Human and Minority Rights Minister Rasim Ljajic told Beta news agency that there was no deadline for Bouchar's hand-over and that the procedure for his transfer to Spain would probably last several weeks.
Bouchar, 22, against whom an international arrest warrant had been issued, is suspected of escaping from a flat in the Madrid suburb of Leganes, shortly before the flat was raided by Spanish police on April 3, 2004. To avoid arrest, seven terrorists hiding in the flat activated explosive, killing themselves and one police officer.
The Serbian Interior Ministry said today that at the time of arrest Bouchar did not have any identification papers and was taken to a magistrates court judge, who ruled that he be placed in custody. The police sent a request for identification to Interpol member-states, after which the Interpol office in Madrid confirmed Bouchar's identity on the basis of his fingerprints.
Bouchar was questioned by an investigating judge in Belgrade on Wednesday evening, after which he was placed in custody.
In the terrorist attacks on March 11, 2004, 191 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured.