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Bosnia arrests two Muslims over war crimes

22 Mar 2007 15:12:46 GMT
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SARAJEVO, March 22 (Reuters) - Bosnia's police on Thursday arrested two Bosnian Muslim wartime officials suspected of war crimes against Croats during the country's 1992-95 war of independence, officials said.

The state prosecution said it had ordered the arrests of Nisvet Gasal and Musajb Kukavica, former members of the Bosnian Muslim-dominated army, who were suspected of war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in central Bosnia.

"The arrested men are suspected of war crimes committed in 1993-94 against Croats in the area of (the central town of) Bugojno," prosecution spokesman Boris Grubesic said.

He failed to provide more details.

The two men are the first Muslims arrested in connection with crimes against Croats in wartime detention camps in Bugojno, where dozens of Croat civilians and prisoners were reportedly killed and tortured. About 20 are still missing.

Local media reported that Gasal had run the notorious Stadion detention camp for Croats in Bugojno and Kukavica was his deputy.

Bosnian Muslims and Croats fought together against Serbs early in the Bosnian 1992-95 war, but then started their own war in 1993, which ended through U.S. mediation a year later.

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Last updated:Thu Mar 22 15:18:43 2007