SARAJEVO, Bosnia (November 13,2007) – Following news that the genocidal Serbia has raised an indictment against Bosnian citizen Ilija Jurišić on November 9, the Bosnian Foreign Affairs Minister Sven Alkalaj has immediately contacted the Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Vuk Jeremic and in a telephone conversation demanded explanation for such a move.Alkalaj expressed dissatisfaction with the latest developments, especially in light of the fact that the process of taking statements from witnesses in this case is currently underway before the Bosnian Prosecutor’s Office.
Jeremic expressed readiness to actively get involved in this case, which is burdening relations between the two countries, and requested detailed information concerning the Jurisic case. He also expressed determination to make this case one of the Serbian government’s priorities as soon as Bosnia provides the necessary information.
Ilija Jurišić is a Bosnian patriot who participated in defending the Bosnian city of Tuzla from the Serbian aggressor,during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggresion against Bosnia.Jurišić has been arrested by the Serbian aggressor and has been in a prison in Belgrade since 11 May 2007.
The indictment charges Jurišić with the use of "prohibited means of combat" during the attack on a Serbian aggressor's column in the eastern Bosnian town of Tuzla on May 15 1992.
In May 1992,during the Serbian aggression against Bosnia,the genocidal Serbian aggressor's troops (JNA) came under attack by the Bosnian Army as they were withdrawing from the Bosnian city of Tuzla.Up to 200 Serbian aggressor's soldiers were reportedly killed and 140 of them were taken prisoners by the Bosnian Army.
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