ZAGREB, Nov 21 (Hina) - Suspect Pasko Ljubicic, 35, left Croatia on Wednesday aboard a regular Croatia Airlines flight for Amsterdam, from where he will be transported to the detention centre of the international war crimes tribunal
in The Hague, which has indicted him for war crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. Ljubicic's attorney Tomislav Janjic told reporters at Zagreb airport that he expected his client to appear before the panel of judges next week for the arraignment. Ljubicic was in detention at Zagreb's County Prison at Remetinec since November 9, when he surrendered to the Croatian police after hiding for more than a year. The decision on Ljubicic's hand-over was made last Friday by the Zagreb County Court. Ljubicic and his attorneys waived the right to appeal thus making the court decision final. In an 11-count indictment, issued in late October this year, the tribunal charges Ljubicic
ZAGREB, Nov 21 (Hina) - Suspect Pasko Ljubicic, 35, left Croatia on
Wednesday aboard a regular Croatia Airlines flight for Amsterdam,
from where he will be transported to the detention centre of the
international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, which has indicted
him for war crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or
customs of war.
Ljubicic's attorney Tomislav Janjic told reporters at Zagreb
airport that he expected his client to appear before the panel of
judges next week for the arraignment.
Ljubicic was in detention at Zagreb's County Prison at Remetinec
since November 9, when he surrendered to the Croatian police after
hiding for more than a year.
The decision on Ljubicic's hand-over was made last Friday by the
Zagreb County Court.
Ljubicic and his attorneys waived the right to appeal thus making
the court decision final.
In an 11-count indictment, issued in late October this year, the
tribunal charges Ljubicic with having participated, as the
commander
of the First Platoon of a Croat Defence Council (HVO) military
police battalion, in attacks on Muslim villages in the central
Bosnian
municipalities of Vitez and Busovaca between June 1992 and July
1993. He is also charged with crimes committed on October 16,
1993, against civilians in the village of Ahmici, where more than
100 local residents were killed and a large number of houses
destroyed.
Ljubicic is charged with crimes against humanity, killing and other
inhumane treatment, and the violation of the laws or customs of
war by attacking civilians, wanton and extensive destruction, the
destruction of religious and education facilities, and looting.
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