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Monday, 1 April, 2002, 18:58 GMT 19:58 UK
Bosnia genocide suspect arrested
![]() Mladic and Karadzic top the Balkans most wanted list
The Nato-led troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina have arrested former Bosnian Serb military officer, Momir Nikolic, accused of committing war crimes and genocide during the Bosnian war in the 1990s.
Mr Nikolic has been indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague for allegedly contributing to the killing and systematic execution by Serb forces of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men in the Srebrenica enclave area in 1995. S-For said Mr Nikolic was arrested in his family house in eastern Bosnia in the morning and that he was being transferred to The Hague tribunal. "There were no casualties sustained in the operation by S-For, Nikolic or anyone in the surrounding area," a Nato spokesman told the Reuters news agency. Bosnian Serb police officials said the arrest was made by dozens of mask-wearing people in civilian clothes. Warning Mr Nikolic was a deputy intelligence chief with the Bratunac brigade which allegedly took part in the summarily executions in Srebrenica, which was considered by the UN a "safe haven".
Nato said his capture should serve as a warning to other indicted war crimes suspects still on the run. "There will be no hiding place for anyone accused by the tribunal of theses horrific crimes," Nato Secretary-General George Robertson said in a statement. "Let me be crystal clear to those with guilty consciences: you have only two choices - turn yourself in with dignity or justice will be brought to you." The arrest of Mr Nikolic comes one month after two failed attempts by S-For troops in Bosnia to catch former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic and his military chief Ratko Mladic, who top The Hague's most wanted list. |
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