ZAGREB, Sept 26 (Hina) - Croatia's Interior Minister Sime Lucin told Tuesday's news conference in Zagreb police had pressed more than two thousand charges and recently processed a dozen cases in connection with war crimes. The
minister refuted statements to the effect that Croatian authorities wanted to deal only with crimes committed by Croats. "All who committed war crimes have to be prosecuted and called to account, regardless of religion and nationality," Lucin said, adding this was a key issue for Croatia. Commenting on a statement by the president of the Croatian Returnees' Union that 112 Serb war criminals were walking freely in eastern Croatia, the interior minister conceded there were criminals still at large, but not for long. He said the interior ministry did not hide even one arrest warrant for war criminals, as the returnees' union believes, but that the arrests were discontinued in
ZAGREB, Sept 26 (Hina) - Croatia's Interior Minister Sime Lucin
told Tuesday's news conference in Zagreb police had pressed more
than two thousand charges and recently processed a dozen cases in
connection with war crimes.
The minister refuted statements to the effect that Croatian
authorities wanted to deal only with crimes committed by Croats.
"All who committed war crimes have to be prosecuted and called to
account, regardless of religion and nationality," Lucin said,
adding this was a key issue for Croatia.
Commenting on a statement by the president of the Croatian
Returnees' Union that 112 Serb war criminals were walking freely in
eastern Croatia, the interior minister conceded there were
criminals still at large, but not for long.
He said the interior ministry did not hide even one arrest warrant
for war criminals, as the returnees' union believes, but that the
arrests were discontinued in view of implementing the peaceful
reintegration of eastern Croatia. This was in keeping with a
decision by the Defence and National Security Council, which had
been led by former Croatian President Franjo Tudjman.
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