Monday, December 3, 2007

BOSNIAN STATE COURT ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL NEDJO ZELJAJA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (December 3,2007) – The Bosnian State Court has issued an arrest warrant for Serbian war criminal Nedjo Zeljaja, who is charged, together with Serbian war criminals Ratko Bundalo and Djordjislav Askraba, with having committed crimes in the Bosnian town of Kalinovik during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

As per a motion filed by the Bosnian State Prosecutor, the custody period has been extended for Serbian war criminals Ratko Bundalo and Djordjislav Askraba until the completion of the main trial.

The indictment, which was confirmed on November 28, alleges that there is grounded suspicion that in the period between April and September 1992,in the early stages of the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia,Askraba was a member of the genocidal Serbian aggressor's formations and performed the duties of warden at the Barutni magacin concentration camp in the Bosnian town of Kalinovik.

Serbian war criminal Nedjo Zeljaja was arrested by the Bosnian authorities on August 28, 2007. Three days later he was released from custody, but certain prohibiting measures were pronounced against him.Serbian war criminals Ratko Bundalo and Djordjislav Askraba have been held in custody since their arrests on August 29 and August 31.

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