Bosnian Serb arrested for war crimes
A former Bosnian Serb policeman has been arrested in connection with war crimes against civilians during the country’s 1992-95 civil war.
Published On 28 Dec 2004
The police said Konstantin Simeunovic was arrested on Tuesday from Brcko district at the request of the local court in Bosnia’s autonomous northern district.
Simeunovic, a former Bosnian Serb policeman, was during the war a commander of a detention camp in Brcko where Serb forces held Muslim and Croat civilians, the SRNA news agency said.
The UN war crimes court in The Hague gave the go-ahead for his case to be tried locally.
The tribunal has to approve all war crimes trials before they go before Bosnian courts.
Source: News Agencies