SARAJEVO, Oct 8 (Hina) - The police forces of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the central town of Zenica on Monday arrested an Arab suspected of being connected with the Al-Quaida terrorist organisation, Federation Interior
Minister Muhamed Besic said in Sarajevo. According to the Interior Minister, Bensayah Belkacem was interrogated on suspicion of having illegally obtained Bosnian passports, but during the questioning the police found a telephone number of a close associate of Osama bin Laden on him. Bensayah Belkacen has both Yemen and Bosnian citizenship but the police are still checking his identity. A special commission is checking all persons granted Bosnian citizenship between 1992 and today. Particularly thorough check-ups are applied to persons from Arabic countries. Bensayah Belkacen is the first person to be arrested in Bosnia on the basis of evidence linking him to persons close to O
SARAJEVO, Oct 8 (Hina) - The police forces of the Federation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina in the central town of Zenica on Monday arrested
an Arab suspected of being connected with the Al-Quaida terrorist
organisation, Federation Interior Minister Muhamed Besic said in
Sarajevo.
According to the Interior Minister, Bensayah Belkacem was
interrogated on suspicion of having illegally obtained Bosnian
passports, but during the questioning the police found a telephone
number of a close associate of Osama bin Laden on him.
Bensayah Belkacen has both Yemen and Bosnian citizenship but the
police are still checking his identity.
A special commission is checking all persons granted Bosnian
citizenship between 1992 and today. Particularly thorough check-
ups are applied to persons from Arabic countries.
Bensayah Belkacen is the first person to be arrested in Bosnia on
the basis of evidence linking him to persons close to Osama bin
Laden.
Minister Besic has confirmed that another 20 suspected terrorists
were under the surveillance of Bosnia's police forces, the NATO-led
Stabilisation Force, and Interpol.
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