BANJA LUKA RADIO REPORTS ON SFOR'S APPREHENSION OF SERB GENERAL

SARAJEVO, Dec 2 (Hina) - Bosnian Serb army general Radislav Krstic who was apprehended by Stabilisation Force (SFOR) troops on Wednesday and extradited him to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is an active officer of the Republika Srpska Army and was positioned to high military duty, Bosnian Serb's official Banja Luka radio reported Wednesday afternoon. According to the radio citing the Bosnian Serb entity's military leadership, General Krstic is the commander of the Fifth Corps whose headquarters are located in Sokoc in eastern Bosnia- Herzegovina. The radio said Krstic was apprehended while travelling from Bijeljina to Brcko without being accompanied. The Serb general was allegedly travelling in a vehicle with only his driver. Belgrade's news agency Beta reported Wednesday that a senior officer of the Fifth Corps of the Republika Srpska Army could not confirm whether his superior, Major-General Radislav Krstic, had been apprehended. General Krstic is the third active senior officer of the Republika Srpska Army to have been apprehended in the past two years. International troops arrested General Djordje Djukic and Lieutenant Colonel Aleksa Krsmanovic near Sarajevo at the beginning of 1996. Having spent several months in the ICTY's jail, the two were released. (hina) lml mm