$ IMES SARAJEVO, Feb 6 (Hina) - Between 20 January and 2 February, the Bosnian police had arrested eight high-ranking Bosnian Serb army officers (one of them is a general), who are suspected of having committed or witnessed war
crimes, a statement from the IFOR headquarters in Sarajevo said.
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SARAJEVO, Feb 6 (Hina) - Between 20 January and 2 February, the
Bosnian police had arrested eight high-ranking Bosnian Serb army
officers (one of them is a general), who are suspected of having
committed or witnessed war crimes, a statement from the IFOR
headquarters in Sarajevo said. #L#
According to the statement, NATO ground force commander in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, General Michael Walker, had been informed about
this by the head of the Bosnian Government Agency for Investigation
and Documentation, Bakir Alispahic, which is in charge of state
security in the whole of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
During last night's meeting, Alispahic told General Walker
that the International War Crimes Tribunal In The Hague had been
informed about the case. The Tribunal's representatives should
interrogate the arrested today, and the Bosnian side would send
evidence to The Hague, Alispahic added. He also told Gen. Walker
that those who were not indicted, would be released, the IFOR
statement said.
The list of officers arrested by the Bosnian side also
contains the names of Bosnian Serb army General Djordje Djukic,
Brigadier Aleksa Krsmanovic and six other officers.
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