SARAJEVO, April 27 (Hina) - Three foreign citizens were apprehended last week near Sarajevo on suspicion of having been involved in the assassination of the Bosnian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Jozo Leutar, Sarajevo's daily
"Oslobodjenje" said on Tuesday. Citing an anonymous source, the daily said two of the suspects also had Bosnian citizenship, and that all three lived in Gorazde. On their way from there to Sarajevo, the suspects fell into a police blockade. Gun shots were fired when police attempted to apprehend them, and one of the suspects was wounded. The three persons are suspected of "manufacturing and procuring weapons with the aim of committing crimes". They all had on them pieces of equipment used for the manufacturing of explosive devices as used during terrorist attacks, photographs and some documents. Oslobodjenje recalled the news of their arrest had recently been confirmed by the Interior Minister of
SARAJEVO, April 27 (Hina) - Three foreign citizens were apprehended
last week near Sarajevo on suspicion of having been involved in the
assassination of the Bosnian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister
Jozo Leutar, Sarajevo's daily "Oslobodjenje" said on Tuesday.
Citing an anonymous source, the daily said two of the suspects also
had Bosnian citizenship, and that all three lived in Gorazde.
On their way from there to Sarajevo, the suspects fell into a police
blockade. Gun shots were fired when police attempted to apprehend
them, and one of the suspects was wounded.
The three persons are suspected of "manufacturing and procuring
weapons with the aim of committing crimes". They all had on them
pieces of equipment used for the manufacturing of explosive devices
as used during terrorist attacks, photographs and some documents.
Oslobodjenje recalled the news of their arrest had recently been
confirmed by the Interior Minister of the Sarajevo Canton, Ismet
Dahic.
The apprehension of the three suspects was also confirmed by the
deputy Sarajevo canton prosecutor, Dragan Stupar, but he neither
denied nor confirmed their involvement in the Leutar case.
The detainees are currently in a Sarajevo prison pending criminal
proceedings based on charges filed by the Bosnian Federation
Interior Ministry.
If they are found guilty they could be sentenced to three months to
five years in prison.
The assassination of Bosnian Croat Jozo Leutar was committed in
mid-March with a bomb attached to his car. He subsequently
succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
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