Dudakovic and others were transferred to the premises of SIPA in Sarajevo

Another 11 people have been arrested charged with crimes committed against Serbs during the war in BiH, the agency said.

Members of the Investigation and Protection Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SIPA) arrested Atif Dudakovic, a former commander of the Fifth Corps of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on charges of war crimes against Serbs in the autumn of 1995 in the territory of the West Krajina municipalities in Bihac early this morning. close to the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.

Dudakovic is commander of the Bihac defense and the Sana 95 liberation operation. With Dudakovic, another 11 people have been arrested charged with crimes committed against Serbs during the war, from 1992 to 1995. As reported by the Al Jazeera reporter Arduan Pribinja, the general Atif Dudakovic and the others arrested were transferred to Sarajevo, to the headquarters of SIPA, after which they will be handed over to the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.

All of them were arrested by order of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH. It is alleged that the investigation against Dudakovic was conducted for 12 years. Dudakovic had previously denied any involvement in war crimes, arguing that it was about assembling and extracting his words from the context. Ibrahim Nadarevic, a war commander and former federal minister for issues of veterans and invalids, Fena reported. This was confirmed by his lawyer Asim Crnalic, but he could not give more details.

Shoot at 17 locations

According to the order of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, 12 suspected war criminals in the north-western BiH were detained, according to Anadolija agency.

As stated in the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, former commanders and members of the Fifth Corps of the Army of the RBiH, who are suspected of war crimes during 1994 and 1995, have been deprived of liberty, and searches are conducted at 17 locations. Following the order of the Prosecutor from the Special Department for War Crimes of the Prosecutor's Office BiH, SIPA police officers, with the support of the Una-Sana and Canton MUP MUP in the USK and other cities, deprived Dudakovic of freedom, former commander of the Fifth Corps of the RBiH Army, and 11 other officials and members of the Fifth Corps of the Army R BiH.

The persons under investigation are suspected of the criminal offenses of Crimes against Humanity under Article 172 of the CC BiH, and the suspect Atif Dudaković for the criminal offenses of War Crimes against Civilians under Article 173 of the CC BiH. The action was the result of a long and thorough investigation of the Special Department for war crimes of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, during which several hundred witnesses were examined and several hundred pieces of evidence were collected, including archival documents, videos, as well as evidence related to the exhumations and identification of the killed persons, Anadolija said.

Registration from 2006

The war crimes investigated are related to the killing of hundreds of victims, civilians and captured Serb soldiers from the area of the West-Krajina municipalities during 1995, as well as war crimes against the Bosniak civilian population, members of the so- AP West Bosnia, during 1994.

After the deprivation of liberty, the suspects will be handed over to the prosecuting prosecutor for further treatment.

• 27 Apr, 2018
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