ZADAR ZADAR, Nov 16 (hina) - Zorana Banic, 49, whom the Swiss authorities extradited to Croatia earlier on Friday, was taken into custody of the Zadar County Court later in the day. Banic arrived in the central Adriatic town in a
special police vehicle. A multitude of reporters and photographers waited for her. In 1998, Banic was given a final prison sentence of 20 years for war crimes against civilians in Skbrnja in 1991. She was tried in absentia, after which a warrant was issued for her arrest. She was arrested in Zurich earlier this month. Banic starts serving her sentence today. She is entitled to a re-trial.(hina) it sb
ZADAR, Nov 16 (hina) - Zorana Banic, 49, whom the Swiss authorities
extradited to Croatia earlier on Friday, was taken into custody of
the Zadar County Court later in the day.
Banic arrived in the central Adriatic town in a special police
vehicle. A multitude of reporters and photographers waited for
her.
In 1998, Banic was given a final prison sentence of 20 years for war
crimes against civilians in Skbrnja in 1991. She was tried in
absentia, after which a warrant was issued for her arrest. She was
arrested in Zurich earlier this month.
Banic starts serving her sentence today. She is entitled to a re-
trial.
(hina) it sb