Bosnia arrests 5 ex-soldiers for war crimes in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-herzegovina – Bosnian authorities on Tuesday arrested five ex-soldiers for crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo during the 1992-95 war.
The five are suspected of killing at least eight civilians and of crimes against at least 100 victims, including unlawful imprisonment, torture, abuse, forced labor and inflicting bodily and mental harm, the prosecutor’s office said.
The arrests were made in cooperation with the authorities in neighboring Serbia, where some of the survivors reside. The imprisoned civilians were held in wartime prison camps in a former school and in another building in Sarajevo, said the statement.