Tuesday, October 23, 2007

MONTENEGRO POLICE SEARCH FOR SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC

PODGORICA, Montenegro (October 23,2007) - Montenegro's police carried out a search for former leader of the Serbians living in Bosnia,Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic in the mountain of Zabljak during the weekend.

Montenegrin media reported that the raid started on Friday morning and finished on Saturday evening, without producing any results.

According to the media reports, special anti-terrorist police blocked all access roads to the mountain resort, checking vehicles, while regular police helped search the woods near the Black Lake.

The Hague war crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said on Sunday that it believed Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, was hiding "somewhere in the border area between Bosnia, Montenegro and Serbia”.

"The steps we took did not confirm this information. We will continue paying attention to eventually locating and finding the Hague fugitives”, the Montenegrin Police Administration said yesterday.

Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic is being sought for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

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