ZAGREB, Nov 8 (Hina) - Hague war crimes tribunal indictee Pasko Ljubicic turned himself in to the Interior Ministry in Zagreb on Friday, accompanied by his attorney, immediately upon arriving in Croatia, the ministry said in a
statement. Upon surrendering at 1110 hours, Ljubicic was interviewed and taken before a Zagreb county court investigating judge at 1400 hours. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Ljubicic late in October for crimes against humanity and war crimes. The 35-year-old Ljubicic is charged with participating in attacks on Muslim villages in the central Bosnian municipalities of Vitez and Busovaca between June 1992 and July 1993, in particular war crimes against civilians in the village of Ahmici. The county court in the central Adriatic town of Zadar issued a domestic arrest warrant for Ljubicic in September 2000, and an international one via Interpol. In the mean
ZAGREB, Nov 8 (Hina) - Hague war crimes tribunal indictee Pasko
Ljubicic turned himself in to the Interior Ministry in Zagreb on
Friday, accompanied by his attorney, immediately upon arriving in
Croatia, the ministry said in a statement.
Upon surrendering at 1110 hours, Ljubicic was interviewed and taken
before a Zagreb county court investigating judge at 1400 hours.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) indicted Ljubicic late in October for crimes against
humanity and war crimes.
The 35-year-old Ljubicic is charged with participating in attacks
on Muslim villages in the central Bosnian municipalities of Vitez
and Busovaca between June 1992 and July 1993, in particular war
crimes against civilians in the village of Ahmici.
The county court in the central Adriatic town of Zadar issued a
domestic arrest warrant for Ljubicic in September 2000, and an
international one via Interpol. In the meantime the case has been
transferred to the Zagreb county court.
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