Bosnian Muslim ex-commander arrested for war crimes

Reuters India ^ | November 4, 2009 | Reporting by Maja Zuvela; Editing by Charles Dick

[Ravnagora]

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian police arrested on Wednesday a Muslim former deputy army commander suspected of killing more than 20 Croat civilians and prisoners of war during the 1993 Muslim-Croat war, the state prosecutor's office said.

The State Information and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested Nihad Bojadzic, 47, in central Sarajevo on orders of the state prosecutor, said Boris Grubesic, spokesman for the prosecutor's office.

"Bojadzic is suspected of committing crimes against civilians and prisoners of war while serving as deputy commander of the Bosnian Muslim-led army special platoon 'Zulfikar'", he said.

The mass killing occurred on April 16, 1993, during an attack on the southern village of Trusina, he said.

"During the attack 19 civilians and three Croat soldiers, who had given themselves in earlier, were killed and four civilians, of whom 2 children were wounded," said Grubesic.

In September, Bosnian police arrested four Bosnian Muslims on the same charges.

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[Terabitten]

Now if only they’d re-arrest Naser Oric...

[BobL]

I say, give him a warning and let him walk.

After all, it’s the EUROPEAN thing to do.

[Ravnagora]

I say, give him a warning and let him walk.

After all, it’s the EUROPEAN thing to do.

There's a great line in "The Golden Girls" where Rose contributes one of her timeless "St. Olaf" stories:

The way they dealt with crime in "St. Olaf" was:

"Use a gun? Go and apologize."

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