ZAGREB, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Norwegian police have arrested Croatian citizen Goran Bura (aged 25), after whom the Croatian authorities had issued an international arrest warrant due to suspicion that he committed a war crime against
civilian population, officials at the Croatian Interior Ministry said on Monday. "The Zagreb Interpol Office has been notified by the Norwegian Interpol that Bura was arrested early on November 17 at an airport near Oslo," Ministry spokeswoman Zinka Bardic told Hina. She added the notification did not contain any other details about the arrest. The Sibenik County Prosecutor's office holds Bura responsible for having beaten to death, with several other men, a man in Stikovo, in the area of Drnis, on December 20, 1993. Bura, a native of Stikovo, which was under Serbian occupation in 1993, was a minor at the time he committed the crime. The County Court ruled detention in early January 1
ZAGREB, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Norwegian police have arrested Croatian
citizen Goran Bura (aged 25), after whom the Croatian authorities
had issued an international arrest warrant due to suspicion that he
committed a war crime against civilian population, officials at the
Croatian Interior Ministry said on Monday.
"The Zagreb Interpol Office has been notified by the Norwegian
Interpol that Bura was arrested early on November 17 at an airport
near Oslo," Ministry spokeswoman Zinka Bardic told Hina. She added
the notification did not contain any other details about the
arrest.
The Sibenik County Prosecutor's office holds Bura responsible for
having beaten to death, with several other men, a man in Stikovo, in
the area of Drnis, on December 20, 1993. Bura, a native of Stikovo,
which was under Serbian occupation in 1993, was a minor at the time
he committed the crime.
The County Court ruled detention in early January 1997 and in
February the same year ordered the issuing of an international
arrest warrant. The arrest warrant was issued on August 23 this
year.
(hina) rml