirmed that he had been connected with the Al-Qaida.
Fiuljanin, a Bosniak (Muslim) from Sandzak in Serbia by origin, was
arrested on October 26 under suspicion that he had spied on SFOR
facilities and members in the north part of Bosnia, where mostly
American soldiers are deployed.
He became suspicious after being seen several times around an SFOR
base, and during a subsequent search of his home, a pistol and a
shoulder-mounted rocket launcher were found.
During the investigation, Fiuljanin admitted to having spied on
SFOR facilities, but his attorney later refuted this.
Vanier refused to say which concrete pieces of evidence was used
against Fiuljanin, stressing that giving such information out
could hinder the future course of the investigation.
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