SARAJEVO, Sept 19 (Hina) - A court in Sarajevo ruled detention in the duration of 30 days for a Bosnian Croat arrested on Sunday by the federal police forces on suspicion of being involved in a criminal act of terrorism. Sarajevo
Canton Court president Amir Jaganjac told the local media yesterday the measure of detention was imposed due to suspicion that Zeljko Cosic, a member of the state border police, was involved in a criminal act of terrorism. Jaganjac did not say what the target of the Interior Ministry's investigation against Cosic was. Cosic, arrested by federal police officers on Sunday evening, was a close aide to and escort of the late Federation Deputy Interior Minister Jozo Leutar, killed in the explosion of a bomb planted under his car in March 1999. According to a statement the Interior Ministry released yesterday, Cosic, who has permanent residence in Mostar, was arrested on
SARAJEVO, Sept 19 (Hina) - A court in Sarajevo ruled detention in
the duration of 30 days for a Bosnian Croat arrested on Sunday by the
federal police forces on suspicion of being involved in a criminal
act of terrorism.
Sarajevo Canton Court president Amir Jaganjac told the local media
yesterday the measure of detention was imposed due to suspicion
that Zeljko Cosic, a member of the state border police, was involved
in a criminal act of terrorism.
Jaganjac did not say what the target of the Interior Ministry's
investigation against Cosic was.
Cosic, arrested by federal police officers on Sunday evening, was a
close aide to and escort of the late Federation Deputy Interior
Minister Jozo Leutar, killed in the explosion of a bomb planted
under his car in March 1999.
According to a statement the Interior Ministry released yesterday,
Cosic, who has permanent residence in Mostar, was arrested on 17
September near the border crossing of Doljani. The same source said
he was nabbed as he was alleged to have committed terrorist acts in
the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Following his arrest Cosic
was taken to the Sarajevo Canton Court for further procedures.
The Interior Ministry's officials previously claimed that Cosic
was a key person that could help shed more light on Leutar's
assassination.
A spokesman for the UN mission in Sarajevo, Douglas Coffmann,
confirmed that Cosic was the driver of the car which exploded in
March 1999 when Leutar lost his life.
Shortly after the March 1999 explosion, Cosic left Sarajevo for
Croatia. During his rare public addresses Cosic energetically
dismissed allegations that he might know anything about the
assassins or that he might be involved in the killing.
The head of the UN mission in Bosnia, Jacques Klein, has several
times promised that the investigation of Leutar's death will soon
yield results. The latest deadline for the completion of the probe,
which has been lasting for one and a half years, is set for this
November.
(hina) rml